Geometrische Optica

Authors

Joseph Braat
Imaging Physics Department, Faculty of Applied Sciences, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
https://orcid.org/0009-0006-8236-9881
Aurèle J.L. Adam
Imaging Physics Department, Faculty of Applied Sciences, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6727-946X
DOI: https://doi.org/10.59490/mt.240

Keywords:

geometrical optics, imaging aberrations, imaging systems, ray-tracing, gradient-index optics

Synopsis

The book provides the scientific basis of geometrical optics, ray tracing, and aberration theory. It applies this knowledge to optical systems and their imaging performance and establishes the link between ray optics and wave optics.

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Joseph Braat, Imaging Physics Department, Faculty of Applied Sciences, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands

Joseph Braat studied physics at Delft University of Technology. After his graduation he joined the coherent optics group of Professor Serge Lowenthal at the Institut d’Optique, Orsay/France (thesis on holography using spatially incoherent light). From 1973 to 1998 he worked at Philips Research, Eindhoven. Since 1988 he was professor of geometrical optics and from 1998 to 2008 the full  professor of optics at the faculty of Applied Physics of Delft University of Technology. His research interests are diffraction optics, optical imaging, optical design and metrology and optics for astronomy.

Aurèle J.L. Adam, Imaging Physics Department, Faculty of Applied Sciences, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands

Aurèle J.L. Adam is an Assistant Professor at Delft University of Technology. He is an Engineer from CentraleSupelec (promo 2000) and got his PhD from the University of Paris VI. His expertise lies in the Terahertz Field and he enjoys scattering problems and free form optics.

References

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2. H. H. Hopkins, Wave theory of aberrations, 1950, On the Clarendon Press, Oxford,microfilm-uitgave: University Microfilms International Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.

3. W. J. Smith, Modern Optical Engineering, 1966/2008, McGraw-Hill Inc., New York, USA.

4. R. Kingslake, Lens design fundamentals, 1978, Academic Press, New York, USA.

5. W.T. Welford, Aberrations of optical systems, 1986, Adam Hilger, Bristol, U.K.

6. J. Braat & P. T ̈or ̈ok, Imaging Optics, 2019, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, U.K

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December 18, 2025

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978-94-6518-195-0

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2025-12-18

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Braat, J., & Adam, A. J. (2025). Geometrische Optica. TU Delft OPEN Books. https://doi.org/10.59490/mt.240