Rays, waves and photons : a compendium of foundations and emerging technologies of pure and applied optics / William L. Wolfe.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wolfe, William L., author.

Contributor:

Institute of Physics (Great Britain), publisher.

Series:

IOP ebooks. 2020 collection.

IOP ebooks. [2020 collection]

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Optics--Popular works.

Optics.

Genre:

Popular works.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (various pagings) : illustrations (some color).

Other Title:

Compendium of foundations and emerging technologies of pure and applied optics.

Place of Publication:

Bristol [England] (Temple Circus, Temple Way, Bristol BS1 6HG, UK) : IOP Publishing, [2020]

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader, EPUB reader, or Kindle reader.

text file

Biography/History:

William L. (Bill) Wolfe is Professor Emeritus at the James C. Wyant College of Optical Sciences. He monitored some 50 students and did research there for 25 years before retirement. His career in optics spans over 60 years in government, industry, and academia.

Summary:

Rays Waves and Photons presents the foundational concepts of optical science. Written by subject, each topic is presented in a standalone chapter with a brief historical foundation, current developments, and future predictions. With non-technical language, this book provides accessible content with terms, concepts and definitions, a glossary, and appendices to enhance the reader's experience. More than forty subjects are discussed including: optical design, lenses, cameras, microscopes, telescopes, lasers, fibers, missiles, autonomous cars and remote sensing. This book will provide a useful resource for students, teachers, professionals, and general audiences interested in the complexity of optical phenomena and devices.

Contents:

Introduction : pleased to meet you

Acousto-optics : did you hear what I saw?

Binoculars : from both sides now

Cameras : got the picture?

Optical communication : did you get the word?

Diffraction : diffraction didactations

Displays : do you see what I see?

Electro-optics and magneto-optics

Eye tracking : do you see where I see?

Fiber optics : an inside job

Glasses : some are half full

Holography : is it real or is it a ...?

Infrared : do you see what I can't?

Optics institutions : are you institutionalized?

Interference and interferometers : some constructive thoughts

Lasers : a coherent discussion

Lenses : focusing in

Light : the light of our lives

Optical lithography : I walk the line

Medical optics : aaaah

Microscopes : a little of this and a little of that

Military optics : homing in

Mirrors : through one darkly

Nonlinear optics : outside the lines

Optical design : the rays on d'etre

Optics olio : mishmash

Optical societies : high society

Polarization : some circular reasoning

Prisms : an acute discussion, not obtuse

Radiometry and photometry : a precise and accurate treatment

Reflection : noitcelfeR

Refraction : as the light is bent

Relativity : not Uncle Louie and Aunt Sadie

Remote sensing : admiration from afar

Scattering : scattered thoughts

Scopes : scoping it out

Solar energy : the Sun is my doing

Sources : and there was light

Spectacles : better to see you with

Spectra of spectroscopy : ROYGBIV

Speed of light : faster than a speeding bullet

The stereoscope and stereoscopy : from both sides now

Telescopes : truly astronomical

Ultraviolet : aglow in the dark

One man's glimpse of the future.

Notes:

"Version: 20200801"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references.

Title from PDF title page (viewed on September 3, 2020).

Other Format:

Print version:

ISBN:

9780750326124

9780750326117

OCLC:

1193061845

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.