
Clear, accessible guide requires little prior knowledge and considers just two topics: paraxial imaging and polarization. Lucid discussions of paraxial imaging properties of a centered optical system, optical resonators and laser beam propagation, matrices in polarization optics...

Accessible guide to paraxial imaging and polarization: rectangular matrix arrays, paraxial imaging properties of a centered optical system, much more. 60 illustrations. 6 appendixes. Bibliography.