Introduction to Optics and Optical Imaging

About the Author Craig Scott has been at Northrop Grumman Corporation since 1995. He is presently working in the areas of conformal antennas, frequency selective surfaces, and photonic bandgap structures. Prior to that, Mr. Scott worked at Rockwell International in the areas of printed phased array antennas and frequency selective surfaces, and at TRW in the areas of reflector antennas, method-of-moments software development,and frequency selective surfaces. He is the author of three other books on electromagnetics and optics.

• Preface. ELECTROMAGNETICS FOR OPTICS: THREE VIEWPOINTS. Foundations of the Diffraction Integral Method. Foundations of the Plane Wave Spectrum Method. Foundations of Geometrical Optics. LENS ACTION FROM THREE VIEWPOINTS. Focusing and Imaging Properties of Lenses: Ray OpticalViewpoint. Focusing and Imaging Properties of Lenses: Diffraction IntegralViewpoint. Focusing and Imaging Properties of Lenses: The Plane WaveSpectrumViewpoint. REFLECTIVE AND REFRACTIVE OPTICS. Classical Optical Imaging Instruments. Other Common Optical Components. Aberration Theory. OPTICAL INTERFERENCE PHENOMENA. Applications of the Plane Wave Spectrum Concept: Introduction toDiffraction Gratings. Introduction to Optical Moire Techniques. Interference and Interferometers. Introduction to Holography. INTRODUCTION TO OPTICAL INFORMATION PROCESSING. A Sampling of Optical Information Processing Systems Based onFourier Plane Filtering. APPENDIXES. Appendix A: Elements of Vector Analysis. Appendix B: Theorems and Relations from Fourier Analysis. Appendix C: Vector Calculations in Source and FieldCoordinates. Singularity Functions. Fresnel Integrals. Bessel Functions of Integer Order. Index. About the Author.