Opto-mechanical systems design (Optical science & engineering, Vol. 105) (3^rd Ed.)

This text compiles a vast amount of information about new optical instruments, new tools and techniques for designing, building, and testing hardware, and the performance of major systems from throughout the literature into a single source. This third edition offers expanded coverage of the progress of the ISO and the OEOSC, catadioptric systems, semikinetic mountings for prisms, techniques for bonding prisms and small mirrors in their mounts, and mountings for variable orientation mirrors to include larger substrate diameters. The authors have added discussions on laser damage to optics, special coatings for opto-mechanical materials, and mounting lenses on fixtures, among others.

The Opto-Mechanical Design Process. Environmental Influences. Opto-Mechanical Characteristics of Materials. Mounting Individual Lenses. Mounting Multiple Lenses. Mounting Windows and Filters. Designing and Mounting Prisms. Designing and Mounting Small Mirrors, Gratings, and Pellicles. Design of Large Lightweight Nonmetallic Mirrors. Mounting Large Horizontal-Axis Mirrors. Mounting Large Vertical-Axis Mirrors. Mounting Large Variable-Orientation Mirrors. Metallic Mirrors. Optical Instrument Structural Design. Analysis of the Opto-Mechanical Design. Appendix A Units and Their Conversion. Appendix B Summary of Methods for Testing Optical Components and Optical Instruments Under Adverse Environmental Conditions Per ISO 9022. Appendix C Hardness of Materials. Appendix D Glossary. Index.