Advanced optics by aspherical elements

Content: 1. Introduction --
Part I. 1.1. Motivation --
1.2. Guideline --
2. Basic considerations. 2.1. Preliminary remarks --
2.2. Definition of aspherical optical elements --
2.3. Drawing indications --
2.4. Information exchange over aspherical elements --
2.5. Study about surface errors --
2.6. References --
3. Applications. 3.1. Physical considerations --
3.2. Image quality --
3.3. Case study --
3.4. Design drivers --
3.5. Classifications --
3.6. Technical challenges --
3.7. Application spectrum --
4. Materials of aspheres. 4.1. Glasses --
4.2. Polymers --
4.3. Glass ceramics --
4.4. Single crystals and polycrystalline ceramics --
5. Processing technologies. 5.1. Processing of aspheres: the historical approach --
5.2. Overview processing --
5.3. Process chain for processing aspheres --
5.4. Hybrid technology --
5.5. Molding --
5.6. References --
6. Metrology. 6.1. Measurement of optical system performance --
6.2. Measurement of individual surfaces --
6.3. Surface metrology --
6.4. Measurement of surface roughness and waviness --
6.5. Surface form measurement --
6.6. Interferometric testing --
6.7. Surface form measurement with a Shack-Hartmann wavefront sensor --
6.8. Comparison of methods --
6.9. References. 7. Coating technologies. 7.1. Introduction --
7.2. Market and business --
7.3. Deposition technologies, coating design, and monitoring --
7.4. Multifunctional coatings on plastic optics --
7.5. Actual topics --
7.6. Nanocoatings --
7.7. Summary --
7.8. References --
7.9. Further reading --
8. Assembly technologies. 8.1. Relation between design and assembly --
8.2. Review of different assembly strategies --
8.3. Errors and tolerances --
8.4. Compensators --
8.5. Alignment of the optical axis of the aspherical components --
8.6. Monolithic optics --
8.7. Technical details --
8.8. Reference --
9. Future trends. 9.1. Introduction --
9.2. Preliminary remarks --
9.3. Applications --
9.4. Materials --
9.5. Processing technologies and metrology --
9.6. Coating technologies --
9.7. Assembly --
9.8. Reference --
10. Mathematical formulation. 10.1. Surfaces of second-order (quadrics) --
10.2. Basic equation by ISO. Part II. Experts' contributions. 11. Applications. 11.1. Illuminations --
11.2. Micro-optic cylindrical aspherical fast axis collimator for high power diode laser --
11.3. Photo-optics --
11.4. Aspheres for large format lenses --
11.5. Aspherical projection lenses for UV- and eUV-lithography --
11.6. Large-format lenses for aerial surveying --
11.7. Mirror telescope for space communication --
11.8. Free-form correction plate for telescopes --
12. Materials. 12.1. Low-tg glass (nd <
6, vd>
) --
12.2. Low-tg glass (1.6. <
nd <
9, <
vd <
) --
12.3. Low-tg glass (1.8. <
nd,>
 vd) --
12.4. Uv-transmitting glasses --
12.5. Fused silica --
12.6. Optical polymers --
12.7. Crystals for uv optics --
12.8. Crystals for ir optics --
12.9. Glass ceramics --
12.10. Opto-ceramics --
12.11. Glasses for ir optics --
13. Processing technologies. 13.1. Zonal grinding process --
13.2. Zonal polishing process --
13.3. Magnetorheological finishing --
13.4. Robotic polishing --
13.5. Subaperture robotic polishing --
13.6. Robot-assisted fluid jet polishing (FJP) --
13.7. Ion beam polishing --
13.8. Precision glass molding --
13.9. Tools for precision glass molding --
13.10. Injection molding of high-precision polymer optics --
13.11. Aspherical microlenses manufactured by wafer-based technology. 14. Metrology. 14.1. Tactile profile measurement --
14.2. Interferometry --
14.3. Wavefront sensor (Shack-Hartmann) --
14.4. Surface/microstructure inspection --
15. Coating technologies. 15.1. Coating design --
15.2. Electron-beam evaporation --
15.3. Ion-assisted deposition (IAD) --
15.4. Ion plating (IP) deposition --
15.5. Advanced plasma source (APS) --
15.5.6. Link --
15.6. Magnetron sputtering --
15.7. Ion beam sputtering --
15.8. Plasma impulse chemical vapor deposition --
16. Assembly. 16.1. Assembly of spherical lenses (consumer optics) --
16.2. Assembly of spherical lenses (HQ optics) --
16.3. Assembly of aspherical lenses --
16.4. Micro-assembly trimo --
16.5. CNC-machined monolithic optics --
17. Editor and author biographies. 17.1. Volume editors --
17.2. Contributing experts --
Acknowledgements --
Index.