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  3. An Introduction to Practical Laboratory Optics
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Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Online publication date:
October 2014
Print publication year:
2014
Online ISBN:
9781107279582
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781107279582
Subjects:
Optics, Optoelectronics and Photonics, Physics and Astronomy, Engineering, Electronic, Optoelectronic Devices, and Nanotechnology
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Book description

Aimed at students taking laboratory courses in experimental optics, this book introduces readers to optical instruments and their uses. The book explains the basic operation of lenses, mirrors, telescopes in the laboratory and under field conditions, how to use optical instruments to their maximum potential and how to keep them in working order. It gives an account of the laws of geometrical optics which govern the design, layout and working of optical instruments. The book describes the interactions of polarised light with matter and the instruments and devices derived from this, and discusses the choice of spectrometers and detectors for various spectral regions, with particular attention to CCD cameras. The emphasis throughout is on description, with mathematical precision confined to the appendices, which explain the ray transfer matrix and outline the Seidel theory of optical aberrations. The appendices also introduce Fourier methods in optics and Fourier transform infra-red spectrometry.

Reviews

'James writes so well and includes so many personal and historical lessons learned that I had difficulty putting this book down … It is perfect for a pre-job-interview review of hands-on optics. When you get to the last page you will still be hungry for more, which makes the three appendices even more welcome. [The book] is excellent and the best one I have reviewed this decade.'

George Fischer Source: Optics and Photonics News

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References
Further reading
Born, M. and Wolf, E., Principles of Optics (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 7th edition, 1999).
Bracewell, R. N., The Fourier Transform and its Applications (McGraw-Hill, New York, 1965).
Brigham, E. O., The Fast Fourier Transform (Prentice Hall, New York, 1974).
Clarke, D. and Grainger, J. F., Polarized Light and Optical Measrement (Pergamon, Oxford, 1971).
Conrady, A. I., Applied Optics and Optical Design (Dover, New York, 1960).
Ditchburn, R. W., Light (Blackie, London, 1952; Dover, New York, 1991).
Garbuny, M., Optical Physics (Academic Press, New York, 1965).
Harrison, G. R., Lord, R. C. and Loofbourow, J. R., Practical Spectroscopy (Prentice Hall, New York, 1948).
James, J. F., Spectrograph Design Fundamentals (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2007).
James, J. F., A Student's Guide to Fourier Transforms (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2011).
James, J. F. and Sternberg, R. S., The Design of Optical Spectrometers (Chapman and Hall, London, 1969).
Kingslake, R., Lens Design Fundamentals (Academic Press, New York, 1978).
Kingslake, R., Optical System Design (Academic Press, New York, 1983).
Kingslake, R., A History of the Photographic Lens (Academic Press, San Diego CA, 1989).
Lipson, A., Lipson, S. G. and Lipson, H., Optical Physics (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2011).
Malacara, D. (editor), Geometrical and Instrumental Optics. (Academic Press, New York, 1988).
Malacara, D. and Malacara, Z., A Handbook of Optical Design. (Marcel Dekker, New York, 2004).
Minnaert, M., Light and Colour in the Open Air (Dover, New York, 1954, 2012).
Saleh, E. A. and Teich, C., Fundamentals of Photonics (John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1991).
Smith, W. J., Modern Optical Engineering (McGraw-Hill, New York, 3rd edition, 2000).
Strong, J., Concepts of Classical Optics (W H Freeman, San Francisco, CA, 1958).
Walker, S. and Straw, H., Spectroscopy (Chapman & Hall, London, 1962).
Welford, W. T., Geometrical Optics (North-Holland, Amsterdam, 1962).
Wood, R. W., Physical Optics (Macmillan, New York, 1905, 1942).

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