Book description
Optical interferometry is used in communications, medical imaging, astonomy, and structural measurement. With the use of an interferometer engineers and scientists are able to complete surface inspections of micromachined surfaces and semiconductors. Medical technicians are able to give more consise diagnoses with the employ of interferometers in microscopy, spectroscopy, and coherent tomography.Originating from a one-day course, this material was expanded to serve as an introduction to the topic for engineers and scientists that have little optical knowledge but a need for more in their daily work lives. The need for interferometry knowledge has crossed the boundaries of engineering fields and Dr. Hariharan has written a book that answers the questions that new practitioners to interferometry have and haven't even thought of yet. This new edition includes complete updates of all material with an emphasis on applications. It also has new chapters on white-light microsopy and interference with single photons.
*Outstanding introduction to the world of optical interferometry with summaries at the begining and end of each chapter, several appendices with essential information, and worked numerical problems
*Practical details enrich understanding for readers new to this material
*New chapters on white-light microscopy for medical imaging and interference with single photons(quantum optics)
Table of contents
- Front cover
- Title page
- Copyright page
- Contents (1/2)
- Contents (2/2)
- Preface to the First Edition
- Preface to the Second Edition
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Interference: A Primer
- 3 Two-Beam Interferometers
- 4 Source-Size and Spectral Effects
- 5 Multiple-Beam Interference
- 6 The Laser as a Light Source
- 7 Photodetectors
- 8 Measurements of Length
- 9 Optical Testing
- 10 Digital Techniques
- 11 Macro- and Micro-Interferometry
- 12 White-Light Interference Microscopy
- 13 Holographic and Speckle Interferometry
- 14 Interferometric Sensors
- 15 Interference Spectroscopy
- 16 Fourier Transform Spectroscopy
- 17 Interference with Single Photons
- 18 Building an Interferometer
- A Monochromatic Light Waves
- B Phase Shifts on Reflection
- C Diffraction
- D Polarized Light
- E The Pancharatnam Phase
- F The Twyman-Green Interferometer: Initial Adjustment
- G The Mach-Zehnder Interferometer: Initial Adjustment
- H Fourier Transforms and Correlation
- I Coherence
- J Heterodyne Interferometry
- K Laser Frequency Shifting
- L Evaluation of Shearing Interferograms
- M Phase-Shifting Interferometry
- N Holographic Imaging
- O Laser Speckle
- P Laser Frequency Modulation
- Index (1/2)
- Index (2/2)
Product information
- Title: Basics of Interferometry, 2nd Edition
- Author(s):
- Release date: October 2006
- Publisher(s): Academic Press
- ISBN: 9780080465456
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