To illustrate how lens designs for the thermal infrared look and work, we show in Figs. 12.24 through 12.31 designs for an f/2 LWIR lens 25 mm in diameter covering a field of view of 2.5 . The ...

The automated design of imaging systems involving no or minimal human effort has always been the expectation of scientists, researchers and optical engineers. In addition, it is challenging to choose ...

This chapter concludes Part I of the book. In it, a series of additional design examples are presented. These examples, like all the other designs shown so far, are also at the circuit level (that is, ...

How model-based systems engineering (MBSE) has improved system design. Thermal design and MBE come together. When considering systems-level design, it’s important to understand the criticality of the ...