Honed for more than 20 years in an SPIE professional course taught by renowned optical systems designer Robert E. Fischer, Optical System Design, Second Edition brings you the latest cutting-edge design techniques and more than 400 detailed diagrams that clearly illustrate every major procedure in optical design.

This thoroughly updated resource helps you work better and faster with computer-aided optical design techniques, diffractive optics, and the latest applications, including digital imaging, telecommunications, and machine vision. No need for complex, unnecessary mathematical derivations-instead, you get hundreds of examples that break the techniques down into understandable steps. For twenty-first century optical design without the mystery, the authoritative Optical Systems Design, Second Edition features:

* Computer-aided design use explained through sample problems
* Case studies of third-millennium applications in digital imaging, sensors, lasers, machine vision, and more
* New chapters on optomechanical design, systems analysis, and stray-light suppression
* New chapter on polarization including lots of really useful information
* New and expanded chapter on diffractive optics
* Techniques for getting rid of geometrical aberrations
* Testing, tolerancing, and manufacturing guidance
* Intelligent use of aspheric surfaces in optical design
* Pointers on using off-the-shelf optics
* Basic optical principles and solutions for common and advanced design problems