Andri M. Gretarsson

A First Course in Laboratory Optics

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Learn the essential skills of laboratory optics and its underlying theoretical framework with seven key experiments.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 230
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Mai 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 260mm x 183mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 636g
• ISBN-13: 9781108488853
• ISBN-10: 1108488854
• Artikelnr.: 60581067

Autorenporträt

Andri M. Gretarsson is Associate Professor at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. A member of the LIGO Collaboration for the detection of gravitational waves, he helped commission the initial detectors and calculated the effect of optical coatings on a range of current and future detectors. He has 15 years' experience teaching laboratory optics.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1. Light Waves
2. Components and Methods
3. Geometric Optics
4. Physical Optics
5. Interferometry
6. Lasers
7. Optical Cavities
8. Polarization
9. Optical Noise
Appendix A. Analyzing and Displaying Data With Matlab and Python
Appendix B. Computer Code: Matlab
References
Index.