Optics Essentials

"Optical technology is essential in many applications in medicine, communication, imaging and even in such a unique field as secure document and currency forensics and authentication. Because humans strongly rely on their sense of sight, quite often a non-optical engineer considers optics as something "obvious". They simplify or completely ignore the complexity of the physics of optics and optical phenomena. A basic comprehensive optics book linking application to physics of optics is going to be very helpful." -Dr. Tomasz Jagielinski, Cummins Allison Corporation "... provides a basic overview of optical principles, concepts, and applications, as well as worked examples throughout the text. The author enables readers to gain a basic understanding of optics without having to commit to an in-depth study. The book includes MATLAB simulations to help the reader visualize concepts. It also contains a set of suggested experiments in each chapter. The content should be easy to grasp by technical professionals, technical managers, researchers, and students. This book is for the non-specialist with little or no knowledge of optical components, systems, or hardware." -A. Zakery, Professor of Physics, Shiraz University, Iran, from Optics & Photonics News, October 13, 2015 "This book will enable the reader to make a start in solving the often difficult optical problems and also to learn enough to ask a consultant intelligent questions. It is almost as good as having Dr. Yacoubian In the building, if not at your elbow. The Table of Contents and Index are unusually complete and detailed. Applications in Matlab will be very "enlightening". -Dr. Fred Jeffers, IEEE Life Fellow, San Diego, California, USA "...a valuable introduction for students and a valuable addition to the bookshelves of non-optics professionals." -Fiber & Integrated Optics, September 2016