Mr. Eric Herman Profile

Eric Herman

Staff Engineer

SPIE Involvement:

Conference Program Committee | Author

Area of Expertise:

Optical Design and Engineering , Optical Tolerancing

Proceedings Article | 15 May 2024 Paper

The continued importance of the Abbe sine condition

Nick Takaki, Eric Herman

Proceedings Volume 12798, 1279815 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2692110

KEYWORDS: Monochromatic aberrations, Ray tracing, Visualization, Spherical lenses, Optical surfaces, Imaging systems, Flat optics, Pupil aberrations, Optical design, Optical components

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Proceedings Article | 28 September 2023 Presentation + Paper

Athermal design strategy for compact aspheric lens design

Blake Crowther, Eric Herman

Proceedings Volume 12669, 126690F (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3008442

KEYWORDS: Glasses, Design and modelling, Lens design, Optical components, Athermalization, Modulation transfer functions, Plastics, Chemical elements, Thermography, Aspheric lenses

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Proceedings Article | 14 September 2023 Paper

Characterizing finely structured ghost images using physical optics propagation methods

John Rogers, Mike Zollers, Eric Herman

Proceedings Volume 12798, 127982E (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2692535

KEYWORDS: Diffraction, Ray tracing, Point spread functions, Reflection, Wavefronts, Computer simulations, Staring arrays, Spatial resolution, Signal to noise ratio, Reflectivity

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Proceedings Article | 14 September 2023 Paper

Moving beyond the drawing notation of ISO 10110

Dave Aikens, Eric Herman, Richard Youngworth

Proceedings Volume 12798, 127981R (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2692408

KEYWORDS: Standards development, Tolerancing, Optical coatings, Glasses, Bubbles, Optical engineering, Optical systems engineering, Image quality standards

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Proceedings Article | 3 October 2022 Presentation + Paper

Using ISO environmental standards in an ISO 10110 format drawing

Eric Herman, David M. Aikens

Proceedings Volume 12221, 122210A (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2633441

KEYWORDS: Standards development, Optical coatings, Optical fabrication, Optical testing, Optics manufacturing

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SPIE Press Book | 9 February 2022

Modern Optics Drawings: The ISO 10110 Companion

Eric Herman, David Aikens, Richard Youngworth

KEYWORDS: Tolerancing, Standards development, Optical components, Coating, Aspheric lenses, Optical coatings, Surface finishing, Wavefronts, Glasses, Optical testing

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Modern Optics Drawings: The ISO 10110 Companion

Proceedings Article | 11 September 2019 Presentation + Paper

Determining optimal orientation of straight-vane baffles for stray light mitigation

Eric Herman

Proceedings Volume 11103, 111030K (2019) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2528543

KEYWORDS: Stray light, Manufacturing, Optical design, Photography, Sensors, Lens design, Photographic lenses, Cameras, Aerospace engineering, Analytical research

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Proceedings Article | 9 September 2019 Presentation + Paper

Assessing zoom lenses for manufacturability and tolerancing

Richard Youngworth, Takanori Yamanashi, Eric Herman

Proceedings Volume 11106, 1110606 (2019) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2528477

KEYWORDS: Tolerancing, Modulation transfer functions, Zoom lenses, Manufacturing, Optics manufacturing, Optical design, Error analysis, Aberration correction

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Proceedings Article | 14 September 2018 Paper

Modern optics drawings: translating from American MIL drawings to ISO 10110

Eric Herman, Richard Youngworth, David Aikens

Proceedings Volume 10742, 107421D (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2320793

KEYWORDS: Tolerancing, Surface finishing, Photovoltaics, Aspheric lenses, Wavefronts, Standards development, Polishing, Coating, Laser irradiation, Spherical lenses

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Proceedings Article | 14 September 2018 Paper

Modern optics drawings: the journey from MIL to ANSI to ISO drawing formats

Eric Herman, Richard Youngworth, David Aikens

Proceedings Volume 10742, 107420P (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2320792

KEYWORDS: Standards development, Optical components, Optics manufacturing, Photonics, Active optics, Surface finishing, Tolerancing, Aspheric lenses, Optical communications, Optical fabrication

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Proceedings Article | 3 September 2015 Paper

To zoom or not to zoom: do we have enough pixels?

Richard Youngworth, Eric Herman

Proceedings Volume 9580, 95800A (2015) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2189405

KEYWORDS: Zoom lenses, Sensors, Imaging systems, Digital imaging, Image resolution, Modulation transfer functions, Optical resolution, Image sensors, Spatial frequencies, Cameras

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Proceedings Article | 17 December 2014 Paper

Efficient assessment of lens manufacturability in optical design

Eric Herman, Richard Youngworth, Jose Sasian

Proceedings Volume 9293, 929318 (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2072553

KEYWORDS: Tolerancing, Lens design, Optics manufacturing, Optical design, Manufacturing, Error analysis, Design for manufacturability, Wavefronts, Electro-optical engineering, Optical components

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Proceedings Article | 19 September 2014 Paper

Modeling decenter, wedge, and tilt errors in optical tolerance analysis and simulation

Richard Youngworth, Eric Herman

Proceedings Volume 9195, 919502 (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2058102

KEYWORDS: Monte Carlo methods, Spherical lenses, Tolerancing, Error analysis, Optical design, Computer simulations, Optical components, Electro-optical engineering, Systems modeling, Interfaces

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Proceedings Article | 10 September 2013 Paper

Optomechanical considerations for realistic tolerancing

Eric Herman, José Sasián, Richard Youngworth

Proceedings Volume 8844, 884402 (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2022804

KEYWORDS: Monte Carlo methods, Tolerancing, Wavefronts, Optical filters, Lens design, Microscopes, Objectives, Optical tolerancing, Error analysis, Optical simulations

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Proceedings Article | 21 May 2011 Paper

Refractive lens design for simultaneous SWIR and LWIR imaging

Scott Sparrold, Eric Herman, Amber Czajkowski, Kevin O'Shea

Proceedings Volume 8012, 801224 (2011) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.884043

KEYWORDS: Short wave infrared radiation, Long wavelength infrared, Chemical elements, Lens design, Glasses, Colorimetry, Diffraction, Infrared radiation, Zinc, Absorption

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Conference Committee Involvement (13)

Novel Optical Systems, Methods, and Applications XXVIII

3 August 2025 | San Diego, California, United States

Novel Optical Systems, Methods, and Applications XXVII

19 August 2024 | San Diego, California, United States

Optical Design and Engineering IX

8 April 2024 | Strasbourg, France

Novel Optical Systems, Methods, and Applications XXVI

22 August 2023 | San Diego, California, United States

Novel Optical Systems, Methods, and Applications XXV

22 August 2022 | San Diego, California, United States

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