Building Electro-Optical Systems
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Building Electro-Optical Systems

Making It All Work

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eBook - PDF

Building Electro-Optical Systems

Making It All Work

About this book

Building Electro-Optical Systems

In the newly revised third edition of Building Electro-Optical Systems: Making It All Work, renowned Dr. Philip C. D. Hobbs delivers a birds-eye view of all the topics you'll need to understand for successful optical instrument design and construction. The author draws on his own work as an applied physicist and consultant with over a decade of experience in designing and constructing electro-optical systems from beginning to end.

The book's topics are chosen to allow readers in a variety of disciplines and fields to quickly and confidently decide whether a given device or technique is appropriate for their needs. Using accessible prose and intuitive organization, Building Electro-Optical Systems remains one of the most practical and solution-oriented resources available to graduate students and professionals.

The newest edition includes comprehensive revisions that reflect progress in the field of electro-optical instrument design and construction since the second edition was published. It also offers approximately 350 illustrations for visually oriented learners. Readers will also enjoy:

  • A thorough introduction to basic optical calculations, including wave propagation, detection, coherent detection, and interferometers
  • Practical discussions of sources and illuminators, including radiometry, continuum sources, incoherent line sources, lasers, laser noise, and diode laser coherence control
  • Explorations of optical detection, including photodetection in semiconductors and signal-to-noise ratios
  • Full treatments of lenses, prisms, and mirrors, as well as coatings, filters, and surface finishes, and polarization

Perfect for graduate students in physics, electrical engineering, optics, and optical engineering, Building Electro-Optical Systems is also an ideal resource for professional designers working in optics, electro-optics, analog electronics, and photonics.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Preface
  6. Acknowledgments
  7. Chapter 1 Basic Optical Calculations
  8. Chapter 2 Sources And Illuminators
  9. Chapter 3 Optical Detection
  10. Chapter 4 Lenses, Prisms, and Mirrors
  11. Chapter 5 Coatings, Filters, and Surface Finishes
  12. Chapter 6 Polarization
  13. Chapter 7 Exotic Optical Components
  14. Chapter 8 Fiber Optics
  15. Chapter 9 Optical Systems
  16. Chapter 10 Optical Measurements
  17. Chapter 11 Designing Electro‐Optical Systems
  18. Chapter 12 Building Optical Systems
  19. Chapter 13 Signal Processing
  20. Chapter 14 Electronic Building Blocks
  21. Chapter 15 Electronic Subsystem Design
  22. Chapter 16 Electronic Construction Techniques
  23. Chapter 17 Digital Signal Processing
  24. Chapter 18 Front Ends
  25. Chapter 19 Bringing Up the System
  26. Chapter 20 Thermal Control
  27. Appendix A Good Books
  28. Notation
  29. Physical Constants and Rules of Thumb
  30. Index
  31. EULA