Description
Book SynopsisWith a focus on providing a working knowledge of optical systems and their principles of operation, this book employs today's most important methods for optical analysis: geometrical ray optics, raction integral techniques, and the Abbe plane wave spectrum technique.
Table of ContentsPreface.
ELECTROMAGNETICS FOR OPTICS: THREE VIEWPOINTS.
Foundations of the Diffraction Integral Method.
Foundations of the Plane Wave Spectrum Method.
Foundations of Geometrical Optics.
LENS ACTION FROM THREE VIEWPOINTS.
Focusing and Imaging Properties of Lenses: Ray OpticalViewpoint.
Focusing and Imaging Properties of Lenses: Diffraction IntegralViewpoint.
Focusing and Imaging Properties of Lenses: The Plane WaveSpectrumViewpoint.
REFLECTIVE AND REFRACTIVE OPTICS.
Classical Optical Imaging Instruments.
Other Common Optical Components.
Aberration Theory.
OPTICAL INTERFERENCE PHENOMENA.
Applications of the Plane Wave Spectrum Concept: Introduction toDiffraction Gratings.
Introduction to Optical Moire Techniques.
Interference and Interferometers.
Introduction to Holography.
INTRODUCTION TO OPTICAL INFORMATION PROCESSING.
A Sampling of Optical Information Processing Systems Based onFourier Plane Filtering.
APPENDIXES.
Appendix A: Elements of Vector Analysis.
Appendix B: Theorems and Relations from Fourier Analysis.
Appendix C: Vector Calculations in Source and FieldCoordinates.
Singularity Functions.
Fresnel Integrals.
Bessel Functions of Integer Order.
Index.
About the Author.
