Optics Engineering
Explore optical engineering principles, practical design references, and worked exercise solutions. Interactive calculators and browser-based notebooks connect the mathematics to engineering applications.
Knowledge Base
- Knowledge Base
- Rules of Thumb — Optics, Imaging, Laser
- LaTeX Equation Plotter
- Finding the Cardinal Points and Pupils by Ray Tracing
- Active Fiber Alignment: Power, Dither, and Spatial Sensing
- Pupil Sampling — A Lecture on Where the Rays Go
- Introduction To Fundamental Lens Design
- Deriving the Axially Symmetric Aberration Polynomial
- Sub-Pixel Hot-Spot Detection in IR Imaging
- Machine-Vision Camera and Lens EOL Qualification
- Laser Design Engineer Interview Guide
- From CAD Geometry to an Optical Model
- Folded Coaxial Illumination — Projection Physics and the MV-150
- Folded Bench Geometry — Working Distance and Lens Travel
Worked Exercise Solutions
- Worked Exercise Solutions
- Understanding Lasers
- Optical Alignment Methods
- Introduction to Laser Diode-Pumped Solid State Lasers
- Photonics Essentials: Worked Problems
- Fundamentals of Photonics
- Optics, Fifth Edition — Worked Exercise Solutions
- Siegman’s Lasers — Worked Exercise Solutions
- Yariv and Yeh Photonics — Worked Exercise Solutions
- Introduction to Matrix Methods in Optics — Worked Solutions
- Schaum’s Outline of Optics — Supplementary Problem Solutions
- Integrated Optics — Detailed Worked Solutions
- Optical Engineering Reading Guides
- How to Write a Worked Solution
- Worked Example: Image Distance of a Thin Lens