Optics and Lasers

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-XIX

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2. Ray Optics

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   Pages 1-19

3. Optical Instruments

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   Pages 20-39

4. Light Sources and Detectors

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   Pages 40-70

5. Wave Optics

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   Pages 71-106

6. Interferometry and Related Areas

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   Pages 107-119

7. Holography and Fourier Optics

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   Pages 120-149

8. Lasers

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   Pages 150-178

9. Electromagnetic and Polarization Effects

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   Pages 179-201

10. Optical Waveguides

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    Pages 202-220

11. Optical Fiber Measurements

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    Pages 221-239

12. Integrated Optics

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    Pages 240-251

13. Back Matter

    Pages 253-272

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Since this book was first published in 1977, the major advances in optics have been the maturing of optical communications and the development of in­ tegrated optics. When I was offered the opportunity to prepare a revised edi­ tion, I decided to add chapters on these disciplines to the original work. This book, which was begun long before I joined the National Bureau of Stand­ ards, remains a private venture, written, so to speak, in my basement; there is no official connection with the National Bureau of Standards. I have also taken the opportunity to make some corrections and to add several short sections within the body of the earlier text. The most important of these changes include a discussion of group velocity, phase velocity and group index of refraction to anticipate the need for these concepts in Chap. 9; revision of the section on coherent-optical processing, including what is essen­ tially an optical derivation of the Fourier series; addition of the converging­ beam optical processor; and addition of a section on laser safety. The bulk of the new material comprises three chapters. The first is Chap. 9, "Optical Waveguides". In this chapter, I develop optical waveguide theory primarily on the basis of ray optics and interference in planar waveguides.

• Lasers
• Optics
• Optik
• holography
• index of refraction
• integrated optics
• interference
• interferometry
• laser
• optical communication
• optics
• Planar
• polarization

• Electromagnetic Technology Division, National Bureau of Standards, Boulder, USA

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