Optical Materials: Study Guide

The concept of optical materials covers today a huge set of optical media, differing not only by the refractive index and the dispersion coefficient, but also transparency for the electromagnetic radiation of the required wavelength range, the physicomechanical and physicochemical properties required by the reproducibility of the optical characteristics required by optical homogeneity, by immovability, etc. This is an idea of ​​what glass is, the characteristic features of its production are described, the story of the emergence of glass grooves and glassmodes is briefly described. The physical and physical and mechanical properties of optical glass as the structural material of optical optical-electronic devices are considered. The effect of optical glass parameters on the overall and aberration characteristics of the developed optical systems are considered. An description of the quality indicators of optical glass and their rationing is given. Considered methods for determining the quality of optical glass requirements. Describes the methods of control and measurement of the characteristics of the quality of optical glass.
Quartz glass and crystalline materials, colored and infrared glasses, optical ceramics, sitals and other optical materials are widely used in optical instrument making. In this textbook, a description of the optical and physicomechanical properties of the materials used is given.
The publication is intended for students in the direction of preparation Optic, and can also be useful for engineering and technical workers engaged in the design of optical systems, designing optical devices, and for technologists of optical production