Both Smith and Buchdahl have discussions about calculating higher-order aberrations using the paraxial description of an optical system.
They're both pretty dense.
Anybody here have a reference to an easier-to-digest version? (I'm
finishing up the third edition of Building Electro-Optical Systems, and
would really like to include something on this.)
Cheers
Phil Hobbs
On Sun, 13 Sep 2020 13:23:44 -0400, Phil Hobbs wrote:
Both Smith and Buchdahl have discussions about calculating higher-order aberrations using the paraxial description of an optical system.
They're both pretty dense.
Anybody here have a reference to an easier-to-digest version? (I'm finishing up the third edition of Building Electro-Optical Systems, and would really like to include something on this.)
Cheers
Phil HobbsKingslake - Lens Design Fundamentals 2nd edition might be a possibility.
I don't have it, but I do have a course handout from U of R "Geometrical Optics" by Michael Lea which covers third order aberrations by ynu
paraxial raytracing, same method as used by Kingslake, and I could scan
that chapter and send it to you if you are interested. These
calculations are complex enough that they are inherently a bit dense
IMO. For 5th and 7th order aberrations Buchdahl might be the only good option, but I expect that is beyond what you need.
Regards,
Glen
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