PREFACE
Over the last few decades, the academic study of optics, once exclusively in the domain
of physics departments, has expanded into a variety of engineering departments. Graduate
students and advanced undergraduate students performing research in such diverse elds as
electrical, mechanical, biomedical, and chemical engineering often need to assemble optical
experimental equipment to complete their research. In industry, optics is now found in prod-
ucts such as laser printers, barcode scanners, and even mobile phones. This book is intended
rst as a textbook for an introductory optics course for graduate and advanced undergradu-
ate students. It is also intended as a resource for researchers developing optical experimental
systems for their ...