Fundamentals And Basic Optical Instruments

Download or read book Fundamentals and Basic Optical Instruments written by Daniel Malacara Hernández and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2017-11-22 with total page 691 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fundamentals and Basic Optical Instruments includes thirteen chapters providing an introductory guide to the basics of optical engineering, instrumentation, and design. Topics include basic geometric optics, basic wave optics, and basic photon and quantum optics. Paraxial ray tracing, aberrations and optical design, and prisms and refractive optical components are included. Polarization and polarizing optical devices are covered, as well as optical instruments such as telescopes, microscopes, and spectrometers.