Content

Chapter 1:The Number of Light 3

Chapter 2:Light and Shadow 23

Chapter 3:Thermal Radiation 33

Chapter 4:Light Production 55

Chapter 5:Light Intensity 75

Chapter 6:Light and Colour 87

Chapter 7:Laws of Light 111

Chapter 8:Plane Mirrors 135

Chapter 9:Spherical Mirrors 153

Chapter10:Lenses 173

Chapter11:Prisms 201

Chapter12:Beamsplitters 227

Chapter13:Light Passing through Optical Components 243

Chapter14:Optical Instruments for Viewing Applications 259

Chapter15:Polarization of Light 287

Chapter16:Optical Materials 317

Chapter17:waves 331

Chapter18:Interference and Diffraction 353

Chapter19:The Diffraction Grating 373

Chapter20:Interferometers 397

Chapter21:Spectrometers and Spectroscopes 417

Chapter22:Fibre Optic Cables 435

Chapter23:Advanced Fibre Optic Cables 475

Chapter24:Light Attenuation in Optical Components 493

Chapter25:Fibre-Optic Cable Types and Installations 513

Chapter26:Fibre-Optic Connectors 529

Chapter27:Passive Fibre Optic Devices 553

Chapter28:Wavelength Division Multiplexer 585

Chapter29:Optical Amplifiers 611

Chapter30:Optical Receives 623

Chapter31:Lasers 645

Chapter32:Optical Switches 715

Chapter33:Optical Fibre Communications 757

Chapter34:Fibre Optic Lighting 801

Chapter35:Fibre Optic Testing 817

Chapter36:Photonics Laboratory Safety 843