The course begins with the foundations of geometrical optics, which includes the firstorder. Pdf this textbook is devoted to the fundamentals of optical system design and analysis. Gaussian optics of optical instruments and components 7 6. Optical design and instrumentation i fall 2019 john e. Geometrical optics and optical design pantazis mouroulis associate professor. Perhaps the recent history of geometrical optics can be seen from the point of view of textbook simplification, with an attendant increase in the number of optics practitioners. In most introductory texts, geometrical optics appears after maxwells equations and theory of light. The book starts with short overview of the wave optics and transitions to the theory of geometric. Before we look more closely at the use of light rays in geometrical optics, we need to say a brief. Early in the twentieth century, conradys applied optics and optical design set the standard for a complete, useful, strict, and unreadable book. An optical fibre is manufactured using glass of refractive index of 1. Geometrical optics and optical design oxford series in optical and.
The geometrical optics law of intensity and the optical wavefront are also well known, but are perhaps less used as a basis for optical design than ray tracing. Archimedes and other ancient greek thinkers made original contributions but we mention here heron of alexandria c. This book is an up to date, introductory treatment of geometrical optics, from the point of view of the future optics practitioner. There is a certain logic to this, first introducing a basic theory for light and then treating geometrical optics as a practical application of the theory. A ray is a line that has an origin, but does not have an end. Modern optical systems like the zoom lens shown in. Brewster introduction to geometrical optics download isbn. Geometrical optics in describing the propagation of light as a wave we need to understand. But this is clearly not an historical approach since geometrical optics.
Geometrical optics please remember to photocopy 4 pages onto one sheet by going a3a4 and using back to back on the photocopier. Pdf geometrical optics and optical design semantic scholar. The approximation used in geometrical optics puts the emphasis on finding the light path. If the focal length of a design lens increases and its diameter. Light is an electromagnetic disturbance, and as such is described using maxwells equations, which expresses the relationship between the electric. Stavroudis the mathematics of geometrical and physical optics the k function and its rami. Lens design is an ideal problem for the computer, for tracing light rays.
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