Fundamentals of Micro-Optics

A complete guide to micro-optics, covering all the key topics from optical fundamentals to advanced applications.

Hans Zappe (Author)

9780521895422, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 30 September 2010

646 pages, 407 b/w illus. 16 tables 197 exercises
25.4 x 17.8 x 3.3 cm, 1.41 kg

"... provides an in-depth description of micro-optic devices, technologies and applications, as well as new and advanced topics such as tunable micro-optics, fluidic micro-optics and nano-optics. The book is very clearly written and only uses mathematics when absolutely necessary."
Darko Vasiljevic, Optics and Photonics News

From optical fundamentals to advanced applications, this comprehensive guide to micro-optics covers all the key areas for those who need an in-depth introduction to micro-optic devices, technologies, and applications. Topics covered range from basic optics, optical materials, refraction, and diffraction, to micro-mirrors, micro-lenses, diffractive optics, optoelectronics, and fabrication. Advanced topics, such as tunable and nano-optics, are also discussed. Real-world case studies and numerous worked examples are provided throughout, making complex concepts easier to follow, whilst an extensive bibliography provides a valuable resource for further study. With exercises provided at the end of each chapter to aid and test understanding, this is an ideal textbook for graduate and advanced undergraduate students taking courses in optics, photonics, micro-optics, microsystems, and MEMs. It is also a useful self-study guide for research engineers working on optics development.

1. Introduction
2. The physics of light
3. Optical materials
4. Optical interfaces
5. Interferometry
6. Reflective micro-optics
7. Refractive micro-optics
8. Diffractive micro-optics
9. Guided-wave micro-optics
10. Active micro-optics
11. Micro-optical fabrication
12. Tunable micro-optics
13. Fluidic micro-optics
14. Nano-optics.

Subject Areas: Electronics engineering [TJF], Materials science [TGM], Mechanical engineering & materials [TG]