ABSTRACT
This new edition of Opto-Mechanical Systems Design is different in many ways from the three earlier editions: coauthor Daniel Vukobratovich has brought his broad expertise in materials, opto-mechanical design, analysis of optical instruments, large mirrors, and structures to bear throughout this edition; Jan Nijenhuis has contributed a comprehensive new chapter on kinematics and applications of flexures; and several other experts in special aspects of opto-mechanics have contributed portions of other chapters. An expanded feature, a total of 110 worked-out design examples, has been added to several chapters to show how the theory, equations, and analytical methods can be applied by the reader. Finally, the expanded text, new illustrations, new tables of data, and new references have warranted the publication of this work in the form of two separate but closely entwined volumes. The titles of these two books, Design and Analysis of Opto-Mechanical Assemblies and Design and Analysis of Large Mirrors and Structures, signify their scopes and technical concentrations.
