Optical Engineer's Desk Reference (SPIE Press Monograph Vol. PM131)

Created especially for the working optical engineer, this extensive reference tool contains the many procedures and formulas used for a wide range of instrument and system design, all under one cover. With a focus on the facts and information rather than history or speculation, the survey of topics--ranging from electromagnetism, lenses, and radiometry, to visual displays and photon detectors--are covered by well-known experts in the field. Published by OSA in association with SPIE.

Contents

- Contributors

- Preface

- Glossary

- Probability and Statistics

- Mathematical Functions and Relations

- Electromagnetism Foundations

- Polarization

- Interference

- Diffraction

- Surface Scattering

- Gaussian Beams

- Interferometers

- Optical Coatings

- Holography

- Geometrical Optics

- Basic Lenses

- Camera Lenses

- Infrared Lenses

- Reflecting and Catadioptric Objectives

- Diffractive Optical Elements

- Aberrations

- Image Quality

- Design and Engineering of Fiber-Optic Systems

- Radiometry and Photometry

- Stray-Light Suppression

- Thermal Detectors

- Photon Detectors

- Figures of Merit

- Solid-State Cameras

- Infrared Imagers

- Infrared Sensors

- Scanners

- Visual Considerations for Visual Displays

- Electro-Optics and Magneto-Optics

- Acousto-Optics

- Miscellany

- Conversions and Standards

- Index