This comprehensive handbook covers all major aspects of optomechanical engineering - from conceptual design to fabrication and integration of complex optical systems. The practical information within is ideal for optical and optomechanical engineers and scientists involved in the design, development and integration of modern optical systems for commercial, space, and military applications. Charts, tables, figures, and photos augment this already impressive text. Fully revised, the new edition includes 4 new chapters: Plastic optics, Optomechanical tolerancing and error budgets, Analysis and design of flexures, and Optomechanical constraint equations
Contents
1. Optical fundamentals / Ronald R. Willey and Robert E. Parks -- 2. Optomechanical design principles / Daniel Vukobratovich -- 3. Materials for optical systems / Roger A. Paquin -- 4. Metal mirrors / Roger A. Paquin -- 5. Lightweight mirror design / Daniel Vukobratovich -- 6. Optical mounts: lenses, windows, small mirrors, and prisms / Paul R. Yoder, Jr. -- 7. Adjustment mechanisms / Anees Ahmad -- 8. Structural analysis of optics / Victor Genberg -- 9. Thermal and thermoelastic analysis of optics / Victor Genberg -- 10. Fabrication methods / Darell Engelhaupe
