Prepared under the auspices of the Optical Society of America, the five carefully architected and cross-referenced volumes of the Handbook of Optics, Third Edition, contain everything a student, scientist, or engineer requires to actively work in the field. From the design of complex optical systems to world-class research and development methods, this definitive publication provides unparalleled access to the fundamentals of the discipline and its greatest minds.

Contributors; Brief Contents of All Volumes;Editors' Preface;Preface to Volume II;Glossary and Fundamental Constants;Part 1: Design;Chapter 1. Techniques of First-Order Layout;Chapter 2. Aberration Curves in Lens Design;Chapter 3. Optical Design Software;Chapter 4. Optical Specifications;Chapter 5. Tolerancing Techniques;Chapter 6. Mounting Optical Components;Chapter 7. Control of Stray Light;Chapter 8. Thermal Compensation Techniques;Part 2: Fabrication;Chapter 9. Optical Fabrication;Chapter 10. Fabrication of Optics by Diamond Tuning; Part 3: Testing;Chapter 11. Orthonormal Polynomials in Wavefront Analysis;Chapter 12. Optical Metrology;Chapter 13. Optical Testing;Chapter 14. Use of Computer-Generated Holograms in Optical Testing;Part 4: Sources;Chapter 15. Artificial Sources;Chapter 16. Lasers;Chapter 17. Light-Emitting Diodes;Chapter 18. High-Brightness Visible LEDs;Chapter 19. Semiconductor Lasers;Chapter 20. Ultrashort Optical Sources and Applications;Chapter 21. Attosecond Optics;Chapter 22. Laser Stabilization;Chapter 23. Quantum Theory of the Laser;Part 5: Detectors;Chapter 24. Photodetectors;Chapter 25. Photodetection;Chapter 26. High-Speed Photodetectors;Chapter 27. Signal Detection and Analysis;Chapter 28. Thermal Detectors; Part 6: Imaging Detectors;Chapter 29. Photographic Films; Chapter 30. Photographic Materials; Chapter 31. Image Tube Intensified Electronic Imaging;Chapter 32. Visible Array Detectors;Chapter 33. Infrared Detector Arrays;Part 7: Radiometry and Photometry;Chapter 34. Radiometry and Photometry; Chapter 35. Measurement of Transmission, Absorption, Emission, and Reflection;Chapter 36. Radiometry and Photometry: Units and Conversions;Chapter 37. Radiometry and Photometry for Vision Optics;Chapter 38. Spectroradiometry;Chapter 39. Nonimaging Optics: Concentration and Illumination;Chapter 40. Lighting and Applications;Index