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Photonics Rules of Thumb: Optics, Electro-Optics, Fiber Optics, and Lasers |  | Authors: John Lester Miller, Edward, Dr Friedman
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional Publishing
Category: Book
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Pages: 423
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Dimensions (in): 9.3 x 6.3 x 1.4
ISBN: 0070443297
Dewey Decimal Number: 621.36
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Even the brightest and most capable optical engineer would be stymied without the use of practical principles of estimation. These ``rules of thumb'' make it possible to get a quick idea--completely adequate for the moment--of the impact a given design change will have. Now, for the first time anywhere, these time-tested estimation rules have been gathered together in a single handy source. Arranged alphabetically according to specialty, this unique book spans the entire spectrum of photonics, from optics to lasers. Scientists and engineers, at all levels from the student through the seasoned professional, will want to keep this fast and easy-to-use reference near at hand.
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 Great reference book October 12, 1999
7 out of 8 found this review helpful
Easy to use and practical for the engineer and physisist invovlved in optics projects. Will save you the embarassment of not knowing the limits of many common optical devices and systems.
Excellent photonics systems design handbook! November 28, 1996
7 out of 11 found this review helpful
Pricey consultants won't like this book! The authors have provided the photonics system design engineer with both
knowledge and wisdom. This is a very rare in technical books,
it is clearly a labor of love.
 They learned this stuff the hard way, but it's sloppy in spots August 26, 2000
Philip Hobbs
13 out of 14 found this review helpful
I'm a great fan of lore books as opposed to textbooks or reference books. Lore books are the ones that contain the things that many people in the field may know, but which they had to learn the hard way, and I like them because they help me learn the easy way.
Miller and Friedman have written a fun and useful lore book, which has helped a lot of electro-optics people (including me) stay out of some nasty potholes. The book is inexpensive, and if you're building or specifying electro-optical systems of any sort, you should own it.
Note added 8/08:
I still think Miller and Friedman is a useful book, but at this point I'd want to qualify my paean above: there's a certain amount of sloppiness in the way some of these rules are presented that keeps it from being a fully reliable guide. (3-1/2 stars)
Very useful & practical for optics/photonics practitioners March 15, 1998
6 out of 8 found this review helpful
Very good book, with a lots of "short cuts" and good "back of an envelop" estimations However, high degree of subject understanding is required when practicing these short cuts. So be careful! One topics omitted is that of Microscopy (one entry). There are a lots of Rules of Thumb that can help with resolution, magnification, NA or f/#, field of view, depth of field, depth of focus, working distance, etc. Perhaps these can be added to a subsequent edition of the book.
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