A practical guide to experimental geometrical optics
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A practical guide to experimental geometrical optics
Cambridge University Press, 2017
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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A concise, yet deep introduction to experimental, geometrical optics, this book begins with fundamental concepts and then develops the practical skills and research techniques routinely used in modern laboratories. Suitable for students, researchers and optical engineers, this accessible text teaches readers how to build their own optical laboratory and to design and perform optical experiments. It uses a hands-on approach which fills a gap between theory-based textbooks and laboratory manuals, allowing the reader to develop their practical skills in this interdisciplinary field, and also explores the ways in which this knowledge can be applied to the design and production of commercial optical devices. Including supplementary online resources to help readers track and evaluate their experimental results, this text is the ideal companion for anyone with a practical interest in experimental geometrical optics.
Table of Contents
- Preface
- 1. Markets of optical materials, components, accessories, light sources and detectors
- 2. Introduction to optical experiments: light producing, light managing, light detection and measuring
- 3. Light detectors based on semiconductors: photoresistors, photodiodes in a photo-galvanic regime. Principles of operation and measurements
- 4. Linear light detectors based on photodiodes
- 5. Basic laws of geometrical optics: experimental verification
- 6. Converging and diverging thin lenses
- 7. Thick lenses
- 8. Lens systems
- 9. Simple optical instruments I: the eye and the magnifier, eyepieces and telescopes
- 10. Simple optical instruments II: light illuminators and microscope
- 11. Spherical mirrors
- 12. Introduction to optical aberrations
- 13. Elements of optical radiometry
- 14. Cylindrical lenses and vials
- 15. Methods of geometrical optics to measure refractive index
- 16. Dispersion of light and prism spectroscope
- 17. Elements of computer aided optical design
- Index.
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