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21. Geometric, Physical, and Visual Optics by Michael P. Keating PhD | |
Hardcover: 613
Pages
(2001-11-06)
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Editorial Review Product Description Uses the vergence-dioptric power-wavefront approach Incorporates fun everyday aspects of optics Helpful review for optometry boards and qualifying examinations With nearly 30 years of experience in teaching optics, Dr. Keating offers a new edition of this reader friendly book to enhance your understanding of geometric, physical and visual optics. Written primarily for optometry students, the core of basic optics, including thin lenses, ametropia corrections, accommodation, introductory astigmatism and refraction techniques, prisms, and prisms in lenses, are conveniently contained in the first 12 chapters.Many students need percolation time to absorb some of the abstract concepts in optics.Dr. Keating introduces some concepts in early chapters and then returns to a more advanced treatment in later chapters providing you with adequate time to absorb difficult concepts. Customer Reviews (5)
Like A Low Budget Physics Book
Different from other texts
Good book for non-medical background study
Easy to read & understand!!!
A Real Page-Turner, First Rate! Love, Matt H. Gene F.Mike B. ... Read more |
22. Seeing the Light: Optics in Nature, Photography, Color, Vision, and Holography by David R. Falk, Dieter R. Brill, David G. Stork | |
Hardcover: 446
Pages
(1986-11-01)
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Very Satisfied
Outstanding conceptual approach to optics
Very good
Optometry was never ever so interesting
Seeing the Light |
23. City of Light: The Story of Fiber Optics (Sloan Technology Series) by Jeff Hecht | |
Paperback: 368
Pages
(2004-04-08)
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Great Section on Nobel Prize Winner, Charles K. Kao!
Comprehensive explanation of the story of Fober Optics
Comprehensive History of Fiber Optics
Good explanation of "where it all came from" I would particularly recommend the book tofiber optic techies - it really makes the technology more meaningful whenyou understand how the technology developed.A fine job by a good writer -very close to five stars. And if you're technically oriented and wantmore knowledge of fiber optic technology, I'd recommend "OpticalNetworks" by Ramaswami and Sivarajan.
weak on the last 10 years |
24. Modern Geometrical Optics by Richard Ditteon | |
Hardcover: 456
Pages
(1997-11-03)
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25. BuildingElectro-Optical Systems: Making It allWork (Wiley Series in Pure and Applied Optics) by Philip C. D. Hobbs | |
Hardcover: 820
Pages
(2009-08-03)
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Okay I'll bite
Useful, hard to come by lessons
Best buy for practical optics perston: Buiding Electro-Optical Systems: Making It All Work
Excellent but sorely needs references!
Wow! Highly recommended! ... Read more |
26. Handbook of Optics, Third Edition Volume IV: Optical Properties of Materials, Nonlinear Optics, Quantum Optics (set) by Michael Bass, Casimer DeCusatis, Jay Enoch, Vasudevan Lakshminarayanan, Guifang Li, Carolyn MacDonald, Virendra Mahajan, Eric Van Stryland | |
Hardcover: 1152
Pages
(2009-10-19)
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Editorial Review Product Description Prepared under the auspices of the Optical Society of America, the five carefully architected and cross-referenced volumes of the Handbook of Optics, Third Edition, contain everything a student, scientist, or engineer requires to actively work in the field. From the design of complex optical systems to world-class research and development methods, this definitive publication provides unparalleled access to the fundamentals of the discipline and its greatest minds. 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 IV covers optical properties of materials, nonlinear optics, and quantum optics. |
27. Optics: Learning by Computing, with Examples Using Maple, MathCad®, Matlab®, Mathematica®, and Maple® (Undergraduate Texts in Contemporary Physics) by Karl Dieter Moeller | |
Hardcover: 454
Pages
(2007-08-08)
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Editorial Review Product Description This new edition is intended for a one semester course in optics for juniors and seniors in science and engineering. It uses scripts from Maple, MathCad, Mathematica, and MATLAB to provide a simulated laboratory where students can learn by exploration and discovery instead of passive absorption. The text covers all the standard topics of a traditional optics course. It contains step by step derivations of all basic formulas in geometrical, wave and Fourier optics. The threefold arrangement of text, applications, and files makes the book suitable for "self-learning" by scientists or engineers who would like to refresh their knowledge of optics. Customer Reviews (2)
3 stars for students, 5 stars for instructors
simulated optical bench |
28. Fiber Optics Technician's Manual by Jim Hayes | |
Paperback: 288
Pages
(2010-03-11)
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For beginers..
Fiber Optics the new generation
Good for beginners focusing on inside plant fiber
Great starter book!
Great basic training |
29. Nonlinear Fiber Optics, Fourth Edition (Optics and Photonics) by Govind Agrawal | |
Hardcover: 552
Pages
(2006-10-24)
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Be cautious! a lot of errors
One of the best book I've ever red on nonlinear optics.
