Optical components are essential key elements in modern engineering and
everyday life. The education of skilled personnel and specialists in the
fields of theoretical and practical optics manufacturing is of essential
importance for next-generation technologies. Against this background,
this book provides the basis for the education and advanced training of
precision and ophthalmic optics technicians, craftsmen, and foremen, and
it is an extensive reference work for students, academics, optical
designers or shop managers, and production engineers. It not only covers
particularly used and applied machines, working materials, testing
procedures, and machining steps for classical optics manufacturing, but
it also addresses the production and specification of optical glasses as
well as unconventional production techniques and novel approaches.
Optics Manufacturing: Components and Systems furthermore covers
the basics of light propagation and provides an overview on optical
materials and components; presents an introduction and explanation of
the necessary considerations and procedures for the initial definition
of manufacturing tolerances and the relevant industrial standards for
optics manufacturing; and addresses the production of micro optics, the
assembly of opto-mechanical setups and possible manufacturing errors,
and the impact of the resulting inaccuracies. In order to allow fast and
clear access to the most essential information, each chapter ends with a
short summary of the most important aspects, including an explanation of
relevant equations, symbols, and abbreviations. For further reading,
extensive lists of references are also provided. Finally, exercises on
the covered basic principles of optics, approaches, and techniques of
optics manufacturing--including their corresponding detailed
solutions--are found in the appendix.
