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HOLST'S
PRACTICAL GUIDE TO ELECTRO-OPTICAL SYSTEMS
by Gerald C. Holst
Why is this handy
reference guide different?
Manufacturers find that many potential customers
ask the same questions (a.k.a. frequently
asked questions or FAQs). The answers appear
in application notes, catalogs, and on the
Internet. This practical guide is a compendium
of those answers (one-stop shopping). The
answers are provided in graphs, equations,
or diagrams. An engineering approach is
taken, the equations may be approximations,
but the region of applicability is clearly
stated. Most pages have a box at the bottom
that highlights a fact, “rule-of-thumb,”
“back-of-the-envelope” equation,
or a limitation. Exceeding the limitation
can be called a “gotcha.”
The mathematics in Chapter 1 supports the
data analysis in Chapter 19. Radiation theory,
optics, detectors, and electronics are in
Chapters 2 through 6. The differences between
analog and digital formats are in Chapter
7. Chapters 8 and 9 provide display parameters
and those characteristics of the human visual
system that apply to target detection and
image interpretability. System analysis
(via the modulation transfer function) is
in Chapter 10 with several design examples.
The sampling theorem (Chapter 11) must be
used with extreme care when discussing an
imaging system. There are a myriad of resolution
metrics (Chapter 12). Atmospheric transmission
and range performance is found in Chapters
13 and 14. System performance predictions
can only be ascertained with carefully designed
test setups and test procedures (Chapter
15). While Chapters 7 though 12 and 14 apply
to imaging systems, electro-optical systems
includes lasers, laser radar, and fiber
optics (Chapters 16 though 18).
A graph, figure, or table on just about
every page! 315+xvi pages (2003).
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