Optical Principles and Technology for Engineers

Download or read book Optical Principles and Technology for Engineers written by James Stewart and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 1996-04-23 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discussing the principles of physical and geometrical optics from an engineering point of view, this book explains current optical technology and the applications of optical methods in a wide variety of fields, from astronomy and agriculture to medicine and semiconductors. It offers guidance in the selection of optical components for the construction of bread-board models using commercially available, standard components, and provides immediately useful equations without unnecessary mathematical derivations.