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THE WALKER LENSES

Written by Admin | Aug 30, 2021 4:00:00 AM
You need the book "Optical Engineering Fundamentals" by Bruce Walker to pursue these references. The Walker Lenses The Walker lenses are 11 designs that are described in the book "Optical Engineering Fundamentals, Second Edition", by Bruce H. Walker, McGraw-Hill 2009. They are included to simplify data entry for users who wish to experiment with the designs beyond the description given in the book. Some of the sign conventions, etc. differ from those used in OSLO. Nevertheless, the book is a good introduction to Optical Engineering, and is recommended particularly for new users. The lenses were all evaluated or designed using OSLO Light. There have been some changes in OSLO since these lenses were evaluated, principally concerning aplanatic ray aiming, default values for aperture divisions, and improved accuracy in a few algorithms. Consequently, you should expect to obtain slightly different results for some of the systems when you evaluate them on an OSLO Version 6 program. The lens are to be found in the directory publiclenlibwalkeropticaleng. The lens file names and page references in the book are as follows:
 

File

Page

Title

simupetz.len

103

Simulated Petzval lens
micrscop.len

117

10X complete microscope
apodublt.len

122

1000mm efl apochromatic doublet
aposcope.len

123

Complete apochromatic telescope
achrdblt.len

155

Achromatic doublet
eyemodel.len

236

A model of the human eye
prismtel.len

256

Prism telescope
irapodub.len

272

Near IR apochromatic doublet
ptzfinal.len

281

Final design of a Petzval lens
hindlsph.len

284

Hindle sphere
nullens.len

286

Null lens