Handbook of Optics, Volume III

by Bass, Michael; Enoch, Jay M.; Van Stryland, Eric W.; Wolfe, William L.; Optical Society of America

• ISBN13: 9780071354080
• ISBN10: 0071354085
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-10-25
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional

Summary

A new volume in the field's bestselling options reference--an entirely new opus focusing on x-ray, nonlinear, and vision optics. Provides the same mix of tutorial writing with in-depth reference material that distinguished Volumes I & II.

Author Biography

The Optical Society of America (Washington, DC) is a professional society dedicated to serving optics professionals and academics, in the U.S. and around the world. Michael Bass is Professor of Optics, Physics and Electrical and Computer Engineering at the School of Optics/Center for Research and Education in Optics and Lasers at the University of Central Florida. He received his B.S. in physics from Carnegie-Mellon, and his M.S. and Ph.D. in physics from the University of Michigan. Eric W. van Stryland is a Professor of Optics, Physics and Electrical and Computer Engineering at the School of Optics/Center for Research and Education in Optics and Lasers at the University of Central Florida. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Arizona. Jay M. Enoch is a Professor at the Graduate School and Dean Emeritus, School of Optometry, University of California at Berkeley. He is also a Professor at the Department of Ophthalmology, University of California at San Francisco. He received his B.S. in Optics and Optometry from Columbia University and his Ph.D. in Physiological Optics from Ohio State University. William L. Wolfe is a Professor Emeritus at the Optical Sciences Center, University of Arizona. He received his B.S. in physics from Bucknell University, and his M.S. in physics and M.S.E. in electrical engineering from the University of Michigan.

Table of Contents

Introduction

X-Ray Optics

Capillary Optics

Detectors

Optical Issues in Medicine/Lithography

X-Ray Telescopes

X-Ray Microscopes

Film Coatings

Sources

Nonlinear Optics

Raman Effect with Tables of Shifts

Photorefractivity

Chi3 Processes

Laser Damages

Applications

Generation of Other Wavelength Light Sources

Optical Limiters

Passive Q Switches

Photrefractive Optics

Vision Optics

Optics for Virtual Reality

Biomedical Optics

Applications

Classical Optics

Diffractive Optics

Photographic Film Advances

Applications of CCDs and Advanced Imaging Detectors

IR Telescopes

Radio Telescopes

Appendices

4 Volume Index