Description
Book SynopsisWith this accessible, introductory guide, you will quickly learn how to use and apply optical spectroscopy and optical microscopy techniques. Focusing on day-to-day implementation and offering practical lab tips throughout, it provides step-by-step instructions on how to select the best technique for a particular application, how to set up and customize new optical systems, and how to analyze optical data. You will gain an intuitive understanding of the full range of standard optical techniques, from fluorescence and Raman spectroscopy to super resolution microscopy. Understand how to navigate around an optics lab with clear descriptions of the most common optical components and tools. Including explanations of basic optics and photonics, and easy-to-understand mathematics, this is an invaluable resource for graduate students, instructors, researchers and professionals who use or teach optical measurements in laboratories.
Trade Review'This book contains five chapters, starting with a very precise and clear explanation of different optical phenomena. Fully covering ground-level knowledge for working in any optics lab … This guide is easy to understand and an invaluable resource as a must-have, day-to-day implementation handbook for advanced undergraduate students, graduate students, researchers and professionals who perform optical research and measurement in laboratories.' Ishtiaque Ahmed, Optics & Photonics News
Table of Contents1. Introduction; 2. Introduction to common optical components; 3. Spectroscopy; 4. Optical imaging; 5. Notes on how to design and build optical setups in the lab; 6. Appendices.
