Author Description

Whether you're an optical designer, optician, shop manager, or optics procurer, a working knowledge of optical fabrication can be invaluable. Have the information at your fingertips with this new SPIE Field Guide.<br> <br> In Field Guide to Optical Fabrication, Ray Williamson distills the extensive knowledge gained from his long career - ranging from his work at the Optical Sciences Center at the University of Arizona to positions at Spectra-Physics, Coherent, and Los Alamos National Lab - into a ready reference for anyone needing to understand optical fabrication.<br> <br> This Field Guide is a concise reference explaining what every designer should know about fabrication before making final design choices; how to specify components before they are ordered; the details of conventional, alternative, and emerging fabrication methods; and how an optical manufacturer plans the work, evaluates product, and the calculations involved.