Optics Essentials

Contents

Preface

Author

Chapter 1    Optical Systems and Components

1.1    Chapter Descriptions

References

Chapter 2    Light Sources

2.1    Lasers (Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation)

2.2    Light-Emitting Diodes

2.3    Selecting Light Sources

2.4    Conversion from Radiometric to Photometric Quantities

2.5    Conversion from Photometric to Radiometric Quantities

2.6    Thermal Sources

2.7    Blackbody Radiation

References

Chapter 3    Light Detection

3.1    Photon Detectors

3.2    Thermal Detectors

3.3    Noise in Photodiodes

3.4    Photodetectors for Low-Light Level Detection

3.5    Integrating Spheres for Light Measurement

3.6    Lock-In Amplification for Detecting Low-Light Level Signals

3.7    Detector Figures of Merit ...