Electro-Optical Instrumentation: Sensing and Measuring with Lasers - Softcover

Donati, Silvano

9780132597548: Electro-Optical Instrumentation: Sensing and Measuring with Lasers

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0132597543 ISBN 13: 9780132597548

Publisher: Prentice Hall, 2011

Electro-Optical Instrumentation is a systematic, up-to-date guide to laser instrumentation for sensing and measurement in scientific, industrial, automotive and avionics applications. Leading expert Dr. Silvio Donati presents clear design rules and useful hints for implementing virtually any laser instrumentation system. For each instrument, Donati outlines basic principles, physical limitations, reasonable performance expectations, optical design, and electronic signal handling -- complete with block schemes. The book covers interferometers, nanometer vibrometers, telemeter/anti-collision systems; non-contact wire- and particle-diameter sizing; alignment and level meter apparatuses; fiber gyroscopes and sensors, and more.

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The complete, practical sourcebook for laser sensing and measurement

This is a systematic, up-to-date guide to laser instrumentation for sensing and measurement in contemporary scientific, industrial, automotive and avionics applications. Dr. Silvano Donati presents clear design rules and useful hints for practical implementation of a wide variety of laser instruments. For each type of instrument, the author outlines basic principles, physical limitations, reasonable performance expectations, optical design issues, and electronic signal handling--illustrated with block schemes. Coverage includes:

Interferometers for sub-micrometer displacement measurements

Nanometer vibrometers and structural integrity testing

Doppler velocimeters for anemometry of fluids

Range finders and anti-collision systems

Non-contact wire-diameter and particle-diameter sizing

Alignment and level meter apparatuses

Ring laser and optical fiber gyroscopes

Optical fiber sensors

Thorough and accessible, Electro-Optical Instrumentation offers balanced coverage of both optical and electronic issues and challenges. It will give working electronic engineers and scientists the knowledge they need to design virtually any electro-optical instrumentation system.

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About the Author:

SILVANO DONATI is Full Professor and leader of the Electro-Optics Group at the University of Pavia, Italy. His research interests have included laser telemeters, interferometry; fiber gyros and current sensors; speckle pattern, and noise in CCD coupled oscillators. A Fellow Member of IEEE and OSA, and Meritorious Member of AEI, he has authored or coauthored 250 papers, guest edited several leading journals, and earned 10 patents. He is author of Photodetectors (Prentice Hall).

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