Author : Janusz A. Marszalec
Publisher : SPIE Press
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 17,48 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780819413130
A broad variety of techniques described in this book, as applied to a number of tasks in robotics, provide the reader with a feel for the potential of lasers and fiber optics in this area of increasing relevance. The many examples of devices and systems that are included here are of interest to the nonspecialist as well as to the researcher and industrial practitioner.
Author : Robert K. Tyson
Publisher : SPIE Press
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 28,9 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780819435118
Adaptive optics systems and components have achieved a level of sophistication and simplicity that goes beyond traditional applications in astronomy and the military and into developments in medicine, manufacturing, and communications. This book was written for those interested in the multidisciplinary technology and those who need a broad-brush explanation without wading through thousands of journal articles. It follows the structure of a one-day tutorial taught by the author, including humor and sidebars of historical material.
Author : Paul R. Yoder
Publisher : SPIE Press
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 29,32 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780819429407
This text examines the various ways in which prisms and small mirrors typically are designed and mounted in optical instruments. It provides analytical tools for evaluating different designs, and discusses the advantages and disadvantages of various techniques. The book, in part, is an outgrowth of SPIE short courses taught by the author and is a companion to his 1995 volume Mounting Lenses in Optical Instruments. The work should be useful for engineers and other practitioners in the fields of optical engineering and optomechanical design.
Author : David B. Fogel
Publisher : SPIE Press
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 21,45 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9780819437259
Evolutionary cmputation is one of the fastest growing areas of computer science, partly because of its broad applicability to engineering problems. The methods can be applied to problems as diverse as supply-chain optimization, routing and planning, task assignment, pharmaceutical design, interactive gaming, and many others within the signal processing domain.
Author : Allen Mann
Publisher : SPIE Press
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 48,71 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Photography
ISBN : 9780819435101
This Tutorial Text is an outgrowth of the author's short course of the same title. It is intended as an introduction to readers unfamiliar with infrared zoom lenses, and as an aid to the practising engineer pursuing a related application. The first three chapters introduce the principles of optics and the unique aspects of the infrared region of the wavelength spectrum, with related optical design techniques addressed in Chapter 4. Chapters 5 through 8 present material unique to the subject of zoom lenses in the infrared. The appendix contains three landmark infrared zoom lens patents in their entirety, providing lens prescription data and a starting point for future design activity, in addition to the author's computer analysis of the three patents.
Author : Christoph Steinbruchel
Publisher : SPIE Press
Page : 138 pages
File Size : 29,58 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780819438973
A textbook designed to accompany The Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers' short course on improving interconnect performance for increased speed in overall circuit performance authored by Steinbrnchel (materials science and engineering, Renselaer Polytechnic Institute) and Chin (senio
Author : J. Patrick Fitch
Publisher : SPIE Press
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 40,17 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780819444974
This tutorial will help technical professionals in optics determine whether their technologies have potential application in the life sciences. It also is useful as a 'prep class' for more detailed books on biology and biotechnology, filling the gap between fundamental and high-level approaches.
Author : Bruce H. Walker
Publisher : SPIE Press
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 45,63 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780819427649
This text aims to expose students to the science of optics and optical engineering without the complications of advanced physics and mathematical theory.
Author : Glenn D. Boreman
Publisher : SPIE Press
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 35,86 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780819428066
Topics covered by this text include imaging, radiometry, source detectors and lasers, with a special emphasis on flux-transfer issues. The author takes a first-order approach so that students and professionals can quickly make the back-of-envelope calculations needed for initial setup of optical apparatus. The target is to help readers solve the practical problems frequently encountered by those new to the field of electro-optics. The text aims to enable readers to answer such questions as: where is the image, how big is it, how much light gets to the detectors, and how small an object is it possible to see?
Author : Alan C. Tribble
Publisher : SPIE Press
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 16,94 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780819438447
This Tutorial Text provides a comprehensive introduction to the subject of contamination control, with specific applications to the aerospace industry. The author draws upon his many years as a practicing contamination control engineer, researcher, and teacher. The book examines methods to quantify the cleanliness level required by various contamination-sensitive surfaces and to predict the end-of-life contamination level for those surfaces, and it identifies contamination control techniques required to ensure mission success.
