Book contents
- Introduction to Lens Design
- Introduction to Lens Design
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Classical Imaging, First-Order Imaging, and Imaging Aberrations
- 3 Aspheric Surfaces
- 4 Thin Lenses
- 5 Ray Tracing
- 6 Radiometry in a Lens System
- 7 Achromatic and Athermal Lenses
- 8 Combinations of Achromatic Doublets
- 9 Image Evaluation
- 10 Lens Tolerancing
- 11 Using Lens Design Software
- 12 Petzval Portrait Objective, Cooke Triplet, and Double Gauss Lens
- 13 Lens System Combinations
- 14 Ghost Image Analysis
- 15 Designing with Off-the-Shelf Lenses
- 16 Mirror Systems
- 17 Miniature Lenses
- 18 Zoom Lenses
- Book part
- Glossary
- Further Reading on Lens Design
- Index
- References
11 - Using Lens Design Software
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 23 September 2019
Book contents
- Introduction to Lens Design
- Introduction to Lens Design
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Classical Imaging, First-Order Imaging, and Imaging Aberrations
- 3 Aspheric Surfaces
- 4 Thin Lenses
- 5 Ray Tracing
- 6 Radiometry in a Lens System
- 7 Achromatic and Athermal Lenses
- 8 Combinations of Achromatic Doublets
- 9 Image Evaluation
- 10 Lens Tolerancing
- 11 Using Lens Design Software
- 12 Petzval Portrait Objective, Cooke Triplet, and Double Gauss Lens
- 13 Lens System Combinations
- 14 Ghost Image Analysis
- 15 Designing with Off-the-Shelf Lenses
- 16 Mirror Systems
- 17 Miniature Lenses
- 18 Zoom Lenses
- Book part
- Glossary
- Further Reading on Lens Design
- Index
- References
Summary
There are a variety of lens design computer programs. Some of them are CODE V, OpTaliX, OpticStudio, Oslo, and Synopsys. The costs of these programs are two-fold, one for the license to use them, the other for the time the engineer must spend learning to use them, which can be substantial.
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- Introduction to Lens Design , pp. 126 - 136Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019
References
Further Reading
Dilworth, D. C., Shafer, D. “Man versus machine: a lens design challenge,” Proceedings of SPIE, 8841 (2013), 88410G.Google Scholar
Forbes, G. “Optical system assessment for design: numerical ray tracing in the Gaussian pupil,” Journal of the Optical Society of America A, 5(11) (1988), 1943–56.Google Scholar
Kingslake, R., Johnson, B. “Automatic lens improvement programs,” Chapter 17, in Lens Design Fundamentals (Burlington, MA: Academic Press, 2010).Google Scholar
Merion, J. “Damped least-squares method for automatic lens design,” Journal of the Optical Society of America, 55 (1965), 1105.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Vasiljevic, D. Classical and Evolutionary Algorithms in the Optimization of Optical Systems (Boston: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2002).Google Scholar
Link to Lambda Research Corporation supplier for OSLO optical design software (2018); https://www.lambdares.com/oslo-usonly/Google Scholar
Link to Optenso™ supplier for OpTaliX optical engineering software (2018); http://www.optenso.com/links/links.htmlGoogle Scholar
Link to Optical Systems Design, Inc. supplier for Synopsis™ lens design software (2018); http://www.osdoptics.com/Google Scholar
Link to Synopsys®, Inc., Optical Design Solutions, supplier for CODE V lens design software (2018); https://www.synopsys.com/optical-solutions.htmlGoogle Scholar
Link to Zemax, supplier of OpticStudio®, optical design software (2018); https://www.zemax.com/products/opticstudio/Google Scholar