Optical Engineering Fundamentals (SPIE Tutorial Texts in Optical Engineering Vol. TT30) - Softcover

Walker, Bruce H.

 
9780819427649: Optical Engineering Fundamentals (SPIE Tutorial Texts in Optical Engineering Vol. TT30)

Synopsis

Comprehensive introduction to the science of optics and optical engineering, and the history, people, and events shaping the discipline. Examines light waves and light rays, reflection and refraction, basic optical components and instruments, dispersion, diffraction, thin-lens theory, new design software, and the human visual system.

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Bruce H. Walker is an independent consultant with more than 40 years of experience in optical engineering and lens design. He received four patents for unusual lens design while working for General Electric, and for 20 years was with the Electro-Optical Division of Kollmorgen Corp. He also is a long-time contributor to the Photonics Handbook and Dictionary.

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ISBN 10:  0070679304 ISBN 13:  9780070679306
Publisher: McGraw-Hill, 1995
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