Scratching The Surface

by Jeffrey Richling

Parts 1 introduces: Electromagnetic Radiation, Electromagnetic Waves, Light, Polarization, Optics, Aspect Ratio, Clear Aperture, Flatness, Transmitted Wavefront, Surface Roughness, Material Homogeneity, Index of Refraction, Birefringence, Scattering, Chromatic Aberration, MTF, Polarization, Transmission/Reflection, Dispersion, Wavefront Error, Focal Length, Focal Spot Size, Vignetting, Surface Quality, Hardness, Focal Points, Lens maker Equation, Singlets, Doublet and Triplets, Objectives, Etalons, Brewster Angle, Windows, Photo Chromatic Lenses, Fisheye Lens, Ball Lenses, Athermal Lenses, Zoom Lenses, GRIN - Gradient Index Lens, Diffraction Grating, Lightweight Optics, Free Form Optics, Lens Arrays, Grism, Birefringence, Waveplates, Waveguides, Fiber Optics, Rod Laser, Solid State Slab Laser, Ring Laser, Evanescent Waves, Plastics, Glass, Chemical Strengthening, Radiation Hardened, Ceramics, Extreme Ultraviolet and X-Ray Optics, Visible Optics, Infrared Optics, SWIR, MWIR, LWIR, Infrared Materials, THz, Colored Filter Glass, Photolithography, Introduction to Thin Films, Vacuum Deposition, Electron Beam Deposition, Ion Assisted Deposition, Ion Beam Sputtered, Magnetron Sputtering, Thin Films, Designs and Application of Thin Films, Thermal Shift, Thin Film Stress, Angle Shift, Antireflection, Single Layer, Single Wavelength, Partial Reflectors, High Reflectors, Band High Reflection, Dual Band High Reflection, Mirrors, Filters, Beamsplitters, Bandpass Filters, Spike Filters, Induced Transmission Filter (ITF), Notch / Minus Filter, Rugate Filter, Neutral Density Filters, DLC - Diamond Like Carbon, Conductive Coatings, GLAD - Glancing Angle Deposition, Patterned Surface Textures, Smart Coatings, Super-Hydrophobic, Self-dimming, Self-cleaning, Environmental Testing, Laser Damage Threshold of Thin Films, LASERS, Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation, Cavity Designs, Q-Switching, Gas Lasers, Excimer, Exciplex Lasers, Solid-State Lasers, Semiconductor Lasers, Dye Lasers, Energy Level Diagrams, Crystallography, Crystals, Crystal Symmetry, Seven Crystal Systems, 14 Bravais Lattices, 32 Crystallographic Point Groups, Miller Indices, 230 Space Groups, Crystal Defects, Crystal Growth Techniques, Czochralski, TSSG - Top Seeded Solution Growth, Kyropoulos, Verneuil, FZ - Float Zone Technique, Modulators and Switches, Electro-Optic Effect, Acousto-Optic Effect, Magneto-Optic Effect, Nonlinear Optics, Sillenite Crystals, Scintillator...and much more. Enjoy