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A textbook for elementary optical design that treats lasers, modulators, and scanners as part of the design process. Moves from the simplest concepts in optics to a basic understanding of ray tracing in optical systems, the components of those systems, and the process by which a design is produced. Features numerous problems, examples, and figures.

Table of Contents
A Review of Elementary Optics.

Thin Lens Ray Tracing.

Radiometry.

Mirrors and Prisms.

Paraxial Ray Tracing.

Exact Ray Traces.

Gaussian Beam Propagation.

Modulation and Scanning.

Spectrometers.

Detectors.

The Design Process.

Elements of Modern Optical Design

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    A Hardback by Donald C. O'Shea


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      Publisher: Wiley
      Publication Date: 02/10/1985
      ISBN13: 9780471077961, 978-0471077961
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      Book Synopsis
      A textbook for elementary optical design that treats lasers, modulators, and scanners as part of the design process. Moves from the simplest concepts in optics to a basic understanding of ray tracing in optical systems, the components of those systems, and the process by which a design is produced. Features numerous problems, examples, and figures.

      Table of Contents
      A Review of Elementary Optics.

      Thin Lens Ray Tracing.

      Radiometry.

      Mirrors and Prisms.

      Paraxial Ray Tracing.

      Exact Ray Traces.

      Gaussian Beam Propagation.

      Modulation and Scanning.

      Spectrometers.

      Detectors.

      The Design Process.

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