Optics

Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext Learn to: Use optics principles and devices properly Avoid common mistakes in working with typical optics problems Determine image locations and characteristics with simple calculations Grasp the basic concepts behind lasers and laser applications An illuminating exploration of optics and optical technologies Get turned on to the study of light with this friendly guide to the world of optics. Discover how the fundamentals of optical technologies help brighten your everyday life ? from the common table lamp to more complex devices such as cellphones, cameras, x-ray machines, 3-D TVs, and more. With the enlightening facts presented in this book, you'll never feel left in the dark in your optics course. Optics that are high in fiber ? get a grasp on the essentials behind fiber-optic cables for high-speed, long-distance communications Making the world look like you want it to ? learn how to calculate the location of an image and determine the image's characteristics Shed light on light ? find out how light allows you to see, transmit data, cut things, and control electrical circuits Catch the waves ? understand the wave property of light and how waves are used to see things you can't see with your naked eye Lasers pointing here and there ? discover the basic idea behind the laser and some of its uses in medicine and the military Look far away from Earth ? take a look at the different types of telescopes and what you can do with them Open the book and find: The differences among incandescent and fluorescent light bulbs and diodes Tips for knowing what you can and can't see in CAT scans, PET scans, MRI scans, NMR scans, and x-ray pictures Why you see things in 3-D The principles for testing eyesight and prescribing corrective eyeglass lenses The basic ideas involved in making a laser The behavior and properties of visible, infrared, and ultraviolet light Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1 About This Book 1 Conventions Used in This Book 2 What You're Not to Read 3 Foolish Assumptions 3 How This Book Is Organized 3 Part I: Getting Up to Speed on Optics Fundamentals 4 Part II: Geometrical Optics: Working with More Than One Ray 4 Part III: Physical Optics: Using the Light Wave 4 Part IV: Optical Instrumentation: Putting Light to Practical Use 4 Part V: Hybrids: Exploring More Complicated Optical Systems 5 Part VI: More Than Just Images: Getting into Advanced Optics 5 Part VII: The Part of Tens 5 Icons Used in This Book 5 Where to Go from Here 6 Part I: Getting Up to Speed on Optics Fundamentals 7 Chapter 1: Introducing Optics, the Science of Light 9 Illuminating the Properties of Light 9 Creating images with the particle property of light 10 Harnessing interference and diffraction with the wave property of light 10 Using Optics to Your Advantage: Basic Applications 11 Expanding Your Understanding of Optics 12 Considering complicated applications 12 Adding advanced optics 13 Paving the Way: Contributions to Optics 13 Chapter 2: Brushing Up on Optics-Related Math and Physics 15 ...

List of contents

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

Product details

• Authors: Galen C Duree, Galen C. Duree, Duree Galen C.
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.07.2011
• EAN: 9781118017234
• ISBN: 978-1-118-01723-4
• No. of pages: 360
• Series: For Dummies; For Dummies
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Electricity, magnetism, optics; Technik, Allg. Technik, General Engineering