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.
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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.
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This book was very clear and concise,
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This review is from: Elements of Modern Optical Design (Wiley Series in Pure and Applied Optics) (Hardcover)
O'Shea is probably the easiest reading optics book I have ever read. It had great examples and gave a very solid overview of many topics. The y-u ray tracing technique he lays out is very powerful yet simple and is a must-know method for quick and dirty design of optical systems. O'Shea doesn't go into extreme detail and really only includes vital equations so the book is more of a concept book than a dictionary of equations. Another great book to check out is "Introduction to Optics" by Pedrotti & Pedrotti.
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This review is from: Elements of Modern Optical Design (Wiley Series in Pure and Applied Optics) (Hardcover)
This is a great book. For a working engineer in optics it is one of the three you need to survive. I rate it just under Smith, and Kingslake for usable content; which is no small tribute. It is written in plain, clear Engish with worked numerical examples. Those examples are well chosen to cover the interesting uses of a technique. I'm paying the author the ultimate compliment. I'm in the process of ordering a second copy, since somebody snagged mine.
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Good treatment of gaussian beam propagation,
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This review is from: Elements of Modern Optical Design (Wiley Series in Pure and Applied Optics) (Hardcover)
This is one of the few optics textbooks that includes an accessible, engineering-oriented discussion of gaussian beam propagation (Chapter 7). Useful for the designer of laser scanners, etc. That chapter alone makes this a book worth having.
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Most people who have had a physics course in high school or college learn a little about optics that proves useful in their daily life. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
ray sketching, lens ray trace, ray intercept plot, clear aperture radius, paraxial ray trace, back principal plane, exact ray trace, pitch angle error, mechanical modulators, sine bar drive, kth surface, paraxial image plane, thin lens equation, aplanatic surface, beam compressor, new beam waist, prism scanner, paraxial ray tracing, optical invariant, axial color, transverse spherical aberration, ray height, rotary scanner, chief ray, reducing aberrations Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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Most people who have had a physics course in high school or college learn a little about optics that proves useful in their daily life. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
ray sketching, lens ray trace, ray intercept plot, clear aperture radius, paraxial ray trace, back principal plane, exact ray trace, pitch angle error, mechanical modulators, sine bar drive, kth surface, paraxial image plane, thin lens equation, aplanatic surface, beam compressor, new beam waist, prism scanner, paraxial ray tracing, optical invariant, axial color, transverse spherical aberration, ray height, rotary scanner, chief ray, reducing aberrations Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Snell's Law, International Business Machines Corporation, Applied Optics, General Scanning, Academic Press, Vincent Mallette, Modern Optical Engineering New!
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- Modern Optical Engineering by Warren J. Smith on page 118, page 229, and page 393
- Lens Design Fundamentals by Rudolf Kingslake on page 176, and page 229
- An Introduction to Lasers and Their Applications by Donald C. O'Shea on page 269, and page 312
- Applied Optics and Optical Engineering, Volume 10 by Robert R. Shannon on page 229, and page 335
- Applied Optics: A Guide to Optical System Design/ Volume I. (Wiley Series in Pure & Applied Optics) by Leo Levi in Front Matter, and page 143
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- Modern Techniques in Applied Molecular Spectroscopy by Francis M. Mirabella on page 75
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