A quantitative text on nonlinear fiber optics The first chapter is pretty basic, and ismostly review material that describes things like the index cross sectionin an optical fiber, material issues, fabrication, chromatic dispersion,modal birefringence (which leads to polarization mode dispersion), nonlinear refraction and stimulated inelastic scattering.The review here ispretty brief (the chapter has only about 25 pages). Chapter two developsthe mathematics of wave propagation in optical fibers, including themathematics of mode propagation and basic propagation equations derivedfrom Maxwell's equations.This chapter actually develops severaldifferent differential equations; each based on various assumptionsapplicable to different pulse widths.These differential equations thenform the basis for later investigations into various non-linear effectsdiscussed in the book.Chapter two is thus a foundational chapter andshould be read and understood completely before moving on.There is abrief discussion at the end of the chapter that describes numericalmethods. Chapter three describes group-velocity dispersion, includingchromatic dispersion as well as dispersion-induced pulse broadening andhigher-order dispersion and their implications for optical systems. Chapter four introduces self-phase modulation and self steepening. Chapter five describes optical solitons (including fundamental andhigher order solitions), soliton lasers, and soliton-based communicationssystems. Chapter 6 describes some techniques for optical pulsecompression using gratings and chirped optical pulses.It also describessoliton-effect compressors. Chapter 7 is devoted to the subject ofcross-phase modulation, chapter 8 to stimulated Raman scattering, chapter 9to stimulated Brillouin scattering, and chapter 10 to parametric processes,including four-wave mixing, parametric gain, and phase matching. The bookis quantitative, making (as you'd expect in a graduate text) liberal use ofmathematics.The level of mathematics, however, should be well within thegrasp of senior college students majoring in physics, engineering, ormathematics. The subject, however, is non-trivial, and you should expectthis book to present a real intellectual challenge in reading andunderstanding all the details. I took about six months to finish the book,including time taken to fill in some details in the derivations and to plotsome of the equations on my computer. Agrawal makes good use of figuresand illustrations, which I found particularly helpful.The book also hasan adequate index that makes the book more valuable as a desk reference. Each chapter cites a wealth of reference material in the literature sothat any subject covered within its pages can be studied in more detail andfrom the original sources. I would not make this a first study ofnonlinear optics (although it was for me).Rather, I'd look for texts thatdiscuss nonlinear effects qualitatively, and I'd try to expose myself toexperiments that illustrate these nonlinear effects to gain a morequalitative understanding before diving into Agrawal's mathematicalderivations.With a more qualitative basis first acquired, however,Agrawal's book is an invaluable tool for understanding the most obscurenonlinear effects in optical fibers.
The definitive sourcebook for nonlinear fibre phenomenon It starts off with a quickreview of linear fibre characteristics (dispersion, loss, fabrication) anddevotes a chapter each to a systematic study of how dispersion withoutnonlinearity and nonlinearity without dispersion affect pulse propagation.Higher order nonlinearity and dispersion are also covered. From thisintroduction, the problem of having both nonlinearity and dispersionpresent is introduced, leading to solitons. This treatment does not godeeply into the algebraic solution of the NLS equation, but gives a goodbackground of the properties of solitons. Several other topics arecovered which span a broad array of important nonlinear phenomenon inoptical fibres under active research. This seems to be the book to buy ifyou need to know about solitons and other nonlinear effects, and iscontinually referenced. ... Read more |
30. The Geometrical Optics Workbook by David S. Loshin ODPhD | |
Paperback: 202
Pages
(1991-05-06)
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A good workbook to understand geometric optics |
31. Quantum Optics by D.F. Walls, Gerard J. Milburn | |
Paperback: 425
Pages
(2009-12-15)
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Editorial Review Product Description The formalism of quantum optics is elucidated in the early chapters and the main techniques are introduced. These are applied in the later chapters to problems such as squeezed states of light, resonance fluorescence, laser theory, quantum theory of four-wave mixing, quantum non-demolition measurements, Bell's inequalities, and atom optics. Experimental results are used to illustrate the theory throughout. This yields the most comprehensive and up-to-date coverage of experiment and theory in quantum optics in any textbook. Customer Reviews (3)
Too much information without intermediate steps..
