应用光学是光学工程、测控技术与仪器和电子科学与技术等专业的技术基础课。它主要是要让学生学会解决几何光学、典型光学仪器原理、光度学、色度学、光纤光学系统、激光光学系统及红外光学系统等的基础理论和方法。 它包括了此类专业学生必备的光学知识，为光学仪器、微光夜视、激光红外等学科奠定了理论基础和应用基础，在培养光学和光电类人才中具有不可替代的地位。

《应用光学（英文版第2版）》由李林主编。主要内容包括：几何光学基本原理；共轴球面系统的物像关系；眼睛和目视光学系统；平面镜棱镜系统；光学系统中成像光束的选择；辐射度学和光度学基础等知识。

Chapter 1 Basic Principles of Geometrical Optics

 1.1 Waves and Rays

 1.2 Basic Laws of Geometrical Optics

 1.3 Refractive Index and Speed of Light

 1.4 Reversibility of Ray Paths and Total Internal Reflection

 1.5 Vector Form of Basic Laws

 1.6 Classification of Optical Systems and Concept of Imaging

 1.7 Ideal Images and Ideal Optical Systems

Chapter 2 Image Formation of Symmetrical Systems Made from Spherical Surfaces

 2.1 Ray Tracing Formulae for Symmetrical Systems Made from Spherical Surfaces

 2.2 Sign Conventions

 2.3 Imaging Characters and Ray Tracing in the Paraxial Region

 2.4 Basic Formulae of the Paraxial Region

 2.5 Cardinal Points of an Optical System

 2.6 Principal Planes and Focal Points of a Single Refracting Surface

 2.7 Principal Planes and Focal Points of a Coaxial Spheric System

 2.8 Chart Illustration for Image Formation

 2.9 Image Positions and Sizes

 2.10 Magnifications of Optical Systems

 2.11 The Optical Invariant

 2.12 Relationship Between the Front and Back Effective Focal Lengths

 2.13 Nodal Planes and Nodal Points

 2.14 Image Height of the Object at Infinity

 2.15 Combination of Ideal Optical Systems

 2.16 Ray Tracing for Ideal Optical Systems

 2.17 Equations for Calculating the Positions of the Principal Planes and Focal Points of a Single Lens

Chapter 3 Instruments for Human Eyes

 3.1 Characteristics of the Eye

 3.2 Principles of the Magnifier and the Microscope

 3.3 Principle of the Telescope

 3.4 Defects of Eyes and Diopter Accommodation of Optical Instruments

 3.5 Spatial Depth of Focus and Stereoscopic Effect

 3.6 Binocular Instruments

Chapter 4 Mirror and Prism Systems

 4.1 Applications of Mirror and Prism Systems in Optical Instruments ...

 4.2 Imaging Properties of Mirrors

 4.3 Rotation of Mirrors

 4.4 Prism and Its Unfolding

 4.5 Roof Surfaces and Roof Prisms

 4.6 Imaging Properties of the Parallel Glass Block and Prism Size Calculation

 4.7 Determination of Image Orientations for Mirrors and Prisms

 4.8 Combination of the Coaxial System and the Mirror and Prism System

 4.9 Prism Rotation Law

Chapter 5 Selection of Image Rays in Optical Systems

 5.1 Stop and Its Application

 5.2 Selection of Imaging Rays in Telescope Systems

 5.3 Selection of Imaging Rays in the Microscope and Telecentric System

 5.4 Field Lenses

 5.5 Depth of Field

Chapter 6 Basics of Radiometry and Photometry

 6.1 Solid Angle and Its Applications in Photometry

 6.2 Basic Ideas in Radiometry

 6.3 Relative Sensitivity of the Eye to Different Wavelengths

 6.4 Basic Ideas in Photometry

 6.5 Illuminance Formula and the Cosine Law of Luminous Intensity "

 6.6 Luminance of the Perfect Diffusive Surface

 6.7 Luminance of the Light Beam in Optical Systems

 6.8 Illuminance of the Image Plane

 6.9 Illuminance and F Number of the Image Plane of the Camera Lens

 6.10 Subjective Brightness of Human Eyes

 6.11 Subjective Brightness when We Observe Through a Telescope

 6.12 Calculation of Light Energy Loss in Optical Systems

Chapter 7 Image Quality of Optical Systems

 7.1 Introduction

 7.2 Color Dispersion and Chromatic Aberrations

 7.3 The Axial Monochromatic Aberration Spherical Aberration

 7.4 Offaxial Monochromatic Aberrations

 7.5 Aberration Curves

 7.6 Wavefront Aberrations

 7.7 Resolutions of Ideal Systems

 7.8 Resolutions of Typical Systems

 7.9 Optical Transfer Function

 7.10 Application of Optical Transfer Function

 7.11 Spot Diagrams

 7.12 Encircled Energy

Chapter 8 Telescopes and Microscopes

 8.1 Optical Performances of Telescopes

 8.2 Objectives of Telescopes

 8.3 Eyepieces of Telescopes

 8.4 Introduction of Microscopes and Their Properties

 8.5 Objectives and Eyepieces of Microscopes

Chapter 9 Cameras and Projectors

 9.1 Characteristics of the Camera Lens

 9.2 Typical Camera Lenses

 9.3 Typical Projectors

 9.4 Illumination Systems in Projectors

 9.5 Projector Lenses

 9.6 Energy Calculation of Projectors

Chapter 10 Other Optical Systems

 10.1 Laser Optical Systems

 10.2 Optical Information Processing Systems and Fouriertransform Lenses

 10.3 Infrared Optical Systems

Vocabulary

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