Robert E. Fischer
President, OPTICS 1, Incorporated
Biljana Tadic-Galeb
Senior Staff Optical Engineer, OPTICS 1, Incorporated

With contributions by

Rick Plympton
Bob Weiderhold
Chanda Bartlett Walker
Ranko Galeb
Michael Newell

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Fischer, Robert Edward
Optical systems design / Robert E. Fischer, Biljana Tadic-Galeb.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-07-134916-2
1. Imaging systems-Design and construction. 2. Optical instruments-Design and
construction. 3. Electrooptical devices-Design and construction. I. Tadic-Galeb,
Biljana.II. Title.

TK8315 .F57 2000
681 ?.4-dc21 00-032892

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