Fourier optics, being a staple of optical design and analysis for over 50 years, has produced many new applications in recent years. In this text, Bob Tyson presents the fundamentals of Fourier optics with sufficient detail to educate the reader, typically an advanced student or working scientist or engineer, to the level of applying the knowledge to a specific set of design or analysis problems. Instead of presenting complex multipage proofs the key results are presented with appropriate literature references, before proceeding to look at modern applications. This allows readers to take away a solid appreciation of the principles to enable them to appreciate the range of applications and be able to start using Fourier optics in their research or industrial work. Well aware that many of the mathematical techniques used in the field can now be solved digitally, the book will point to those methods or applicable computer software available to the reader.

Principles and Applications of Fourier Optics

Engineering & Transportation

Robert K. Tyson

Engineering

Iop Publishing

Adaptive optics systems and components have achieved a level of sophistication and simplicity that goes beyond traditional applications in astronomy and the military and into developments in medicine, manufacturing, and communications. This book was written for those interested in the multidisciplinary technology and those who need a broad-brush explanation without wading through thousands of journal articles. It follows the structure of a one-day tutorial taught by the author, including humor and sidebars of historical material.
Contents
 - A long time ago, in a laboratory far far, really far, away - Adaptive optics systems - Optics is our middle name - Speaking the language - a few definitions - Atmospheric turbulence - Bad air...bad, bad air - Laser guide stars - a beacon in the wilderness - Systems - putting it all together - Wavefront sensors - the eyes - Deformable mirrors - the hands - Control computers and reconstructors - the brains

Introduction to Adaptive Optics (SPIE Tutorial Texts in Optical Engineering Vol. TT41)

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Diseases & Physical Ailments

SPIE Publications

Adaptive optics has been under development for well over 40 years. It is an indisputable necessity for all major ground-based astronomical telescopes and is the foundation for laser and wavefront sensor design. Lighter Side of Adaptive Optics is a nontechnical explanation of optics, the atmosphere, and the technology for 'untwinkling' the stars. While interweaving a fictional romantic relationship as an analogy to adaptive optics, and inserting satire, humor, and philosophical rants, Tyson brings a difficult scientific topic to its knees. The 'why' and 'how' of adaptive optics has never been more enjoyable.
Contents
 - Foreword - Love is in the Air - The Atmosphere Has Gas - Adaptive Optics Systems and Some Cool Things about Light Beams - Clever Wavefront Sensors - Laser Guide Stars, the Beacons in the Night - Mirrors that Get Bent Out of Shape - Computers That Shouldn't Crash - Other Ways to Do It - Putting the System Together - Getting the Blasted Thing to Work Right or Even Work at All - Fun with Shining Lasers into Your Eyes - A Happy Ending - Backword: The Leslie B. Smythe Story - Bibliography (Some other books about adaptive optics that aren't nearly as funny as this one) - Index

Lighter Side of Adaptive Optics

Science & Math

Physics

SPIE--The International Society for Optical Engineering

This SPIE Field Guide provides a summary of the methods for determining the requirements of an adaptive optics system, the performance of the system, and the requirements for the components of the system. Many of the expressions are in the form of integrals, in which case the authors show the results graphically for a variety of practical values. This second edition has a greatly expanded presentation of adaptive optics control system design and operation. Discussions of control models are accompanied by various recommendations for implementing the algorithms in hardware. 
 Table of Contents Introduction Modeling the Effect of Atmospheric Turbulence Beam Propagation Wavefront Sensors Deformable Mirrors Control and Reconstruction

Field Guide to Adaptive Optics, Second Edition (Spie Field Guide)

Benjamin W. Frazier

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