Full text of optical design fundamentals for infrared systems 3. On february 2021, 2020, we gathered for the third time to discuss the latest trends and tackle the industrys biggest challenges. This line is designed in support of cooled lwir systems. For a lens mounted in a housing with a coefficient of thermal expansion. Tamron, a specialist in industrial and oem lens assemblies, has recently selected sierraolympic technologies as the new stocking distributor for the costeffective tamron lwir zoom lenses. This will have a number of effects upon the lens design. Every step from setup specifications to finalizing the design for production is discussed in a straight forward, tangible way. Each chapter is a great introduction for a specific optics subspecialties. Advanced lens design uci division of continuing education. The systematic method of lens design in use today is an iterative technique. Mwir is 3000 5000nm, and lwir includes 8000 12000nm wavelengths. Full text of optical design fundamentals for infrared.
But all of these software packages share one critical flaw. Even though there has been much progress in optical design software since the book was written, the principles are timeless. This product provides a high degree of flexibility in frame frequency, user interface and temperature range to make it adapt to various industrial environments and the harsh working environment in the wild. Infrared ir, sometimes called infrared light, is electromagnetic radiation emr with wavelengths longer than those of visible light. Design a modern optical system requires the integration of expertise in widely different fields such as, lens design, thermal and mechanical analysis. An introduction to passive athermalization edmund optics. With the acquisition of new england optical systems, flir is the premier developer and supplier of high performance infrared optical assemblies in the midwave infrared mwir, longwave infrared lwir, shortwave infrared swir and multispectral wavebands. Lens design fundamentals kindle edition by kingslake, rudolf. The tamron lwir zoom lenses operate in the 814m spectral range. With practical zemax examples edition 1 available in. Swir hyperspectral lenses navitar optical solutions. The reader is urged to follow the logic of these examples and be sure that he understands what is happening, noticing particularly how each available degree of freedom is used to control one aberration. Navitar designs, develops and manufactures innovative optical solutions for clients and enterprises across the globe.
New chapters address wave aberrations, thermal effects, design examples, and diamond turning. Gholographic company has extensive experience with nearly every kind of. Modern lens design is an excellent textbook in optical design using personal computer software. Advanced lens design university of california, irvine. Optical design fundamentals for infrared systems, second edition. Lenses for design describes and explains the unique, creative process of american industrial designer and educator, josh owen. If the change in housing length is equal to the change in focus due to the lens, then the defocus is zero, and the system is considered athermal. A practical guide to lens design focuses on the very detailed practical process of lens design. Barry johnson is a disciple of conrady and kingslake, and who has a deep background in lens design theory as a professor of optics and many years of experience as a practicioner in the real world of lens design. Lens files for the optimized airspaced geznsege and.
Refractive optically multiplexed lwir imaging system. Infrared imaging is used in many defense applications to enable highresolution vision and identification in near and total darkness. Optical engineers working in lens design will find this book an invaluable guide to lens design in traditional and emerging areas of application. Tamron lwir zoom lenses imaging and machine vision europe. Practical conditions specify lens materials, safety considerations fix lens thickness, fashion dictates lens. Lens design fundamentals edition 2 by rudolf kingslake. Ir lenses and athermal ir lenses for lwir uncooled thermal. Achromats are covered in more detail, with an updated discussion of beam expanders. Principles of atoric lens design darryl meister, abom lens talk sola technical marketing vol. Theory is limited to a minimum, and used to support the practical design work. Compact and costeffective for visible, swir and lwir lens measurements english optikos lenscheck vis lenscheck systems are a costeffective solution to your production and prototype lens qualification needs. Auto suggestions are available once you type at least 3 letters. Iivi os offers a standard series of focusing imaging lenses for both mwir and lwir thermal bands.
We learned how great design, great research, and profitability convergethrough four keynote presentations, six panels, 4 trend moments with industry leading building product companies, three lively roundtables, and hours of networking discussions. Top american libraries canadian libraries universal library community texts project gutenberg biodiversity heritage library childrens library. Please use one of the following formats to cite this article in your essay, paper or report. Introduction to lens design with practical zemax examples by. Shortwave infrared swir light is typically defined as light in the 0. Optical lens design is the process of designing a lens to meet a set of performance requirements and constraints, including cost and manufacturing limitations. Design examples of several widely used modern lenses are provided. Two lens designs for modern uncooled and cooled ir imaging devices. A certificate of conformity coc accompanies each lens.
Please find below best books for optics and lens design. The reader is urged to follow the logic of these examples and be sure that he understands what is happening, noticing particularly how. Nov 10, 2019 home file exchange site for lens designs. This technology requires that the motions themselves be controlled at the design stage to be reasonably monotonic and often to have certain mutual. The handbook of optics, from the optical society of america, is a tremendously valuable resource for all optics practitioners. By this procedure, based upon the experience of the designer, a basic lens type is. Gholographic company has extensive experience with nearly. Parameters include surface profile types spherical, aspheric, holographic, diffractive, etc. Patent 3,748,015 was the subject of perkinelmer vs. Neglecting very primitive systems, such as a one or twomirror system, or a singleelement lens, such a technique is presently not possible. We can provide following books to support in design to our customer. Thoroughly revised and expanded to reflect the substantial changes in the field since its publication in 1978 strong emphasis on how to effectively use software design packages. Ultrathin camera lenses for broadband longwave infrared. Two of these projector models are based on patents from important court cases regarding lens design.
Lens design optical sciences and applications of light. Based on personal experience, this book gives enough information on practical lens design for the optical novice to design one. Lumitron offers our customers a wide range of offtheshelf optical solutions for each of our camera products. Thus, he is ideally suited to write an uptodate edition of lens design fundamentals. Industrial infrared cameras industrial applications.
