Introduction to Optical Components

This book describes in detail the following optical components and their applications: lenses, mirrors, diffraction gratings, optical windows, optical filters, beam splitters, light sources, infrared and optical detectors.

Roshan L. Aggarwal retired from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 2016 after 51 years of service. He is currently working as Part-Time Flexible Technical Staff in Group 81 "Chemical, Microsystem, and Nanoscale Technologies" at MIT Lincoln Laboratory. Previously, he was Technical Staff at MIT Lincoln Laboratory for 30 years (1986-2016), Senior Research Scientist, MIT Physics Department for 12 years (1975-1987), Associate Director, MIT Francis Bitter National Magnet Laboratory for 7 years (1977-1984), and Technical Staff, MIT Francis Bitter National Magnet Laboratory for 12 years (1965-1977).

Kambiz Alavi is Professor and Associate Chairman, Electrical Engineering, University of Texas at Arlington, since 2008 and has served at UTA for 27 years. He was a Research Scientist at Siemens Corporate Research at Princeton, NJ (1983-1988) and a Postdoctoral Member of Technical Staff at AT&T Bell Laboratories in Murray Hill, NJ (1981-1983). He served as Site Director of NSF Industry/University Cooperative Research Center (CEMDAS) at UTA (1995-1997). During 2001-2003 he was a Department Manager in Integrated Optoelectronics, Advanced Systems and Technology, BAE Systems, Nashua, NH. He received SB, SM, and PhD degrees in Physics from MIT. His research was conducted at MIT Francis Bitter National Magnet Laboratory.