The Optics Encyclopedia: Basic Foundations and Practical Applications (5 vols, Wiley 2004)

Thomas G. Brown, Katherine Creath, Herwig Kogelnik, Michael Kriss, Joanna Schmit, Marvin J. Weber3527403205

Written by internationally recognized experts, the high quality of the articles provides dependable information on topics of current interest in industrial and academic research as well as background knowledge. Covering both theoretical and applied optics, each article has not only a list of references cited in the text but also a guide to further reading. Each article also concludes with a glossary containing the technical terms necessary for the topic under consideration. Throughout, the subject matter is treated in a tutorial, user-friendly way rather than as a pure reference and is supplemented by references cited in the text and a listing of important reviews and books.

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Table of contents :
cover……Page 1
Amplifiers, Optical……Page 2
Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation……Page 28
Atmospheric Optics……Page 53
Biomedical Imaging Techniques……Page 92
Charged-particle Optics……Page 141
Color Vision……Page 185
Colorimetry……Page 205
Data Storage, Optical……Page 225
Diodes, Light-emitting……Page 273
Display Technology……Page 324
Electrodynamics……Page 372
Electromagnetic Radiation- Emission and Propagation……Page 419
Electron Diffraction……Page 474
Electro-optic Devices……Page 505
Electro-optic Imaging……Page 542
Electrophotographic Copying and Printing (Xerography)……Page 579
Ellipsometry……Page 600
Fiber Optics……Page 662
Filters, Optical……Page 686
Fourier and Other Transform Methods.pdf……Page 716
Geometric Optics……Page 741
Holography……Page 762
Image Processing of Optical Data……Page 790
Imaging Detectors……Page 803
Information Processing, Optical……Page 864
Interconnections, Optical……Page 901
Interferometry……Page 923
Laser Cooling and Trapping of Neutral Atoms……Page 960
Laser Isotope Separation……Page 1000
Laser Physics……Page 1014
Lasers, Dye……Page 1049
Lasers, Extreme UV and Soft X-ray……Page 1081
Lasers, Free-electron……Page 1095
Lasers, Gas……Page 1119
Lasers, Industrial Use of……Page 1153
Lasers, Medical Use of……Page 1195
Lasers, Semiconductor……Page 1235
Lasers, Solid-state……Page 1258
Lidar (Laser Radar)……Page 1287
Light and Lighting Systems……Page 1305
Linear Optics……Page 1319
Luminescence.pdf……Page 1364
Magneto-optical Devices……Page 1404
Microscopy……Page 1449
Modulators and Demodulators, Optical……Page 1512
Monochromators……Page 1545
Motion Picture and Video Lenses……Page 1568
Nonlinear Optics……Page 1593
Optical Aberrations……Page 1676
Optical Alignment……Page 1689
Optical and Laser Scanning Technology……Page 1703
Optical Coatings……Page 1759
Optical Communications……Page 1787
Optical Components and Systems……Page 1831
Optical Computing……Page 1856
Optical Design……Page 1876
Optical Fabrication……Page 1917
Optical Illusions……Page 1932
Optical Instrumentation……Page 1956
Optical Materials……Page 1995
Optical Metrology.pdf……Page 2055
Optical Networks……Page 2088
Optical Radiation Sources and Standards……Page 2105
Optical Techniques for Mechanical Measurement……Page 2125
Optical Techniques for the Analysis and Characterization of Chemicals and Materials……Page 2150
Optical Tomography……Page 2170
Optoelectronics……Page 2203
Photochemistry……Page 2251
Photoemission and Photoelectron Spectra……Page 2309
Photographic Recording……Page 2337
Photography, Digital……Page 2368
Photography, Physics and Technology……Page 2428
Photonics……Page 2451
Physiological Optics……Page 2474
Polarization Optics, Polarimeters and Polarization Spectrometers……Page 2514
Polarized Light, Basic Concepts of……Page 2549
Radiation Interaction with Molecules……Page 2564
Remote Sensing……Page 2597
Sensors, Optical……Page 2629
Speckle and Speckle Metrology.pdf……Page 2669
Spectrometers, Infrared……Page 2733
Spectrometers, Ultraviolet and Visible Light……Page 2791
Spectrometers, X-ray……Page 2824
Spectroscopy, Atomic……Page 2849
Spectroscopy, Laser……Page 2914
Spectroscopy, Photoacoustic……Page 2977
Spectroscopy, Raman……Page 3013
Spectroscopy, Ultrafast……Page 3091
Stereoscopy……Page 3124
Ultrashort-pulse Phenomena……Page 3156
Underwater Optics……Page 3192
Wave Optics……Page 3227
X-ray Optics……Page 3258
Zeeman and Stark Effects……Page 3325