Preface
Part I. Preview: 1. Some consequences of the wave equation
Part II. Geometrical Optics: 2. Fermat's principle
3. Path differentials
4. The structure of image forming pencils
5. Eikonal transformations
6. Perfect images
7. Aberrations
8. Radiometry
Part III. Paraxial Optics: 9. The small angle approximation
10. Paraxial calculations
11. Stops and pupils
12. Chromatic aberrations
Part IV. Waves in Homogeneous Media: 13. Waves
14. Wave propagation I: exact results
15. Wave propagation II: approximations
16. The stationary phase approximation
Part V. Wave Propagation Through Lenses: 17. Toward a wave theory of lenses
18. General propagation kernels
19. Paraxial wave propagation
20. The wave theory of image formation
21. Fourier optics
Part VI. Aberrations: 22. Perfect systems
23. The vicinity of an arbitrary ray
24. Third order aberrations
25. The small field approximation
26. Ray tracing
27. Aberrations and the wave theory
Part VII. Applications: 28. Gaussian beams
29. Concentric systems
30. Thin lenses
31. Mock ray tracing
32. Diffractive optical elements
Appendices
Bibliography
Index.
