System Considerations

Radiometry

Blackbody radiation

Planck's equation

Stefan-Boltzmann law

Wien displacement law

Atmospheric Transmission

Scattering

Absorption

Infrared windows

Computer calculation

Lens Transmission

Transmittance

Reflectance

Coatings

Single layer coatings

Multilayer coatings

Infrared detectors

Basic relations

Types

Arrays

Matching the detector with the optics

Optics Fundamentals

Lens Equation

Stops and Pupils

Optical Formulas

Optical Performance Criteria

Telescopes

Primary Aberrations

Definition of the Seidel aberrations

Variation of primary aberrations with aperture and field height

Stop shift equations

Achromatism

Primary achromatism

Secondary spectrum

Unique Features of the Infrared Region

Optical Materials

Materials for the infrared

Calculation of index of refraction

Thermal Compensation

Focus shift with temperature

Athermalization

Athermalization methods

Cold Stop and Cold Shield

Narcissus

Types of retroreflections

Reduction techniques

Optical Design Techniques

The Optical Design Starting Point

Scaling

Optical Materials Selection

Techniques for Compactness

Symmetry Principle

Bending

Aplanatic Condition

Adding an Element

Field Lens Utilization

Conics and Aspheres

Diffractive Surfaces

Aperture Stop Location

Computer Optimization

Tolerances

Zoom Lenses

Types of Zoom Lenses

Optically compensated zoom lens

Mechanically compensated zoom lens

Infrared Zoom Lens Specifications

Spectral region

Optical system performance

Aperture

Effective focal length

Magnification range

Size constraints

Operating environment

Distortion

Transmission

Narcissus

Vignetting

Refractive Infrared Zoom Lenses

Target Simulators

CI Systems

Hughes Aircraft Company

Lockheed Martin

Scanning Systems

Barr & Stroud

Pilkington P.E.

Optics 1

Precision-Optical Engineering

Zhejiang University, Dept. of Optical Engineering

Electrooptical Industries Ltd

Scotoptix

Boresighted zoom lens

Athermalized zoom lens

Optically compensated zoom lens

Optimum Optical Systems

CCD Imaging Systems

Angenieux

Laser Beam Expanders

Carl Zeiss

Diffractive Optics

Optics 1

Optical E.T.C. and Teledyne Brown

Wescam

Texas Instruments

Reflective Infrared Zoom Systems

Obscured Systems

Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology

Center for Applied Optics, University of Alabama in Huntsville

Unobscured Systems

Hughes Aircraft Company

Optical E.T.C.

Future Trends

Athermalization

Diffractive Optical Elements

Conics and Aspherics

Materials

Detector Technology

Simulators

Mirror Systems

Wavelength Region

Optomechanical Considerations

Computer Optimization

Miscellaneous Patents

Computer Analysis of Selected Patents.