Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Part one Preview
- Part two Geometrical optics
- 2 Fermat's principle
- 3 Path differentials
- 4 The structure of image forming pencils
- 5 Eikonal transformations
- 6 Perfect images
- 7 Aberrations
- 8 Radiometry
- Part three Paraxial optics
- Part four Waves in homogeneous media
- Part five Wave propagation through lenses
- Part six Aberrations
- Part seven Applications
- Appendix 1 Fourier transforms
- Appendix 2 Third order calculations
- Appendix 3 Ray tracing
- Appendix 4 Eikonals and the propagation kernels
- Appendix 5 Paraxial eikonals
- Appendix 6 Hints and problem solutions
- Bibliography
- Index
6 - Perfect images
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 22 September 2009
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Part one Preview
- Part two Geometrical optics
- 2 Fermat's principle
- 3 Path differentials
- 4 The structure of image forming pencils
- 5 Eikonal transformations
- 6 Perfect images
- 7 Aberrations
- 8 Radiometry
- Part three Paraxial optics
- Part four Waves in homogeneous media
- Part five Wave propagation through lenses
- Part six Aberrations
- Part seven Applications
- Appendix 1 Fourier transforms
- Appendix 2 Third order calculations
- Appendix 3 Ray tracing
- Appendix 4 Eikonals and the propagation kernels
- Appendix 5 Paraxial eikonals
- Appendix 6 Hints and problem solutions
- Bibliography
- Index
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- The Ray and Wave Theory of Lenses , pp. 51 - 58Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1995