Author:
Garbovskiy, Yuriy A. author.
ImprintCambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2017.
Imprint2017
Descriptionxi, 228 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Note:Markets for optical materials, components, accessories, light sources, and detectors -- Introduction to optical experiments: production, management, detection, and measurement of light -- Light detectors based on semiconductors: photoresistors, photodiodes in a photo-galvanic regime: principles of operation and measurement -- Linear light detectors based on photodiodes -- Basic laws of geometrical optics: experimental verification -- Converging and diverging thin lenses -- Thick lenses -- Lens systems -- Simple optical instruments I: the eye and the magnifier, eyepieces, and telescopes -- Simple optical instruments II: light illuminators and microscopes -- Spherical mirrors -- Introduction to optical aberrations -- Elements of optical radiometry -- Cylindrical lenses and vials -- Methods of geometrical optics to measure refractive index -- Dispersion of lights and prism spectroscope -- Elements of computer-aided optical design.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Note:A concise, yet deep introduction to experimental geometrical optics, this book begins with the fundamental concepts and then develops the practical skills and research techniques routinely used in modern laboratories. Suitable for students, researchers, and optical engineers, this accessible text teaches readers how to build their own optical laboratory and to design and perform optical experiments. This hands-on approach fills a gap between theory-based textbooks and and laboratory manuals, and allows the reader to develop their practical skills in this interdisciplinary field. It also explores the ways in which this knowledge can be applied to the design and production of commercial optical devices. Including supplementary online resources to help readers track and evaluate their experimental results, this text is the ideal companion for anyone with a practical interest in experimental geometrical optics--back cover.
