<p>Optical Testing - A Practical Introduction for Scientists, Engineers, Optical Designers, Students and Optical Workshop Personnel is written for those working in optics with a practical introduction to optical testing methodologies, instrumentation, and procedures, and assist in the development of their professional careers. No optical component or system should be built without a prior specification which defines base parameters, tolerances, and system performance. Optical testing is done to verify whether the specification and performance criteria have been met. Customers need to make sure that they get what they pay for. Providers are bound both by moral and contractual obligations to provide what the customer ordered at the price quoted. Thus, the need for optical testing is incumbent upon both sides of the transaction, and both should have sufficient testing capabilities to validate the resulting optical product. The book begins with the measurement of camera lenses using classical optical bench testing techniques: Collimators and the T-Bar Nodal Slide. Lens measurements include the determination of lens effective focal length (EFL), axial color, and F-number. Aberration measurements in the image plane include spherical aberration, coma, field curvature, astigmatism and distortion. Aberrations determine the amount of detail that can be observed in the image. High quality imagery is of little value unless sufficient power or energy reaches the sensor. This is where basic radiometric concepts are introduced, particularly as applied to lens behavior. Power-related measurements such as lens transmission, relative illumination falloff, and veiling glare are discussed. Image formation is accomplished via glass and/or mirrored surfaces that are curved (spherical for the most part). Consequently, it is important to be able to measure the basic parameters of refractive index and radius of curvature. Plus much, much more....</p>

Optical Testing: A Practical Introduction for Scientists, Engineers, Optical Designers, Students, and Optical Workshop Personnel

Joseph M Geary

Willmann-Bell, Inc.

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Optical Testing: A Practical Introduction for Scientists, Engineers, Optical Designers, Students, and Optical Workshop Personnel