This book provides a comprehensive overview of the principles of optical imaging. Targeted at optics and photonics students, it offers a thorough introduction to the field and equips the reader with hands-on training via multiple exercises and case studies.

Christoph Gerhard is a professor of physics and instrumental analytics and is the head of the Laboratory of Analytical Measurement Technology at the University of Applied Sciences and Arts in Göttingen, Germany. He has published more than 50 articles on optics and optical system design. This is his fourth textbook in the field of optics.