Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Foreword
- Preface
- Contents
- Introduction
- 1 Basic properties of the electromagnetic field
- 2 Electromagnetic potentials and polarization
- 3 Foundations of geometrical optics
- 4 Geometrical theory of optical imaging
- 5 Geometrical theory of aberrations
- 6 Image-forming instruments
- 7 Elements of the theory of interference and interferometers
- 8 Elements of the theory of diffraction
- 9 The diffraction theory of aberrations
- 10 Interference and diffraction with partially coherent light
- 11 Rigorous diffraction theory
- 12 Diffraction of light by ultrasonic waves
- 13 Scattering from inhomogeneous media
- 14 Optics of metals
- 15 Optics of crystals
- Appendix I The Calculus of variations
- Appendix II Light optics, electron optics and wave mechanics
- Appendix III Asymptotic approximations to integrals
- Appendix IV Asymptotic approximations to integrals
- Appendix V A mathematical lemma used in the rigorous derivation of the Lorentz–Lorenz formula (§2.4.2)
- Appendix VI Propagation of discontinuities in an electromagnetic field (§3.1.1)
- Appendix VII The circle polynomials of Zernike (§9.2.1)
- Appendix VIII Proof of the inequality |μ12(v)| ⩽ 1 for the spectral degree of coherence (§10.5)
- Appendix IX Proof of a reciprocity inequality (§10.8.3)
- Appendix X Evaluation of two integrals (§12.2.2)
- Appendix XI Energy conservation in scalar wavefields (§13.3)
- Appendix XII Proof of Jones’ lemma (§13.3)
- Author index
- Subject index
6 - Image-forming instruments
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 10 April 2020
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Foreword
- Preface
- Contents
- Introduction
- 1 Basic properties of the electromagnetic field
- 2 Electromagnetic potentials and polarization
- 3 Foundations of geometrical optics
- 4 Geometrical theory of optical imaging
- 5 Geometrical theory of aberrations
- 6 Image-forming instruments
- 7 Elements of the theory of interference and interferometers
- 8 Elements of the theory of diffraction
- 9 The diffraction theory of aberrations
- 10 Interference and diffraction with partially coherent light
- 11 Rigorous diffraction theory
- 12 Diffraction of light by ultrasonic waves
- 13 Scattering from inhomogeneous media
- 14 Optics of metals
- 15 Optics of crystals
- Appendix I The Calculus of variations
- Appendix II Light optics, electron optics and wave mechanics
- Appendix III Asymptotic approximations to integrals
- Appendix IV Asymptotic approximations to integrals
- Appendix V A mathematical lemma used in the rigorous derivation of the Lorentz–Lorenz formula (§2.4.2)
- Appendix VI Propagation of discontinuities in an electromagnetic field (§3.1.1)
- Appendix VII The circle polynomials of Zernike (§9.2.1)
- Appendix VIII Proof of the inequality |μ12(v)| ⩽ 1 for the spectral degree of coherence (§10.5)
- Appendix IX Proof of a reciprocity inequality (§10.8.3)
- Appendix X Evaluation of two integrals (§12.2.2)
- Appendix XI Energy conservation in scalar wavefields (§13.3)
- Appendix XII Proof of Jones’ lemma (§13.3)
- Author index
- Subject index
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- Principles of Optics60th Anniversary Edition, pp. 261 - 285Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019