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Optics and Lasers

Including Fibers and Integrated Optics

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  • © 1984

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Authors:
  1. Matt Young

    1. Electromagnetic Technology Division, National Bureau of Standards, Boulder, USA

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Part of the book series: Springer Series in Optical Sciences (SSOS, volume 5)

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XIX
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  2. Ray Optics

    • Matt Young
    Pages 1-19

  3. Optical Instruments

    • Matt Young
    Pages 20-39

  4. Light Sources and Detectors

    • Matt Young
    Pages 40-70

  5. Wave Optics

    • Matt Young
    Pages 71-106

  6. Interferometry and Related Areas

    • Matt Young
    Pages 107-119

  7. Holography and Fourier Optics

    • Matt Young
    Pages 120-149

  8. Lasers

    • Matt Young
    Pages 150-178

  9. Electromagnetic and Polarization Effects

    • Matt Young
    Pages 179-201

  10. Optical Waveguides

    • Matt Young
    Pages 202-220

  11. Optical Fiber Measurements

    • Matt Young
    Pages 221-239

  12. Integrated Optics

    • Matt Young
    Pages 240-251

  13. Back Matter

    Pages 253-272
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About this book

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.

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

    Matt Young

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