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Introduction to Lens Design
A required course in the Certificate Program in Optical Engineering.
Course Description
This practical, hands-on course will provide you with the fundamental principles in optical lens design. Participants will learn how to design various lenses from simple landscape lens to the complex triplet. The knowledge and skills achieved in this course will prepare participants for advanced level study in optical design. Topics include: review of geometric optics, image formation, paraxial ray tracing, aberration theory, analysis, manual pre-design calculation, design principles, modeling with optical design software, image evaluation such as spot diagram, Strehl ratio, MTF, etc. During the course of the class students will have access to industry standard software for optical design.
Prerequisites: College level algebra, physics and familiarity with optics or equivalent experience.
NOTE: This course utilizes Zoom for weekly live online synchronous meetings. These sessions make up the lab portion of the course, where you will be provided with optical design software license information. The sessions will be recorded and posted for students who are not able to attend, watching the recording is mandatory. The Zoom meeting link and password to join will be provided in your course. Students will need to have access to the internet, have speakers and a microphone to participate. The following student guide provides additional resources/information on how to use and access your courses Zoom sessions.
Students will be provided an optical design software license for use in the course.
Course Textbook is priced best directly from the publisher: http://www.willbell.com/tm/lens_design/index.htm .
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Textbook Information
Textbooks for your course may be purchased from any vendor or bookseller of your choice.
Required Textbook(s):
Lens Design Fundamentals 9780123743015
Meeting Schedule
Event Date Day Start Time End Time Location Room
START 04/03/2023 Monday --- --- Online (Access Begins) ---
OL-LEC 04/04/2023 Tuesday 6:00 PM 7:00 PM Zoom ---
OL-LEC 04/11/2023 Tuesday 6:00 PM 7:00 PM Zoom ---
OL-LEC 04/18/2023 Tuesday 6:00 PM 7:00 PM Zoom ---
OL-LEC 04/25/2023 Tuesday 6:00 PM 7:00 PM Zoom ---
OL-LEC 05/02/2023 Tuesday 6:00 PM 7:00 PM Zoom ---
OL-LEC 05/09/2023 Tuesday 6:00 PM 7:00 PM Zoom ---
OL-LEC 05/16/2023 Tuesday 6:00 PM 7:00 PM Zoom ---
OL-LEC 05/23/2023 Tuesday 6:00 PM 7:00 PM Zoom ---
OL-LEC 05/30/2023 Tuesday 6:00 PM 7:00 PM Zoom ---
OL-LEC 06/06/2023 Tuesday 6:00 PM 7:00 PM Zoom ---
END 06/11/2023 Sunday --- --- Online (Access Ends) ---