Introduction to Ray, Wave, and Beam Optics with Applications

Shanti Bhattacharya (Professor, IIT Madras (India))

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English

Institute of Physics Publishing
29 November 2024

Light (optics); Electrical engineering; Applied optics

Series: IOP Series in Advances in Optics, Photonics and Optoelectronics

Optics is integral to our everyday lives, influencing everything from entertainment technologies to life-saving instruments. Despite its importance, optics is often not a core subject in many undergraduate engineering programs. This book aims to introduce the fundamentals of optics, making the subject accessible to all engineers and scientists, regardless of their background. While primarily designed for undergraduate students, it is also suitable for industry professionals who lack a formal optics education. By mastering the basics of optics, engineers will place themselves in a position to communicate more clearly with and better understand their colleagues. Beyond its educational purpose, this book also seeks to inspire a sense of wonder when observing natural phenomena and the fascinating optical effects produced by modern technology. A unique aspect of this textbook is that it includes a chapter on complex light. Beams that fall under this category are transforming the way imaging is done, and understanding how to generate and manipulate such beams is an essential skill for any aspiring optical engineer.

Key Features:

Provides an introduction to wave and ray optics suitable for engineers, scientists, and those from multidisciplinary fields

Presents basics and fundamental optics

Provides tips on how to use software tools such as OSLO and Zemax OpticStudio to model and understand some of these concepts

Discusses interference and diffraction

Covers different types of complex beams, including their properties

By: Shanti Bhattacharya (Professor IIT Madras (India))
Imprint: Institute of Physics Publishing
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 254mm, Width: 178mm, Spine: 14mm
Weight: 596g
ISBN: 9780750354950
ISBN 10: 075035495X
Series: IOP Series in Advances in Optics, Photonics and Optoelectronics
Pages: 215
Publication Date: 29 November 2024
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

1) Introduction 2) Postulates of Geometric Optics 3) Geometric Optics and Imaging a) Refraction at a single surface b) Refraction at two surfaces c) Thin lenses, Lens imaging conditions d) Aperture stop, pupils, important rays e) Mirrors f) Sign convention 4) Ray tracing using matrix method, Thick lenses, a) Principal planes b) Studying Thick lenses 5) Aberrations a) Means of quantifying aberrations b) Monochromatic aberrations c) Chromatic Aberrations d) Correcting aberrations (stop at natural stop position, glass types, etc) e) Numerical aperture, resolution, MTF 6) Gaussian beams a) Transmittance of an optical element b) Gaussian beams c) Gaussian beam transformation through a lens d) Matrix methods for Gaussian beams 7) Basics of Interference a) Applications of Interference, holography 8) Basics of diffraction a) Basic Fourier Optics b) Fundamentals of diffractive optics c) Applications of diffractive optics 9) Introduction to complex light a) Bessel beams, LG beams, Airy beams (to be introduced in terms of applications, rather than the theory of the beam formation) b) Generation of complex light 10) Applications a) Barcode readers b) Finger print sensors c) Pick-up heads used in DVD/CD players d) Biomedical instrumentation e) Interferometers for metrology (Optical coherence tomography) f) Sensors

Shanti Bhattacharya obtained her Ph.D. in Physics from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, in 1997. She was awarded the Alexander von Humboldt award in 1998 and worked at the Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany for several years. She subsequently joined Analog Devices, Cambridge, USA, where she worked as a design engineer. She is currently a Professor at the Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT Madras. She has served on the board of OSA (now known as Optica) and is currently an Associate Editor of Optical Engineering and the Journal of Optical Microsystems, as well as being a member of the editorial board of the Journal of Optics (India). Her current research interests are design and fabrication of dielectric meta and diffractive optics, optical MEMS, and studies relating to imaging techniques. While she loves her work with light, she also loves her breaks, which more often than not involve escaping to the Himalayas for a while.