Below is a list of Optics References
| Optics of the Human Eye | Atchison & Smith |
| Optical Instrumentation | Begunov at al |
| Radiometry and the Detection of Optical Radiation | Boyd |
| Modern Geometrical Optics | Ditteon |
| Seeing the Light | Falk, Brill & Stork |
| Optical System Design | Fischer & Tadic-Galeb |
| Camera Technology - The Dark Side of the Lens | Goldberg |
| Optics | Hecht & Zajac/Hecht |
| Schaum’s Outline of Theory and Problems in Optics | Hecht |
| Building Electro-Optical Systems | Hobbs |
| Fundamentals of Optics | Jenkins & White |
| Optics and Optical Instruments | B. K. Johnson |
| Introduction to Geometrical Optics | Katz |
| Fundamental Optical Design | Kidger |
| History of the Telescope | King |
| Optical System Design | Kingslake |
| History of the Photographic Lens | Kingslake |
| Lens Design Fundamentals | Kingslake |
| Optics in Photography | Kingslake |
| Lens Design | Laikin |
| Optical Imaging and Aberrations | Mahajan |
| Geometrical and Instrumental Optics | Malacara |
| Handbook of Lens Design | Malacara & Malacara |
| Geometrical Optics and Optical Design | Mouroulis & Macdonald |
| Visual Instrumentation | Mouroulis |
| Elements of Modern Optical Design | O’Shea |
| Introduction to Optics | Pedrotti & Pedrotti |
| Mirror Mirror | Pendergrast |
| Applied Photographic Optics | Ray |
| Scientific Photography and Applied Imaging | Ray |
| Fundamentals of Photonics | Saleh & Teich |
| The Science of Imaging | Saxby |
| The Art and Science of Optical Design | Shannon |
| Modern Lens Design | W. Smith |
| Practical Optical System Layout | W. Smith |
| Modern Optical Engineering - the Design of Optical Systems; Fourth Edition | Warren J. Smith |
| The Eye and Visual Optical Instruments | G. Smith & Atchison |
| Optical Engineering Fundamentals | Walker |
| Useful Optics | Welford |
| Aberrations of Optical Systems | Welford |
| Infrared Handbook | Wolfe |
| Optical Engineer’s Desk Reference | Wolfe |
| Handbook of Optics | Optical Society of Am. |
| Military Handbook 141 - Optical Design | Department of Defense |
| Basic Optics and Optical Instruments | Bureau of Naval Pers. |
| Optics Source Book | McGraw Hill |
| Schott Glass Catalog |