1. Edition - July 2005
389.- Euro*
2005. XXIV, 690 Pages, Hardcover
591 Fig. (591 Colored Fig.)
- Handbook/Reference Book -
ISBN-10: 3-527-40378-7
ISBN-13: 978-3-527-40378-3 - Wiley-VCH, Berlin

* Series price on request at service@wiley-vch.de





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Short description
Written by industrial experts, this six-volume, full-color handbook provides a comprehensive introduction to the calculation, layout and understanding of optical systems, combining for the first time theoretical aspects of optical modeling with practical optical design.

From the contents
Vol 2 : Physical Image Formation
Introduction
17 The Wave Equation
18 Scalar Diffraction
19 Interference and Coherence
20 The Geometrical Optical Description and Incoherent Imaging
21 The Abbe Theory of Imaging
22 Coherence Theory of Optical Imaging
23 Three Dimensional Imaging
24 Image Examples of Selected Objects
25 Special System Examples and Applications
26 Polarization
27 Vector Diffraction
28 Polarization and Optical Imaging
A1 Mathematical Appendix