Light, lasers and optics
By: John H. Mauldin.
Publisher: Tab Books
Published: 1988
Place of publication: Blue Ridge Summit, PA
Number of pages: 243
Subjects: Light.; Optics.; Lasers.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 221-235.
Table of contents: title: Acknowledgments
pagenum: viii; title: Introduction
pagenum: ix; label: 1
title: Light
pagenum: 1; label: 1.1
title: Theories of Light; label: 1.2
title: Models, Laws, and Theories in Science; label: 1.3
title: Some Properties of Light; label: 1.4
title: Understanding and Using Light; label: 2
title: Waves
pagenum: 2; label: 2.1
title: Theories of Light; label: 2.2
title: Models, Laws, and Theories in Science; label: 2.3
title: Some Properties of Light; label: 2.4
title: Understanding and Using Light; label: 3
title: Electromagnetism and Light
pagenum: 18; label: 3.1
title: Electric and Magnetic Fields; label: 3.2
title: Electromagnetic Waves; label: 3.3
title: Electromagnetic Waves and Light in Matter; label: 3.4
title: Reflection and Refraction; label: 3.5
title: Reflected and Transmitted Intensities; label: 3.6
title: Spectrum and Dispersion; label: 3.7
title: More of the Physics and Mathematics of Light Waves; label: 4
title: Geometric Optics
pagenum: 34; label: 4.1
title: Illumination and Shadow; label: 4.2
title: Fermat's Principle for Light Rays; label: 4.3
title: The Pinhole Camera_Object and Image; label: 4.4
title: Designing Thin Lens; label: 4.5
title: Lens Laws for Thin Lenses; label: 4.6
title: Extended Objects; label: 4.7
title: Apertures, Stops and Brightness; label: 4.8
title: Combining Lenses with an Example; label: 4.9
title: Plane Mirrors; label: 4.10
title: Spherical and Other Curved Mirrors; label: 4.11
title: Fresnel Lenses; label: 5
title: Advanced Geometric Optics
pagenum: 50; label: 5.1
title: Thick Lenses; label: 5.2
title: Monochromatic Aberrations; label: 5.3
title: Chromatic Aberrations; label: 5.4
title: The Eye, Aberrations, and Corrections; label: 5.5
title: Advanced Matrix Lens Analysis and Design; label: 6
title: Optical Instruments-Applications of Geometric Optics
pagenum: 59; label: 6.1
title: Magnifiers; label: 6.2
title: Eyepieces; label: 6.3
title: Microscopes; label: 6.4
title: Telescopes; label: 6.5
title: Prisms-Theory and Applications; label: 6.6
title: Binoculars; label: 6.7
title: Projectors; label: 6.8
title: Instruments and Gadgets Based on Mirrors; label: 6.9
title: Fiber Optics; label: 6.10
title: Cameras and Their Lenses; label: 7
title: Wave Diffraction
pagenum: 76; label: 7.1
title: Huygens's Wave Theory and Diffraction; label: 7.2
title: Phasor Description of Light Waves; label: 7.3
title: Resolution; label: 7.4
title: Fresnel Diffraction-Elementary Applications; label: 7.5
title: Practical Observations of Diffraction; label: 8
title: Wave Interference
pagenum: 88; label: 8.1
title: Interference; label: 8.2
title: Multiple-Interference; label: 8.3
title: Interferometers; label: 8.4
title: Moire Patterns and Optical Beats; label: 9
title: Interaction of Light and Matter
pagenum: 102; label: 9.1
title: Light Waves in Matter; label: 9.2
title: More of Light Wave Propagation in Matter; label: 9.3
title: How Materials Appear in Transmission and Reflection; label: 9.4
title: Atmospheric Scattering; label: 9.5
title: Rainbows, Glories, and Other Atmospheric Displays; label: 10
title: Polarization
pagenum: 113; label: 10.1
title: Linear and Circular Polarization; label: 10.2
title: Polarizing Materials; label: 10.3
title: Polarization by Reflection; label: 10.4
title: Birefringence and Polarization; label: 10.5
title: Retarders; label: 11
title: Quantized Light
pagenum: 125; label: 11.1
title: Photons Versus Waves; label: 11.2
title: Blackbody Radiation and Light Intensity Photons; label: 11.3
title: Photon and Wave Radiation Measurements; label: 11.4
title: Polarization; label: 11.5
title: Uncertainty and Atomic Theory; label: 12
title: Atomic Theory and Light
pagenum: 133; label: 12.1
title: Models of the Atom; label: 12.2
title: Details of the Emission of Light by Atoms; label: 12.3
title: Absorption, Fluorescence, and Phosphorescence; label: 12.4
title: Sources of Light; label: 13
title: Lasers
pagenum: 143; label: 13.1
title: Background for the Laser; label: 13.2
title: Theoretical Principles of a Laser; label: 13.3
title: Coherence, Modes, and Polarization; label: 13.4
title: Practical Construction of a Lasers; label: 13.5
title: Common Lasers; label: 13.6
title: Some Applications of the Laser – Specifically Optical; label: 13.7
title: Holography; label: 13.8
title: Further Applications of Lasers; label: 14
title: Light and Information
pagenum: 158; label: 14.1
title: Information; label: 14.2
title: Noise and Entropy; label: 14.3
title: The Relation of Frequency and Time for Signals; label: 14.4
title: Pictorial Information; label: 14.5
title: Optical Processing; label: 15
title: Nonlinear Optics and Other Modern Applications
pagenum: 171; label: 15.1
title: Nonlinear Optics; label: 15.2
title: Optical Phase Conjugation; label: 15.3
title: Photonics or Guided-Wave Optical Circuits; label: 15.4
title: Data Transmission by Optic Fiber; label: 15.5
title: Optical Information Storage; label: 15.6
title: Schlieren Photography; label: 15.7
title: Energy from Light; label: 15.8
title: Other Bio-Optics; label: 16
title: Visual Perception
pagenum: 182; label: 16.1
title: Retinal Structure; label: 16.2
title: Visual Sensitivity and Perception; label: 16.3
title: Neural Circuitry in the Retina; label: 16.4
title: Features of Images for Perception; label: 16.5
title: Moving Images; label: 16.6
title: Stereopsis and Seeing Depth; label: 16.7
title: Visual Illusions; label: 16.8
title: Higher Image Processing; label: 16.9
title: Other Eyes; label: 17
title: Color
pagenum: 205; label: 17.1
title: Visual Perception of Color; label: 17.2
title: Color Mixing and Color Charts; label: 17.3
title: Surfaces in Color; label: 17.4
title: Color Illusions; label: 17.5
title: Color Materials and Applications: Dyes, Inks, Pigments, and Phosphors; title: References
pagenum: 221; title: Index
pagenum: 236