Field Guide to Optical Fabrication (Spie Field Guide)

Field Guide to Optical Fabrication (Spie Field Guide)

Whether you're an optical designer, optician, shop manager, or optics procurer, a working knowledge of optical fabrication can be invaluable. Have the information at your fingertips with this new <i>Field Guide</i>. <p> In <i>Field Guide to Optical Fabrication</i>, Ray Williamson distills the extensive knowledge gained from his long career - ranging from his work at the Optical Sciences Center at the University of Arizona to positions at Spectra-Physics, Coherent, and Los Alamos National Lab - into a ready reference for anyone needing to understand optical fabrication. <p> This <i>Field Guide</i> is a concise reference explaining: <p> * What every designer should know about fabrication before making final design choices <p> * How to specify components before they are ordered <p> * The details of conventional, alternative, and emerging fabrication methods <p> * How an optical manufacturer plans the work, evaluates product, and the calculations involved