Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to explain in more detail some of the ideas first presented at earlier Institute of Physics and S.P.I.E. conferences, and to give an update on the work that has been done by the authors and others to develop online tutorial materials, particularly for those who do not intend to specialise in optical design. The latest additions to these courses, involving real lens design and analysis tasks, are now available on the Ancient and Modern Optics web site in unrestricted download format.

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