SPIE Optical Systems Engineering ISBN: 9780071754408

Optical Systems Engineering is a practical guide to optical system design and development emphasizing first-order, system-level estimates of optical performance. Building on the basic principles of optical design and engineering, the book uses numerous practical examples to illustrate the essential, real-world processes such as requirements analysis, feasibility and trade studies, subsystem interfaces, error budgets, requirements flow-down and allocation, component specifications, and vendor selection. Filled with detailed diagrams and photographs, this is an indispensable resource for anyone involved in developing optical, electro-optical, and infrared systems. Made available in cooperation with McGraw-Hill. Optical Systems Engineering covers: • Systems engineering • Geometrical optics • Aberrations and image quality • Radiometry • Optical sources • Detectors and focal plane arrays • Optomechanical design Keith J. Kasunic has more than 20 years’ experience developing optical, electro-optical, and infrared systems. He holds a Ph.D. in Optical Sciences from the University of Arizona, an MS in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University, and a BS in Mechanical Engineering from MIT. He has worked for or been a consultant to a number of organizations, including Lockheed Martin, Ball Aerospace, Sandia National Labs, Nortel Networks, and Bookham. He is also an Adjunct Professor and Instructor at Univ. of Central Florida’s CREOL – The College of Optics and Photonics, as well as an Affiliate Instructor with Georgia Tech’s SENSIAC. This book is the basis for his course taught at SPIE Photonics West and SPIE Defense, Security, and Sensing.