Course Identification

Title:

Practical Lens and Imaging System Design

Code:

20241101

Lecturers and Teaching Assistants

Lecturers:

Dr. Sagi Ben-Ami

TA's:

Yahel Sofer Rimalt

Course Schedule and Location

Year:

2024

Semester:

First Semester

When / Where:

Wednesday, 14:15 - 16:00, Drori Auditorium

Tutorials
Wednesday, 16:15 - 17:00,

First Lecture:

13/12/2023

End date:

28/02/2024

Field of Study, Course Type and Credit Points

Physical Sciences: Lecture; 2.00 points
Chemical Sciences: 2.00 points

Comments

Hybrid Format
The tutorial will take place in Drori

Prerequisites

No

Restrictions

Participants:

20

Language of Instruction

English

Registration by

Registration By:03/10/2023

Attendance and participation

Required in at least 80% of the lectures

Grade Type

Numerical (out of 100)

Grade Breakdown (in %)

Assignments:

40%

Interim:

30%

Final:

30%

Evaluation Type

Final assignment

Scheduled date 1

Date / due date

N/A

Location

N/A

Time

-

Remarks

N/A

Estimated Weekly Independent Workload (in hours)

4

Syllabus

Overview of Basic Optics

Optical Aberrations

Optical Materials and Mechanical Considerations

Optical Design: System definitions

Optical Design: Reflective Systems

Optical Design: Refractive Systems

Optical Design: Dispersive Systems

Tolerance Analysis

System Analysis: From the drawing board to production

Learning Outcomes

The students will learn how to design, tolerance and analyze practical imaging systems, such as cameras, telescopes, and spectrographs using common CAD packages.

Reading List

Spectroscopic Instrumentation: Fundamentals and Guidelines for Astronomers, Eversberg & Klaus, 2015
Lens Design Fundamentals, 2009
Astronomical Optics: D. J. Schroeder 2000
Modern Optical Enginner, Warren J. Smith 2007
Lens Design: A practical Guide, Haiyin Sun, 2017
Selected Papers

Website

N/A