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Sunday, October 15, 2006 -- 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

Basic Lens Design for the Non-Optical Engineer (Julie L. Bentley, University of Rochester/Corning Tropel Corporation)

Common optical systems include cameras, microscopes, and telescopes. This tutorial provides an overview of the lenses that form different types of optical systems and answers the question “where do optical tolerances come from?” For example, a comparison between a simple copier lens and a complex lithography lens used to print computer circuit boards will be used to explain why some optical designs require precision mechanics and precision assembly and some do not.

The tutorial will begin with a review of geometrical optics and basic optical system design. Optical concepts such as focal length, index of refraction, dispersion, optical axis, resolution, and aberrations will be explained. No previous background in optical design is required and the course is intended to provide an overview of lens design techniques at a very basic level. The target audience for this tutorial is intended to be practicing engineers from other disciplines interested in learning about lens design. Only knowledge of basic physics will be assumed.

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