Research Catalog

Details

Description

1. xvi, 443 pages : illustrations; 24 cm +

Summary

1. CD-Rom contains: "over 170 Mathcad files, each suggesting programs to solve a particular problem, and each linked to a topic in or application of optics."

Series statement

1. Undergraduate texts in contemporary physics

Uniform title

1. Undergraduate texts in contemporary physics.

Subject

1. MathCAD
2. MathCAD
3. Geometrical optics > Data processing
4. Geometrical optics > Data processing
5. Mathcad
6. Optik

Contents

1. 1. Geometrical Optics -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. Fermat's Principle and the Law of Refraction -- 1.3. Prisms -- 1.4. Convex Spherical Surfaces -- 1.5. Concave Spherical Surfaces -- 1.6. Thin Lens Equation -- 1.7. Optical Instruments -- 1.8. Matrix Formulation for Thick Lenses -- 1.9. Plane and Spherical Mirrors -- 1.10. Matrices for a Reflecting Cavity and the Eigenvalue Problem -- 2. Interference -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. Harmonic Waves -- 2.3. Superposition of Harmonic Waves -- 2.4. Two-Beam Wavefront Dividing Interferometry -- 2.5. Two-Beam Amplitude Dividing Interferometry -- 2.6. Multiple Beam Interferometry -- 2.7. Random Arrangement of Source Points -- 3. Diffraction -- 3.1. Introduction -- 3.2. Kirchhoff-Fresnel Integral -- 3.3. Fresnel Diffraction, Far Field Approximation, and Fraunhofer Observation -- 3.4. Far Field and Fraunhofer Diffraction -- 3.5.
2. 8.3. Determination of Optical Constants -- 8.4. Optical Constants of Metals -- 9. Fourier Transformation and FT-Spectroscopy -- 9.1. Fourier Transformation -- 9.2. Fourier Transform Spectroscopy -- 10. Imaging Using Wave Theory -- 10.1. Introduction -- 10.2. Spatial Waves and Blackening Curves, Spatial Frequencies, and Fourier Transformation -- 10.3. Object, Image, and the Two Fourier Transformations -- 10.4. Image Formation Using Incoherent Light -- 10.5. Image Formation with Coherent Light -- 10.6. Holography -- 11. Aberration -- 11.1. Introduction -- 11.2. Spherical Aberration of a Single Refracting Surface -- 11.3. Longitudinal and Lateral Spherical Aberration of a Thin Lens -- 11.4. [pi]-[sigma] Equation and Spherical Aberration -- 11.5. Coma -- 11.6. Aplanatic Lens -- 11.7. Astigmatism -- 11.8. Chromatic Aberration and the Achromatic Doublet -- 11.9. Chromatic Aberration and the Achromatic Doublet with Separated Lenses. App. A. About Graphs and Matrices in Mathcad.

Owning institution

1. Princeton University Library

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 433) and index.

System details (note)

1. System requirements: MathCAD 7 (or higher), MathCAD 2000 (or higher), or Adobe Reader (for MathCAD pdf files).