About the Book
Parts 1 introduces: Electromagnetic Radiation, Electromagnetic Waves, Light, Polarization, Optics, Aspect Ratio, Clear Aperture, Flatness, Transmitted Wavefront, Surface Roughness, Material Homogeneity, Index of Refraction, Birefringence, Scattering, Chromatic Aberration, MTF, Polarization, Transmission/Reflection, Dispersion, Wavefront Error, Focal Length, Focal Spot Size, Vignetting, Surface Quality, Hardness, Focal Points, Lens maker Equation, Singlets, Doublet and Triplets, Objectives, Etalons, Brewster Angle, Windows, Photo Chromatic Lenses, Fisheye Lens, Ball Lenses, Athermal Lenses, Zoom Lenses, GRIN - Gradient Index Lens, Diffraction Grating, Lightweight Optics, Free Form Optics, Lens Arrays, Grism, Birefringence, Waveplates, Waveguides, Fiber Optics, Rod Laser, Solid State Slab Laser, Ring Laser, Evanescent Waves, Plastics, Glass, Chemical Strengthening, Radiation Hardened, Ceramics, Extreme Ultraviolet and X-Ray Optics, Visible Optics, Infrared Optics, SWIR, MWIR, LWIR, Infrared Materials, THz, Colored Filter Glass, Photolithography, Introduction to Thin Films, Vacuum Deposition, Electron Beam Deposition, Ion Assisted Deposition, Ion Beam Sputtered, Magnetron Sputtering, Thin Films, Designs and Application of Thin Films, Thermal Shift, Thin Film Stress, Angle Shift, Antireflection, Single Layer, Single Wavelength, Partial Reflectors, High Reflectors, Band High Reflection, Dual Band High Reflection, Mirrors, Filters, Beamsplitters, Bandpass Filters, Spike Filters, Induced Transmission Filter (ITF), Notch / Minus Filter, Rugate Filter, Neutral Density Filters, DLC - Diamond Like Carbon, Conductive Coatings, GLAD - Glancing Angle Deposition, Patterned Surface Textures, Smart Coatings, Super-Hydrophobic, Self-dimming, Self-cleaning, Environmental Testing, Laser Damage Threshold of Thin Films, LASERS, Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation, Cavity Designs, Q-Switching, Gas Lasers, Excimer, Exciplex Lasers, Solid-State Lasers, Semiconductor Lasers, Dye Lasers, Energy Level Diagrams, Crystallography, Crystals, Crystal Symmetry, Seven Crystal Systems, 14 Bravais Lattices, 32 Crystallographic Point Groups, Miller Indices, 230 Space Groups, Crystal Defects, Crystal Growth Techniques, Czochralski, TSSG - Top Seeded Solution Growth, Kyropoulos, Verneuil, FZ - Float Zone Technique, Modulators and Switches, Electro-Optic Effect, Acousto-Optic Effect, Magneto-Optic Effect, Nonlinear Optics, Sillenite Crystals, Scintillator...and much more. Enjoy
About the Author :
I would like to thank everyone for their patience for this 3rd edition. I am honored to have contributed both in consulting and conversations in so many patents, research papers, and thesis over the years. Some notable contributions from the 2nd revision include: Cheng Zhang, Benjamin Boesl, Arvind Agarwal. "Oxidation resistance of tantalum carbide-hafnium carbide solid solutions under the extreme conditions of a plasma jet" Ceramics International, Volume 43, Issue 17, 2017, Pages 14798-14806, ISSN 0272-8842, https: //doi.org/10.1016/j.ceramint.2017.07.227. M.El.F. Nehal, A. Bouzidi, A. Nakrela, R. Miloua, M. Medles, R. Desfeux, J-F. Blach, P. Simon, M. Huvé. "Synthesis and characterization of antireflective Ag@AgCl nanocomposite thin film" Optik, Volume 224, 2020, 165568, ISSN 0030-4026, https: //doi.org/10.1016/j.ijleo.2020.165568. Stefano Dello Russo, Sheng Zhou, Andrea Zifarelli, Pietro Patimisco, Angelo Sampaolo, Marilena Giglio, Davide Iannuzzi, Vincenzo Spagnolo. "Photoacoustic spectroscopy for gas sensing: A comparison between piezoelectric and interferometric readout in custom quartz tuning forks" Photoacoustics, Volume 17, 2020, 100155, ISSN 2213-5979, https: //doi.org/10.1016/j.pacs.2019.100155. Kyzas, Nail. "Formation of aluminum oxynitride thin layers and their applications in optical coatings", Master's thesis Laser technologies Studies program, Vilnius 2020, Vilnius University Faculty of Physics Center for Laser Research, https: //epublications.vu.lt/object/elaba:107237307/107237307.pdf Martynaitiene, Greta. "Investigation of degradation of UV-transparent materials using high repetition rate femtosecond pulses. Master's thesis Laser physics and optical technologies Studies program, Diss. Vilnius University, 2020. https: //epublications.vu.lt/object/elaba:107236232/107236232.pdf Lei Wang, Xudong Liu, Xiaoguo Bi, Zhixin Ma, Jinsheng Li, Xudong Sun. "Verneuil growth of TiO2 (rutile) crystals of large size and low dislocation density at low gas flow rate" Ceramics International, Volume 48, Issue 20, 2022, Pages 30240-30248, ISSN 0272-8842, https: //doi.org/10.1016/j.ceramint.2022.06.297. Yufeng Pan, Jinbiao Zhao, Ping Lu, Chaotan Sima, Wanjin Zhang, Lujun Fu, Deming Liu, Jiangshan Zhang, Hongpeng Wu, Lei Dong, "All-optical light-induced thermoacoustic spectroscopy for remote and non-contact gas sensing", Photoacoustics, Volume 27, 2022, 100389, ISSN 2213-5979, https: //doi.org/10.1
