Handbook of Optics, Third Edition Volume II: Design, Fabrication and Testing, Sources and Detectors, Radiometry and Photometry: Design, Fabrications ... Radiometry and Photometry: 2 (ELECTRONICS) - Hardcover

Bass, Michael; DeCusatis, Casimer; Enoch, Jay M.; Lakshminarayanan, Vasudevan; Li, Guifang; MacDonald, Carolyn; Mahajan, Virendra N.; Van Stryland, Eric

9780071498906: Handbook of Optics, Third Edition Volume II: Design, Fabrication and Testing, Sources and Detectors, Radiometry and Photometry: Design, Fabrications ... Radiometry and Photometry: 2 (ELECTRONICS)

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ISBN 10: 0071498907 ISBN 13: 9780071498906

Publisher: McGraw Hill, 2009

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Volume II covers design, fabrications, testing, sources, detectors, radiometry, and photometry.

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About the Author:

The Optical Society of America is a professional society dedicated to serving optics professionals and academics, in the U.S. and around the world. Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Michael Bass is professor emeritus at the University of Central Florida's Center for Research and Education in Optics and Lasers (CREOL). Associate Editors: Dr. Casimer M. DeCusatis is a distinguished engineer and technical executive with IBM Corporation. Dr. Jay Enoch is dean emeritus at the School of Optometry at the University of California, Berkeley. Dr. Vasudevan Lakshminarayanan is professor of Optometry and Vision Science at the University of Waterloo, Ontario. Dr. Guifang Li is professor of Optics and Electrical/Computing Engineering at the University of Central Florida. Dr. Carolyn MacDonald is a professor at the University at Albany, and director of the Center for X-ray Optics. Dr. Virendra N. Mahajan is a distinguished engineer at The Aerospace Corporation. Dr. Eric Van Stryland is a professor of The College of Optics and Photonics, University of Central Florida.

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