Course Identification

Title:

Practical Lens and Imaging System Design

Code:

20251121

Lecturers and Teaching Assistants

Lecturers:

Dr. Sagi Ben-Ami

TA's:

Yahel Sofer Rimalt

Course Schedule and Location

Year:

2025

Semester:

First Semester

When / Where:

Thursday, 09:15 - 11:00, Weissman, Seminar Rm B

Tutorials
Thursday, 11:00 - 12:00, Weissman, Seminar Rm B

First Lecture:

07/11/2024

End date:

30/01/2025

Field of Study, Course Type and Credit Points

Physical Sciences: Lecture; Elective; Regular; 4.00 points
Chemical Sciences: Lecture; 2.00 points

Comments

Knowledge in undergraduate level optics is assumed.

Prerequisites

Knowledge of undergraduate level optics is assumed.

Restrictions

Participants:

15

Language of Instruction

English

Attendance and participation

Obligatory

Grade Type

Numerical (out of 100)

Grade Breakdown (in %)

Assignments:

60%

Interim:

40%

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)

3

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