Blend of fundamental and practical
Comprehensive, but more mathematics than physics However, we think the book is not suitable as an introduction to the subject, since the reader is expected to be familiar with both the basic mathematical and notational concepts of the field (which are often introduced without any explanation or motivation). Probably, Mandel and Wolf's "Optical coherence and quantum optics", or H.-A. Bachor's recently published "A guide to experiments in quantum optics" are more appropriate for a first encounter with quantum optics. -H.K. Nienhuys, S.Woutersen, F. van den Broek, H.J. Bakker. ... Read more |
32. Statistical Optics (Wiley Classics Library) by Joseph W. Goodman | |
Paperback: 576
Pages
(2000-08-14)
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A good textbook in statistical optics |
33. Coherent X-Ray Optics (Oxford Series on Synchrotron Radiation) by David Paganin | |
Hardcover: 424
Pages
(2006-03-23)
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34. Ultrafast Optics (Wiley Series in Pure and Applied Optics) by Andrew Weiner | |
Hardcover: 598
Pages
(2009-06-15)
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Editorial Review Product Description This book fills the need for a thorough and detailed account of ultrafast optics. Written by one of the most preeminent researchers in the field, it sheds new light on technology that has already had a revolutionary impact on precision frequency metrology, high-speed electrical testing, biomedical imaging, and in revealing the initial steps in chemical reactions. Ultrafast Optics begins with a summary of ultrashort laser pulses and their practical applications in a range of real-world settings. Next, it reviews important background material, including an introduction to Fourier series and Fourier transforms, and goes on to cover: Professor Weiner's expertise and cutting-edge research result in a book that is destined to become a seminal text for engineers, researchers, and graduate students alike. |
35. Cabling: The Complete Guide to Copper and Fiber-Optic Networking by Andrew Oliviero, Bill Woodward | |
Paperback: 1144
Pages
(2009-07-20)
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Editorial Review Product Description With the growing demand for fiber optics in large-scale communications networks, network professionals need complete, up-to-the-minute information. The fourth edition of this popular guide provides you with the latest on copper and fiber-optic networking. It is particularly useful for those studying for the Fiber Optics Installer or Fiber Optics Technician certifications. Part I covers the basics of cabling, while Part II is devoted to in-depth information on fiber optics, allowing you to stay up to speed on all aspects of the field. As the industry transitions from copper cabling to fiber optics, Cabling: The Complete Guide to Copper and Fiber-Optic Networking, Fourth Edition is a vital tool for network administrators and technicians. Customer Reviews (2)
Good reference for those who are just beginning
Great reference product |
36. Handbook of Plastic Optics | |
Hardcover: 308
Pages
(2010-04-20)
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37. Introduction to Geometrical Optics by Milton Katz | |
Hardcover: 328
Pages
(2003-04)
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lots of formula derivations
A tour de force on optics. |
38. Introductory Quantum Optics by Christopher Gerry, Peter Knight | |
Paperback: 332
Pages
(2004-11-22)
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Useful, but could be much better with substantial revision |
39. Telescope Optics : Complete Manual for Amateur Astronomers by Harrie G. J. Rutten, Martin A. M. Van Venrooij | |
Hardcover: 374
Pages
(1988-04)
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Disagree with Mladen K. Vranjican's review
Manual is more comprehensive than accessible Nowadays, it's quite different.Not only are there vastly more types of telescopes, but most amateurs now buy telescopes; telescope building is a diminishing part of amateur astronomy, and people make their own telescopes out of desire, not necessity.It's harder than ever now for amateurs to really know about optical designs in breadth and depth. Into this breach step Rutten and van Venrooij, two Dutch astronomers who wanted to know more about optics but found that resources were generally unavailable to amateurs.So, they wrote their own.Telescope Optics is a compendium of optical information, geared to the intermediate to advanced amateur.Like Gaul, it can be divided into three parts: Chapters 1 through 4 discuss optical principles; Chapters 5 through 16 apply those principles to various telescope and accessory designs; and Chapters 17 through 22 cover evaluation and design. The manner of the text is generally scholarly but informal.Although optical principles are explained from the fundamentals, the authors still assume a certain level of comfort with high school mathematics and analytical exposition.In particular, it helps if the reader can easily digest information in two-dimensional graphs.This can make the book somewhat imposing for those readers who really just want to know, at a high level, what makes their own telescope tick. For those readers capable of making their way through the analysis, however, the authors clearly and comprehensively explain the workings of several telescope and camera designs, and discuss in brief the quirks of at least half a dozen more.The compromises of each design are detailed to the level of so-called "third-order aberrations"; these include coma, astigmatism, field curvature, spherical aberration, and distortion. The authors also make available their own design software.Being 15 years down the line, the software is somewhat out of date, and it does not come free with the book; it must be purchased separately.The book does explain how to use the software, though. Overall, the book should find its way onto the shelf of anyone who wants to learn, seriously, about their optics.For those who simply want a taste of how optics work, or who need a gentle introduction to the field, it probably ought to wait until later.
Excellent manual for beginners and advanced amateurs |
40. Handbook of Optics, Vol. 2: Devices, Measurements, and Properties, Second Edition by Optical Society Of America | |
Hardcover: 1568
Pages
(1994-09-01)
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