Introduction to Ray, Wave, and Beam Optics with Applications.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bhattacharya, Shanti.

Series:

IOP Series in Advances in Optics, Photonics and Optoelectronics Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Optics.

Geometrical optics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (216 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bristol : Institute of Physics Publishing, 2024.

Summary:

This book introduces the fundamentals of optics, a field essential to both everyday life and advanced technologies, yet often overlooked in engineering education. Importantly, it includes chapters on complex light, as well as light-based applications. Designed for both students and industry professionals, it aims to make optics accessible while inspiring curiosity, using practical exercises with tools like OSLO, Zemax OpticStudio, and Matlab to deepen understanding.

Contents:

Intro

Acknowledgements

Author biography

Shanti Bhattacharya

List of abbreviations

Chapter Introduction

1.1 Postulates of geometric optics

1.2 The wave nature of light

1.3 Bridging the gap between theory and design tools

1.4 Problems

References

Chapter Geometric optics and imaging

2.1 Basic concepts of optical systems

2.2 What limits imaging?

2.3 Refraction at a single surface

2.4 Sign convention

2.5 Refraction through a lens

2.6 Lens imaging conditions for thin lenses

2.7 Aperture stop, pupils, important rays

2.8 Important definitions relating to stop size

2.9 Mirrors

2.10 Bridging the gap between theory and design tools

2.10.1 Choosing a surface as the aperture stop of a system

2.10.2 Arriving at the correct value for field of view

2.10.3 Optimisation

2.11 Problems

Chapter Thick lenses

3.1 Paraxial ray tracing or transfer equations

3.2 Ray transfer matrices

3.2.1 The free space matrix

3.2.2 Matrix for refraction at a planar surface

3.2.3 Matrix for refraction at a spherical surface

3.2.4 Matrix for reflection from a planar surface

3.2.5 Cascaded elements

3.3 The Lagrange invariant

3.3.1 Arriving at the Lagrange invariant: method 1

3.3.2 Arriving at the Lagrange invariant: method 2

3.3.3 Principal planes

3.4 Physical meaning of matrix elements

3.4.1 The A coefficient

3.4.2 The B and C coefficients

3.4.3 The D coefficient

3.5 Cardinal points

3.5.1 Principal points

3.5.2 Focal points

3.5.3 Nodal points

3.6 Bridging the gap between theory and design tools

3.7 Problems

Chapter Aberrations

4.1 Means of quantifying aberrations

4.2 Monochromatic aberrations

4.2.1 Spherical aberration

4.2.2 Longitudinal aberrations

4.2.3 Transverse aberrations

4.2.4 Spot diagrams.

4.2.5 Coma

4.2.6 Astigmatism

4.2.7 Field curvature

4.2.8 Distortion

4.3 Chromatic aberrations

4.4 Correcting aberrations

4.4.1 Reducing field curvature

4.4.2 Minimising spherical aberration and coma

4.4.3 Correcting axial chromatic aberration

4.4.4 Minimising aberrations using mirrors

4.5 Modulation transfer function

4.6 Bridging the gap between theory and design tools

4.7 Problems

Chapter Gaussian beams

5.1 Gaussian beams

5.2 Gaussian beam properties

5.2.1 Optical intensity

5.2.2 Beam radius

5.2.3 Power

5.2.4 Depth of focus

5.2.5 Beam divergence

5.2.6 Beam quality

5.2.7 Gouy phase

5.3 Characterising a Gaussian beam

5.4 Transmittance of an optical element

5.4.1 Transmittance of an element

5.5 Matrix methods for Gaussian beams

5.5.1 Change of q with propagation

5.5.2 Change of q with transmission through a lens

5.5.3 Gaussian beams and the ABCD matrix

5.5.4 Case study: propagation through a lens

5.6 Gaussian beam transformation through a lens

5.7 Problems

Chapter Basics of interference

6.1 Theory

6.2 Conditions for interference

6.2.1 Spatial coherence

6.2.2 Temporal coherence

6.2.3 Polarisation

6.3 Applications of interference, holography

6.3.1 Example 1: measuring height variation across a sample

6.3.2 Retrieving phase: the four-step method

6.3.3 Example 2: the Newton interferometer

6.4 Thin film interference

6.5 Fabry-Pérot interferometer

6.6 Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory (LIGO)

6.7 Holography

6.7.1 Rainbow holography

6.7.2 Holographic interferometry

6.8 Moiré interferometry

6.9 Problems

Chapter Diffraction and diffractive optics

7.1 Diffraction theory

7.1.1 Fresnel diffraction

7.1.2 Fraunhofer diffraction.

7.2 Diffraction case studies

7.2.1 Diffraction through a single rectangular slit

7.2.2 Diffraction from a circular aperture

7.2.3 Diffraction through a double slit

7.3 The diffraction grating

7.3.1 Grating terminology

7.3.2 Deriving the grating equation

7.3.3 What is wrong with binary diffraction gratings?

7.3.4 An alternative approach to understanding gratings

7.3.5 The blazed diffraction grating

7.4 Designing diffractive optical elements

7.5 Methods of generating a desired diffractive phase profile

7.5.1 Using a known refractive phase

7.5.2 Using a known analytic expression

7.5.3 Using an iterative technique

7.6 Bridging the gap between theory and design tools

7.7 Problems

Chapter Introduction to complex light

8.1 Bessel beams

8.1.1 Propagation-invariance

8.1.2 Self-healing

8.1.3 Intensity of a Bessel beam along the direction of propagation

8.1.4 Far-field pattern of a Bessel beam

8.1.5 Laguerre-Gaussian beams

8.2 Airy beams

8.2.1 Far-field pattern of an Airy beam

8.3 Generation of complex light

8.3.1 Bessel beams from diffractive axicons

8.3.2 OAM beams from fork gratings

8.3.3 Airy beams from cubic phase plates

8.4 Applications

8.4.1 Optical trapping

8.4.2 STED

8.4.3 Lightsheet microscopy

Chapter Everyday optical systems and beyond

9.1 Barcode readers

9.2 Finger print sensors

9.3 Pulse oximeters

9.4 Interferometry based measurements

9.4.1 Optical coherence tomography

9.4.2 Time domain OCT

9.4.3 Fourier domain OCT

9.4.4 Fourier transform infrared spectrometry

Chapter

A.1 Designing a lens with a specific focal length

A.2 Drawing the principle planes in an optical system

A.2.1 In Zemax

A.2.2 In OSLO

A.3 Optimising aberrations

A.3.1 In OSLO

A.3.2 In Zemax.

A.4 Optimising chromatic aberration

A.4.1 In Zemax

A.4.2 In OSLO

Reference.

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ISBN:

9780750354974

0750354976

OCLC:

1474906629