Optical Materials-An Introduction to Selection and Application

✍ Scribed by Solomon Musikant (Author)

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Year: 1985
• Leaves: 272
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This unique book provides the optics designer and user with the latest advances on materials used as optical elements in systems and devices—in one convenient volume. Presenting fundamental performance requirements, basic characteristics, principles of fabrication, possibilities for new or modified optical materials, and key characterization data, this outstanding source facilitates optical materials selection and application. Comprehensive and thorough, this reference offers a broad review of old and new optical materials such as glasses, crystalline materials, plastics, and coatings… contains specific optical and characterization information useful for preliminary calculations … and explains processes used to manufacture optical materials, giving insight into possible modifications of materials caused by process variations. Plus, this practical text includes a glossary of terms for a basic understanding, numerous illustrations for a clear perspective, and references for easy access to related material. This single-source volume is ideal for optical system/device designers and developers; design and development engineers; materials engineers; physical measurements engineers; test engineers, optics designers, and optics engineers; professional seminars; and undergraduate- and graduate-level students in optical and materials sciences courses.

✦ Table of Contents

About the Series, Preface, Acknowledgments, Chapter 1. TRANSMISSION, REFLECTION, AND ABSORPTION OF LIGHT, 1.1 Electromagnetic Spectrum, 1.2 Band Structure of Metals, Dielectrics, and Semiconductors, 1.3 Optical Properties of Materials, 1.4 Tuning of Lattice Vibrations, 1.5 Basic Optical Relations, 1.6 References, Chapter 2. GLASS, 2.1 Introduction, 2.2 Glass—General Characteristics, 2.3 Glass Compositions, 2.4 Strain Birefringence, 2.5 Viscosity, 2.6 Annealing, 2.7 Commercial Optical Glass Designations, 2.8 Temperature Coefficient of Refraction and Dispersion, 2.9 Chemical Properties, 2.10 Thermal Expansion of Glass, 2.11 Thermal Conductivity, 2.12 Defects in Glass, 2.13 Mechanical Properties, 2.14 Infrared Transmitting Glasses, 2.15 Optical Glass Fibers, References, Chapter 3. CRYSTALLINE AND TWO-PHASE MATERIALS59, 3.1 Introduction, 3.2 Crystalline Materials, 3.3 Glass Ceramics, 3.4 Two-Phase Glasses—Pyrex, References, Chapter 4. ADDITIONAL PROPERTIES OF BULK INORGANIC OPTICAL MATERIALS, 4.1 Introduction, 4.2 Optical Properties, 4.3 Reststrahlen Reflection, 4.4 Glasses, 4.5 Amorphous Silica, 4.6 Crystalline Halides, 4.7 Chemically Vapor-Deposited (CVD), 4.8. ZnS and ZnSe, 4.8 Diamond, 4.9 Semiconductors, 4.10 Sapphire, References, Chapter 5. PROCESSING OF OPTICAL MATERIALS, 5.1 Introduction, 5.2 Glass Processes, 5.3 Fused Quartz, 5.4 Ceramic Polycrystalline Materials—Powder Method, 5.5 Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD), 5.6 Single Crystals, References, Chapter 6. POLYMERS FOR OPTICS, 6.1 Introduction, 6.2 Characteristics of Optical Plastics, 6.3 Quality, 6.4 Properties, 6.5 Fabrication of Plastic Optics, 6.6 Coating, 6.7 Adhesives, References, Chapter 7. OPTICAL COATINGS, 7.1 Types of Coatings, 7.2 Coating Processes, 7.3 Surface Quality, References, Chapter 8. FILTERS, 8.1 Introduction, 8.2 Absorption Filters, 8.3 Interference Filters, 8.4 Neutral Density Filters, References, Chapter 9. MIRRORS, 9.1 Substrates, 9.2 Surface Finishing, 9.3 Coatings for Mirrors, 9.4 Cooled Mirrors, References, Chapter 10. LASER MEDIA — SOLID STATE, 10.1 The Laser Process, 10.2 Laser Hosts, 10.3 The Semiconductor Junction Laser, 10.4 Laser Window Materials, References, Chapter 11. ELECTRO-OPTIC, ACOUSTO-OPTIC, AND LIQUID CRYSTALS, 11.1 Polarized Light, 11.2 The Electro-Optic Effect, 11.3 Piezo-Optic Effect, 11.4 Acousto-Optic Modulators, 11.5 Liquid Crystals, 11.6 The Liquid Crystal Light Valve (LCLV), References, Glossary, Index