Optical Materials: An Introduction to Selection and Application

Solomon Musikant

ene 2020 · CRC Press

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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.

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SOLOMON MUSIKANT is Program Manager, Advanced Materials at General Electric Co., Space Systems Division, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, where he is responsible for the development of new structural and electromagnetic materials for application in high performance aerospace vehicles. He has been- chairman of four international symposia sponsored by the Society of Photo-Optical and Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE). Dr. Musikant is the author of over 40 papers and holds four patents in the technology of glass applications and processes. He received the B.S. degree from Cooper Union Institute of Technology, M.S. degree from Stevens Institute of Technology, and Ph.D. degree (1967) from Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.