Book Description
The complete, practical sourcebook for laser sensing and measurement
This is a systematic, up-to-date guide to laser instrumentation for sensing and measurement in contemporary scientific, industrial, automotive and avionics applications. Dr. Silvano Donati presents clear design rules and useful hints for practical implementation of a wide variety of laser instruments. For each type of instrument, the author outlines basic principles, physical limitations, reasonable performance expectations, optical design issues, and electronic signal handling--illustrated with block schemes. Coverage includes:
Interferometers for sub-micrometer displacement measurements
Nanometer vibrometers and structural integrity testing
Doppler velocimeters for anemometry of fluids
Range finders and anti-collision systems
Non-contact wire-diameter and particle-diameter sizing
Alignment and level meter apparatuses
Ring laser and optical fiber gyroscopes
Optical fiber sensors
Thorough and accessible, Electro-Optical Instrumentation offers balanced coverage of both optical and electronic issues and challenges. It will give working electronic engineers and scientists the knowledge they need to design virtually any electro-optical instrumentation system.
PRENTICE HALL
Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458
www.phptr.com
Table of Contents
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Preface
- Chapter 1 Introduction
- Chapter 2 Alignment, Pointing, and Sizing Instruments
- Chapter 3 Laser Telemeters
- Chapter 4 Laser Interferometry
- Chapter 5 Speckle-Pattern Instruments
- Chapter 6 Laser Doppler Velocimetry
- Chapter 7 Gyroscopes
- Chapter 8 Optical Fiber Sensors
- Appendix A0 Nomenclature
- Appendix A1 Lasers for Instrumentation
- Appendix A2 Basic Optical Interferometers
- Appendix A3 Propagation through the Atmosphere
- Appendix A4 Optimum Filter for Timing
- Appendix A5 Propagation and Diffraction
- Appendix A6 Source of Information on Electro-Optical Instrumentation
- Index