Survey investigations, with the end goal of monitoring the entire celestial sphere, have become a priority in astronomy. This book is the first monograph devoted to wide-field telescopes, intended to bridge the gap between astronomers and professional opticians. It emphasizes the deep connection between classical and new telescopes, as well as the ......
Illumination is a crucial element in many applications, matching the luminance of the scene with the operational range of a camera. When luminance cannot be adequately controlled, a high dynamic range (HDR) imaging system may be necessary. These systems are being increasingly used in automotive on-board systems, road traffic monitoring, and other ......
Understanding Surface Scatter Phenomena: A Linear Systems Formulation deals with surface scatter phenomena that continue to be an important issue in diverse areas of science and engineering in the 21st century. Scattering effects from microtopographic surface roughness are merely non-paraxial diffraction phenomena. After reviewing the historical ......
This newest edition of Principles of Lithography reflects the continuing advancement of lithographic technology. In recent years, certain topics, such as line-edge roughness (LER), multi-electron-beam writers, and nonlinear overlay models, have become much more significant to practicing lithographers, and more extensive treatments are therefore ......
Optical Techniques for Assessing Cell and Tissue Biomechanics
Optical elastography is a set of imaging techniques that use light to measure the mechanical properties of tissues and cells, which are crucial in understanding development and disease, especially cancer. Unlike ultrasound or MRI-based elastography, optical methods offer higher spatial resolution and sensitivity and can be miniaturized for ......
Infrared science cameras are complex instruments that require extensive training to use correctly to measure apparent temperatures, radiance and radiant intensity correctly, and this also applies to the software that interfaces to these cameras. The users of these cameras often require extensive customer support and training, which can be ......
This book first briefly reviews illumination optics and the basic technique of Zemax non-sequential design, then describes step-by-step, from beginning to completion, the process of modeling and designing illumination optics using Zemax non-sequential raytracing. Sixteen modeling examples and six design examples are described in this book. All of ......
Exponential Explosions of Technology: Innovations That Changed the World by Joseph W. Goodman explores how technological progress across diverse fields has followed-and often still follows-exponential trajectories. It begins by explaining the mathematics and meaning of exponential growth, then traces the phenomenon through more than twenty major ......
Microwave photonics is a rapidly growing field that lies at the intersection of microwave engineering and optics. The integration of photonics and microwave engineering has opened up new possibilities for high-speed communication, radar and sensing systems, and signal processing applications. This book contains both the basic theory and the ......
