Opto-Mechanical Systems Design, Volume 1

Focusing primarily on smaller optics topics, this volume covers the opto-mechanical design process, considers pertinent environmental influences, lists key parameters for materials, and illustrates numerous designs and mounting techniques for individual and multiple lenses, windows, prisms, and small mirrors. It also explains the benefits of kinematic design and uses of flexures, describes how to analyze various types of opto-mechanical interfaces, demonstrates how the strength of glass can be determined and how to estimate stress generated in optics, and explains how changing temperature affects opto-mechanical assemblies.