Further, 50% of these wearers have corrections with over 0. Mwir and longwave infrared lwir light, which is emitted from the object itself, swir is similar to visible light in that photons are reflected or absorbed by an object, providing the strong contrast needed for high resolution imaging. It can transform focal length in a certain range to get a different angle of view, different sizes of scenes and different scenery range of camera lens. Explore design principles such as bending, symmetry, stop shift, and lens splitting. Twolens designs for modern uncooled and cooled ir imaging devices. Definitions and design considerations optical engineers use in ir optical design.
Continuing the bestselling tradition of the authors previous books, lens design, fourth edition is still the most complete and reliable guide for detailed design information and procedures for. These objectives are design, built, and tested in the usa for high optical performance. Zoom lens can change the range of shooting by altering focal length without changing the shooting distance. The extent of the mwir and lwir bands can be seen in figure 1. The handbook of optics, from the optical society of america, is a tremendously valuable resource for all optics practitioners each chapter is a great introduction for a specific optics subspecialti. Spectacle lens design the goal of the spectacle lens designer is to give the patient clear vision at all distances through any portion of the spectacle lens. On optec website, on the proper page, the customer can download the certificate at any time by entering the part number and the serial number of the purchased lens. It teaches how a satisfactory design can be obtained in a straightforward way. Since silicon sensors have an upper limit of approximately 1. The author has expanded the information found in his practical 1995 tutorial. In fact, according to plancks law, terrestrial targets emit mainly in the lwir. Mechanical cams are still in widespread use for the practical realization of the required motions in zoom lenses. Navitars fixed focal length swirhyperspectral lenses are designed for swir short wave infrared cameras and applications. Infrared imaging is used in many defense applications to enable highresolution vision and.
The sigesi triplet lens design can be used for the mwir and lwir spectral bands, whereas the geznsege triplet lens can be used only for the lwir spectral band. Of this energy, 527 watts is infrared radiation, 445 watts is visible light, and 32 watts is ultraviolet radiation. Optical filters are used in applications such as fluorescence microscopy, spectroscopy, clinical chemistry, or machine vision inspection. Optikos, the leader in image quality test equipment, is pleased to offer this compact, efficient, easytouse quality control tool. No computer design info in this edition, if you need to design a specialty lens, get the second edition which would have one more star. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading lens design fundamentals. The book introduces geometrical optics, optical instruments and aberrations.
A course in lens design is an instruction in the design of imageforming optical systems. Iivi os also provides customized imaging lenses engineered and built to customer requirements for the vis, swir, mwir, and lwir. Optec swir lenses are tested and certified one by one. Each lens can be customized or designed to meet customer specifications. Solutions include complete optomechanical and optoelectronic assembly and subassembly systems. The practical, popular 1995 tutorial has been thoroughly revised and updated, reflecting developments in technology and applications during the past decade. What to consider for infrared optical system design optics for hire. We stock lwir lenses for our uc320 product, mwir lenses for our rc320 product and swir lenses for our nir320 product with a wide range of focal length choices to optimize performance for a given application. It is therefore generally invisible to the human eye, although ir at wavelengths up to 1050 nanometers nms from specially pulsed lasers can be seen by humans under certain conditions. Our products range from high magnification motorized zoom imaging systems to fisheye projection lenses used in a wide variety of industries including life sciences, industrial. Architectural lighting, automotive, medical, solar industry and more.
Pdf twolens designs for modern uncooled and cooled ir. Ir lenses used to manipulate light in a variety of infrared applications such as thermal imaging, laser focusing, or flir are available at edmund optics. A large part of this book is devoted to a study of possible design procedures for various types of lens or mirror systems, with fully worked examples of each. A course in lens design ebook by chris velzel rakuten kobo. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Optec produces various models of standard zoom lens like the worldwide famous 75500mm, the 24140mm, and the upcoming 20200 mm now in final engineering phase. In a photo system, the lens is most critical lenses are characterized by prime vs. He has a very limited number of degrees of freedom. Geometrical optics calculations obtained with zemax for each lens design are.
Optical design fundamentals for infrared systems, second. Ultrathin camera lenses for broadband longwave infrared lwir. Knowledge center application notes imaging what is swir. A new section discusses wave aberrations, with a comparison of the spherical aberration to the. Stanford libraries official online search tool for books, media, journals, databases, government documents and more. Highperformance infrared optical assemblies flir systems. Pdf refractive dual band infrared imager optical design. The total length of the geznsege triplet lens is shorter than the sigesi triplet lens by 47. Mar 03, 2020 please use one of the following formats to cite this article in your essay, paper or report. Applying the fundamentals is written for engineers and scientists who have some experience in the field of optics and want to know more about the details and derivations of equations used in optical design. His designs combine clarity of purpose and functional efficacy with emotive and tactile qualities that will prove instructive and.
Ball lens, gradient optics, and three mirror configurations have been added to the chapter on special optical surfaces and components. Introduction to lens design with practical zemax examples. Infrared lenses trace pro, oslo, optiwave design consultancy. Our premier range of ir lens for cooled and uncooled camera system includes. At zenith, sunlight provides an irradiance of just over 1 kilowatt per square meter at sea level. This makes the varia line an economical choice, while still maximizing the camera performance.
Project by project, owen illustrates and decodes his philosophy and approach to design invention and problem solving. Industrial infrared cameras are becoming innumerable and continue to grow especially since thermal cameras are now easier to obtain thanks to prices lowering and stabilizing over the last ten years. Longwavelength infrared radiation 815 lwir m wavelength band. Modern lens design mcgrawhill professional engineering.