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Kidger Optics Associates

Kidger Optics Associates from 1st January 2003, will represent Optical Research Associates, Pasadena, USA, software, including the Code V and LightTools Products, in the United Kingdom and Ireland.
Kidger Optics Associates has a worldwide reputation for its expertise in optical design services

Michael Kidger Memorial Scholarship in optical design: for all details of this award which is open to applicants worldwide, please visit the Kidger Optics website.

Michael Kidger Memorial Scholarship in Optical Design 2004
"The Chair, David Williamson and Members of the Kidger Scholarship Committee, are pleased to announce that the award for the Kidger Scholarship in Optical Design 2004 has been given to Andrew Rakich, from Australia, who is a PhD student at the University of Canterbury in New Zealand."
Andrew's PhD covers 'A Complete Solution for Four-Spherical-Mirror Anastigmats and Investigations into Reflecting Corrector Optical Systems'."

Fundamental Optical Design
by Michael J Kidger
This book published posthumously with the help of colleagues, provides all the essential and best elements of the author's many courses taught worldwide on lens and optical design. It is written in a direct style that is compact, logical, and to the point - a tutorial in the best
sense of the word.
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Intermediate Optical Design
by Michael J. Kidger
This second volume based on Michael Kidger's popular short courses and workshops is aimed at readers already familiar with the concepts presented in Fundamental Optical Design (SPIE Vol. PM92). It begins with a sweeping discussion of optimization that is written with the user in mind, and continues with a unique look at the role of higher-order aberrations. The book's key feature is its astounding
presentation of a wide range of practical design examples, covering such problems as secondary spectrum correction, high numerical aperture designs, lasers, zoom lenses, tilted or decentered optical systems, and price and performance requirements. Each scenario is accompanied by an in-depth discussion that goes well beyond the ray aberration plot,
including useful insights into an optical designer's thought processes.
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Vol. PM134 * February 2004280 pages * Hardcover * 0-8194-5217-3SPIE Members $54; List price $66
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