Optics Essentials
eBook - ePub

Optics Essentials

An Interdisciplinary Guide

  1. 219 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Optics Essentials

An Interdisciplinary Guide

About this book

A Valuable Reference for Understanding Basic Optical Principals

Need a crash course in optics? If you are a non-specialist with little or no knowledge of optical components, systems, or hardware, who suddenly finds it necessary to work with optics in your given field, then Optics Essentials: An Interdisciplinary Guide is the book for you. Aimed at engineers and other interdisciplinary professionals tackling optics-related challenges, this text provides a basic overview of optical principles, concepts, and applications as well as worked examples throughout. It enables readers to gain a basic understanding of optics and sense of optical phenomena, without having to commit to extended periods of study.

Contains MATLAB

® Simulations and Suggested Experiments

The book provides MATLAB simulations to help the reader visualize concepts, includes simple experiments using everyday materials that are readily available to solidify optical principles, and provides worked examples throughout. It contains a set of suggested experiments in each chapter designed to help the reader understand and visualize the basic principles. While this book assumes that the reader has a basic background in mathematics, it does not burden or overwhelm them with complex information or heavy mathematical equations. In addition, while it also briefly discusses advanced topics, readers are directed to the appropriate texts for more detailed study.

Comprised of 11 chapters, this illuminating text:



  • Describes light sources, such as lasers, light-emitting diodes, and thermal sources
  • Compares various light sources, and photometric and radiometric parameters
  • Discusses light detection, including various detector types, such as photon detectors and thermal detectors, and other topics re

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Information

Publisher
CRC Press
Year
2018
Print ISBN
9781138582200
eBook ISBN
9781351832212
Edition
1
Subtopic
Physics
Index
Physics

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Table of Contents
  6. Preface
  7. Author
  8. Chapter 1 Optical Systems and Components
  9. Chapter 2 Light Sources
  10. Chapter 3 Light Detection
  11. Chapter 4 Manipulation of Light
  12. Chapter 5 Polarization
  13. Chapter 6 Geometrical Optics
  14. Chapter 7 Imaging Systems
  15. Chapter 8 Guiding Lightwaves
  16. Chapter 9 Optics, Electronics, Software, and Applications
  17. Chapter 10 Optical Sensing
  18. Chapter 11 Advanced Experiments
  19. Chapter 12 Advanced Topics
  20. Appendix A: Simulations
  21. Appendix B: Computing Diffraction Pattern
  22. Appendix C: Polarization Calculations Using Jones Vectors and Matrices
  23. Appendix D: MATLAB® Simulation Function Files
  24. Index