The topics in this fifth volume cover the methods of measuring the properties of optical components and systems. The different fundamental techniques, such as interferometry, photometry, image analysis and polarimetry, are introduced and clearly discussed in detail. Subsequent chapters provide a survey of how to qualify optical materials, coatings and surfaces of optical components, combined with a treatment of light and radiation. As a result, this one-stop reference allows readers to select and configure metrology setups suitable to measure and qualify optical components and systems with respect to the specific requirements limiting their performance.

Herbert Gross studied physics at the University of Stuttgart, Germany, and joined Carl Zeiss in 1982, where has since been working in the department of optical design. His special areas of interest are the development of simulation methods, optical design software and algorithms, the modeling of laser systems and simulation of problems in physical optics, and the tolerance and the measurement of optical systems. Since 1995, he has been head of the central optical design department at Zeiss. In 1995, he received his PhD at the University of Stuttgart, Germany, on the modeling of laser beam propagation in the partial coherent region.

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