Optical engineering
Optical engineering is the field of engineering
encompassing the physical phenomena and
technologies associated with the generation,
transmission, manipulation, detection, and utilization
of light.[2] Optical engineers use the science of optics
to solve problems and to design and build devices that
make light do something useful.[3] They design and
operate optical equipment that uses the properties of
light using physics and chemistry,[4] such as lenses,
The optical system of the ELT showing the
microscopes, telescopes, lasers, sensors, fiber-optic
location of the mirrors.[1]
communication systems and optical disc systems (e.g.
CD, DVD).
Optical engineering metrology uses optical methods to measure either micro-vibrations with instruments
like the laser speckle interferometer, or properties of masses with instruments that measure refraction.[5]
Nano-measuring and nano-positioning machines are devices designed by optical engineers. These
machines, for example microphotolithographic steppers, have nanometer precision, and consequently are
used in the fabrication of goods at this scale.[6]
See also
Optical lens design
Optical physics
Optician
Photonics
References
1. "ESO Awards ELT Sensor Contract to Teledyne e2v" (https://www.eso.org/public/announce
ments/ann17027/). www.eso.org. Retrieved 2021-06-24.
2. Read "Harnessing Light: Optical Science and Engineering for the 21st Century" at NAP.edu
(https://www.nap.edu/read/5954/chapter/3). 1998. doi:10.17226/5954 (https://doi.org/10.172
26%2F5954). ISBN 978-0-309-05991-6.
3. "An Introduction to Optical Design | Synopsys" (https://www.synopsys.com/optical-solutions/l
earn/gentle-intro-to-optical-design.html). www.synopsys.com. Retrieved 2021-04-11.
4. Walker, Bruce H (1998). Optical Engineering Fundamentals. SPIE Press. p. 16. ISBN 978-0-
8194-2764-9.
5. Walker, Bruce H (1998). Optical Engineering Fundamentals, SPIE Press. p. 16. ISBN 978-0-
8194-2764-9
6. Manske E. (2019) Nanopositioning and Nanomeasuring Machines. In: Gao W. (eds)
Metrology. Precision Manufacturing. Springer, Singapore. doi:10.1007/978-981-10-4938-5_2
(https://doi.org/10.1007%2F978-981-10-4938-5_2)
Further reading
Driggers, Ronald G. (ed.) (2003). Encyclopedia of Optical Engineering. New York: Marcel
Dekker. 3 vols. ISBN 978-0-8247-0940-2
Bruce H. Walker, Historical Review, SPIE Press, Bellingham, WA. ISBN 978-0-8194-7877-1
doi:10.1117/3.818136.ch2 (https://doi.org/10.1117%2F3.818136.ch2)
FTS Yu & Xiangyang Yang (1997) Introduction to Optical Engineering, Cambridge University
Press, ISBN 0-521-57493-5.
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