Handbook of Optics, Third Edition Volume II: Design, Fabrication and Testing, Sources and Detectors, Radiometry and Photometry

Contributors; Brief Contents of All Volumes;Editors' Preface;Preface to Volume II;Glossary and Fundamental Constants;Part 1: Design;Chapter 1. Techniques of First-Order Layout;Chapter 2. Aberration Curves in Lens Design;Chapter 3. Optical Design Software;Chapter 4. Optical Specifications;Chapter 5. Tolerancing Techniques;Chapter 6. Mounting Optical Components;Chapter 7. Control of Stray Light;Chapter 8. Thermal Compensation Techniques;Part 2: Fabrication;Chapter 9. Optical Fabrication;Chapter 10. Fabrication of Optics by Diamond Tuning; Part 3: Testing;Chapter 11. Orthonormal Polynomials in Wavefront Analysis;Chapter 12. Optical Metrology;Chapter 13. Optical Testing;Chapter 14. Use of Computer-Generated Holograms in Optical Testing;Part 4: Sources;Chapter 15. Artificial Sources;Chapter 16. Lasers;Chapter 17. Light-Emitting Diodes;Chapter 18. High-Brightness Visible LEDs;Chapter 19. Semiconductor Lasers;Chapter 20. Ultrashort Optical Sources and Applications;Chapter 21. Attosecond Optics;Chapter 22. Laser Stabilization;Chapter 23. Quantum Theory of the Laser;Part 5: Detectors;Chapter 24. Photodetectors;Chapter 25. Photodetection;Chapter 26. High-Speed Photodetectors;Chapter 27. Signal Detection and Analysis;Chapter 28. Thermal Detectors; Part 6: Imaging Detectors;Chapter 29. Photographic Films; Chapter 30. Photographic Materials; Chapter 31. Image Tube Intensified Electronic Imaging;Chapter 32. Visible Array Detectors;Chapter 33. Infrared Detector Arrays;Part 7: Radiometry and Photometry;Chapter 34. Radiometry and Photometry; Chapter 35. Measurement of Transmission, Absorption, Emission, and Reflection;Chapter 36. Radiometry and Photometry: Units and Conversions;Chapter 37. Radiometry and Photometry for Vision Optics;Chapter 38. Spectroradiometry;Chapter 39. Nonimaging Optics: Concentration and Illumination;Chapter 40. Lighting and Applications;Index

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Individual chapters are written by the world's most renowned experts who explain, illustrate, and solve the entire field of optics. Each volume contains a complete chapter listing for the entire Handbook, extensive chapter glossaries, and a wealth of references. This pioneering work offers unprecedented coverage of optics data, techniques, and applications.

Volume II covers design, fabrications, testing, sources, detectors, radiometry, and photometry.