A practical guide to experimental geometrical optics
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Cambridge
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Cambridge University Press
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2017
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Yuriy A. Garbovskiy, Anatoliy V. Glushchenko
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A concise, yet deep introduction to geometrical optics developing the practical skills and research techniques used in modern laboratories
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Preface; 1. Markets of optical materials, components, accessories, light sources and detectors; 2. Introduction to optical experiments: light producing, light managing, light detection and measuring; 3. Light detectors based on semiconductors: photoresistors, photodiodes in a photo-galvanic regime. Principles of operation and measurements; 4. Linear light detectors based on photodiodes; 5. Basic laws of geometrical optics: experimental verification; 6. Converging and diverging thin lenses; 7. Thick lenses; 8. Lens systems; 9. Simple optical instruments I: the eye and the magnifier, eyepieces and telescopes; 01. Simple optical instruments II: light illuminators and microscope; 11. Spherical mirrors; 21. Introduction to optical aberrations; 31. Elements of optical radiometry; 41. Cylindrical lenses and vials; 51. Methods of geometrical optics to measure refractive index; 61. Dispersion of light and prism spectroscope; 71. Elements of computer aided optical design; Index.