Introduction to Practical Laboratory Optics

This book is aimed at students taking practical laboratory courses in experimental optics to help them understand the components within optical instruments.

List of contents

1. Introduction: centred optical systems; 2. Telescopes and binoculars; 3. Eyepieces, eyes and colour; 4. Cameras and camera lenses; 5. The scientific CCD camera; 6. Spectrometry; 7. Interferometers and their uses; 8. Electro-optical effects and their uses; 9. Microscopes and projectors; 10. Siderostats and coelostats; 11. The detection and measurement of radiation; 12. Practicalities; Further reading; Appendices; Index.

About the author

J. F. James has held teaching positions at The Queen's University, Belfast, and the University of Manchester, and is one of the pioneers of Fourier spectroscopy. He is the author of A Student's Guide to Fourier Transforms, now in its third edition, and Spectrograph Design Fundamentals (Cambridge University Press, 2011 and 2007 respectively).

Summary

Aimed at students taking practical laboratory courses in experimental optics, this book helps readers to understand the components within optical instruments. Topics covered range from the operation of lenses and mirrors to the laws which govern the design, layout and working of optical instruments.

Product details

• Authors: J F James, J. F. James, John F. James
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 25.09.2014
• EAN: 9781107050549
• ISBN: 978-1-107-05054-9
• No. of pages: 196
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Electricity, magnetism, optics; SCIENCE / Physics / Optics & Light, Physics, Astronomy, space & time, Optical physics, Applied optics, Mathematics & science