Engineering Optics (Springer Series in Optical Sciences)

Engineering Optics is a book for students who want to apply their knowledge of optics to engineering problems, as well as for engineering students who want to acquire the basic principles of optics. It covers such important topics as optical signal processing, holography, tomography, holographic radars, fiber optical communication, electro- and acousto-optic devices, and integrated optics (including optical bistability). Practical examples, such as the video disk, the Fresnel zone plate, and many more, appear throughout the text, together with numerous solved exercises. There is an entirely new section in this updated edition on 3-D imaging. History of Optics.- Mathematics Used for Expressing Waves.- Basic Theory of Diffractions.- Practical Examples of Diffraction Theory.- Geometrical Optics.- Lenses.- The Fast Fourier Transform (FFT).- Holography.- Laboratory Procedures for Fabricating Holograms.- Analysis of the Optical System in the Spatial Frequency Domain.- Optical Signal Processing.- Applications of Microwave Holography.-Fiber Optical Communication.- Electro and Acousto Optics.- Integrated Optics.- 3D Imaging.- References.