Lens Design: Automatic and quasi-autonomous computational methods and techniques : IOP Publishing : 9780750336932 : 0750336935 : 07 Dec 2020 : This second edition of Lens Design: Automatic and quasi-autonomous computational methods and techniques shows how these new tools can design systems in minutes that would have required weeks or months of labor using older methods. Powerful search routines that can quickly produce excellent designs starting with plane-parallel plates are described. The principles are explained, and data files are provided so the user can duplicate these systems and learn how to use the new software to solve unexpected problems should they occur. Automatic substitution of real glass types for a glass model, and automatic matching to the testplates of a selected vendor are fully explained with examples. Key Features Discusses the pros and cons of traditional design tools and the role of aberration theory todayExplains the topology of the lens design landscape