Galen C. Duree

Optics for Dummies

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Produktbeschreibung

The easy way to shed light on Optics

In general terms, optics is the science of light. More specifically, optics is a branch of physics that describes the behavior and properties of light-including visible, infrared, and ultraviolet-and the interaction of light with matter.

Optics For Dummies gives you an approachable introduction to optical science, methods, and applications. You'll get plain-English explanations of the nature of light and optical effects; reflection, refraction, and diffraction; color dispersion; optical devices, industrial, medical, and military applications; as well as laser light fundamentals.
Tracks a typical undergraduate optics course
Detailed explanations of concepts and summaries of equations
Valuable tips for study from college professors

If you're taking an optics course for your major in physics or engineering, let Optics For Dummies shed light on the subject and help you succeed!

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 368
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. August 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 191mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 546g
• ISBN-13: 9781118017234
• ISBN-10: 1118017234
• Artikelnr.: 33215213

Autorenporträt

Galen Duree, Jr., PhD, is Professor of Physics and Optical Engineering at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in Indiana, where he is also the Director of the Center for Applied Optics Studies. Duree jointly established the Ultrashort Pulse Laser Laboratory at RHIT and continues to work with the Navy.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1 Part I: Getting Up to Speed on Optics Fundamentals 7 Chapter
1: Introducing Optics, the Science of Light 9 Chapter 2: Brushing Up on
Optics-Related Math and Physics 15 Chapter 3: A Little Light Study:
Reviewing Light Basics 31 Chapter 4: Understanding How to Direct Where
Light Goes 45 Part II: Geometrical Optics: Working with More Than One Ray
57 Chapter 5: Forming Images with Multiple Rays of Light 59 Chapter 6:
Imaging with Mirrors: Bouncing Many Rays Around 69 Chapter 7: Imaging with
Refraction: Bending Many Rays at the Same Time 77 Part III: Physical
Optics: Using the Light Wave 95 Chapter 8: Optical Polarization: Describing
the Wiggling Electric Field in Light 97 Chapter 9: Changing Optical
Polarization 113 Chapter 10: Calculating Refl ected and Transmitted Light
with Fresnel Equations 131 Chapter 11: Running Optical Interference: Not
Always a Bad Thing 143 Chapter 12: Diffraction: Light's Bending around
Obstacles 161 Part IV: Optical Instrumentation: Putting Light to Practical
Use 179 Chapter 13: Lens Systems: Looking at Things the Way You Want to See
Them 181 Chapter 14: Exploring Light Sources: Getting Light Where You Want
It 197 Chapter 15: Guiding Light From Here to Anywhere 213 Part V: Hybrids:
Exploring More Complicated Optical Systems 227 Chapter 16: Photography:
Keeping an Image Forever 229 Chapter 17: Medical Imaging: Seeing What's
Inside You (No Knives Necessary!) 247 Chapter 18: Optics Everywhere:
Exploring Other Medical, Industrial, and Military Uses 259 Chapter 19:
Astronomical Applications: Using Telescopes 271 Part VI: More Than Just
Images: Getting into Advanced Optics 285 Chapter 20: Index of Refraction,
Part 2: You Can Change It! 287 Chapter 21: Quantum Optics: Finding the
Photon 301 Part VII: The Part of Tens 311 Chapter 22: Ten Experiments You
Can Do Without a $1-Million Optics Lab 313 Chapter 23: Ten Major Optics
Discoveries -- and the People Who Made them Possible 319 Index 325