Front Matter

Table of Contents

• Front Matter

• 1. Law of Refraction: The Foundation of Geometrical Optics

• 2. Best Shape for a Thin Lens

• 3. Best Shapes for Multiple Thin Lenses, Aspherizing, and the Natural Stop Position

• 4. Transition from a Thin Lens to a Thick Lens

• 5. Achromats

• 6. Systems with Two Separated Components

• 7. From an Air-Spaced Doublet to a Triplet

• 8. A Hybrid for Two Wavelengths

• 9. Athermats

• 10. The Ball Lens

• 11. Seidel and the Pegel Diagrams

• 12. The Single-Imaging Mirror

• 13. Eight Single Optical Elements as Imaging Objectives

• 14. A Progression of Performance with an Increase in Lens Complexity

• 15. Two-Mirror Systems as Telescope and Microscope Objectives

• 16. The Plane-Parallel Plate

• 17. MTF, Limits, and Pixel Sizes

• 18. Details of a Hybrid Lens

• 19. From the Höegh Meniscus to Double Anastigmats

• Back Matter