This collection explains principles, processes, methods, and procedures of optical engineering in a concise and practical way, emphasizing fundamental approaches and providing useful formulas and step-by-step worked-out examples to demonstrate applications and clarify calculation methods.

Includes over 2000 tables, flow charts, graphs, schematics, drawings, photographs, and mathematical expressions!

Arranges formulas in the best sequence for use on computer or calculator!

Containing chapters written by more than 30 international scholars and over 1500 references to facilitate further exploration of the field, the Handbook of Optical Engineering

• describes Gaussian optics, the Eikonial function, ray tracing, the paraxial approximation, Huygens Principle, and aberrations
  
• discusses diffraction, interference, coherence of light beams, and polarization
  
• analyzes multiphoton processes and ultrashort optical pulses
  
• covers prisms, lenses, and gradient index optics
  
• addresses mirrors and mirror systems, reflective coatings, and beam splitters
  
• details achromatic and microoptical diffraction elements, holographic recording, direct writing techniques, and beam shaping
  
• showcases filter, grating, Fourier transform, Fabry-Perot, laser, and uncommon spectrometers
  
• outlines temporal and spatial phase measuring methods, phase unwrapping, and extended range fringe pattern analysis
  
• presents image and wavelet transform processing, neural networks, and computing with optics
  
• spotlights Lambert’s Law and radiative power transfer in three-dimensional space and across boundaries
  
• features induced birefringence, polarization modulation, and commercial silver halide emulsion
  
• and more!
  

Highlighting optical glasses, plastics, and vitreous silica, the Handbook of Optical Engineering is an unequalled reference for optical, mechanical, and electrical and electronics engineers; metrologists; physicists; and graduate-level and continuing-education students in these disciplines.