Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Optical devices are employed in an ever-increasing range of applications, from simple lenses to complex fibre-optic communication networks. This book provides a detailed introduction to modern optical engineering, covering the fundamental concepts as well as practical techniques and applications. Basic optical principles are presented, particularly reflection, refraction, aberrations, diffraction and interference. Building on this foundation, a wide variety of optical devices and processes are then discussed, including simple optical instruments, photodetectors, spatial light modulators, holography and lasers. Two chapters are devoted to linear system transforms and signal processing, and the book concludes with a chapter on fibre optics. The book contains many worked examples and over 250 problems (solutions manual for instructors available from the publishers). It will be invaluable to electrical engineering and physics undergraduates taking courses in optical engineering, photonics, and electro-optics.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

• 1 Principles of reflection and refraction
• 2 Lenses and aberrations
• 3 Optical instruments
• 4 Detectors
• 5 Spatial light modulators
• 6 Lasers
• 7 Linear system transforms
• 8 Diffraction
• 9 Interference
• 10 Holography
• 11 Signal processing
• 12 Fiber optics

Reviews provided by Syndetics

CHOICE Review

Yu and Yang have prepared their book for upper-division undergraduates, updated from their Principles of Optical Engineering (1990) by Yu and Iam-Choon Khoo. Included are discussions of fundamental optical topics (reflection and refraction, diffraction, interference, and polarization phenomena), a small number of traditional optical instruments (such as telescopes), and a much larger number of modern optical devices (including lasers, fiber optics, and optical communication techniques). As an engineering work, the bias is toward practical applications rather than a detailed explanation of the working principles of the devices. Each chapter includes a bibliography (mostly of other textbooks), a few worked examples, and a reasonable number (typically between 15 and 30) of straightforward problems. Upper-division undergraduates; professionals. D. B. Moss; Boston University