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Presents a basic understanding of fundamental optical principles. This title covers the development of electronic sensors, as well as the advent of mainstream consumer optical products. It includes chapters that emphasize the application of the computer software to generate solutions to related lens design and optimization problems.

Presents approaches, materials, and devices that eliminate the cooling requirements of IR photodetectors operating in the middle- and long-wavelength ranges of the IR spectrum. This text also discusses solutions to specific problems of high-temperature detection, such as poor collection efficiency due to a short diffusion length.

Describes an optical clearing method based on reversible reduction of tissue scattering due to refractive index matching of scatterers and ground matter. This technique is a promising technique for developments in the fields of tissue imaging, spectroscopy, phototherapy, and laser surgery.

Many items we use in our daily lives - the traffic signals, motion sensors, fingerprint readers, cell phone cameras, bar code scanners, and DVD players - rely upon plastic optical systems to perform. This book provides an overview of the design of plastic optical systems and is structured along the lines of a typical development project.

The guide arose from a survey of UK users and manufacturers/developers to assess detector equipment usage and calibration, in order to identify the factors influencing the accuracy of measurements obtained with detector array equipment, and thus develop calibration techniques and establish best practice procedures.

Describes the many different types of optical fibres and their properties, and presents in a compact form their relevant physical foundations. Both passive and active (amplifying) fibres are discussed, and an overview on fibre nonlinearities and the application of active fibres in amplifiers and lasers is included.

Introduces engineers-in-training to the basic concepts and operation of 3D imaging LADAR systems, including laser range equations; sources of noise in LADAR signals; LADAR waveforms; the effects of wavefront propagation on LADAR beams through optical systems and atmospheric turbulence; algorithms for detecting, ranging, and tracking targets; and comprehensive system simulation.

Starting with traditional illumination in imaging systems, this title follows the advances in computer-aided design of high efficiency nonimaging illumination optics, along with the modern source models that support these techniques. It includes sections on the illumination of visual displays and some topics on architectural illumination.

Offers an overview on the types of lasers and their key properties as well as an introduction into the physical and technological aspects of lasers. Apart from describing the basic principles, this title discusses the different properties of laser crystals, the impact of thermal effects on laser performance, and methods of wavelength tuning.

Provides an account of the theory of image formation in a confocal fluorescence microscope, as well as a practical guideline to the operation of the instrument, its limitations, and the interpretation of confocal microscopy data. The appendices provide a reference to optical theory, microscopy-related formulas and definitions, and Fourier theory.

Aimed at the reader with a basic background in electrical or optical engineering, this text covers CDMA fundamentals, from the basics of the communication process and digital data transmission, to the concepts of code division multiplexing, direct sequence spreading, diversity techniques, the near-far effect, and the IS-95 CDMA standard form.

Morphological image processing, a standard part of the imaging scientist's toolbox, can be applied to a wide range of industrial applications. Concentrating on applications, this text shows how to analyse the problems and then develop successful algorithms to solve them.

The author has expanded the information found in his practical 1995 tutorial. Achromats are covered in more detail, with an updated discussion of beam expanders. Ball lens, gradient optics, and three mirror configurations have been added to the chapter on Special Optical Surfaces and Components.

An introduction to uncooled thermal imaging arrays, systems and applications. Topics covered include the principal uncooled thermal detection mechanisms; fundamental performance limits and theoretical performance; and applications, technical trends, and systems employing uncooled arrays.