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Optical engineering is the discipline focused on the generation, transmission, manipulation, detection, and utilization of light, employing optics to design devices such as lenses, microscopes, and lasers. It also includes metrology techniques for measuring micro-vibrations and properties of masses using optical methods. Additionally, optical engineers create nano-measuring and nano-positioning machines for precision fabrication at the nanometer scale.

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Optical engineering is the discipline focused on the generation, transmission, manipulation, detection, and utilization of light, employing optics to design devices such as lenses, microscopes, and lasers. It also includes metrology techniques for measuring micro-vibrations and properties of masses using optical methods. Additionally, optical engineers create nano-measuring and nano-positioning machines for precision fabrication at the nanometer scale.

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Optical engineering

Optical engineering is the field of engineering


encompassing the physical phenomena and
technologies associated with the generation,
transmission, manipulation, detection, and utilization
of light.[2] Optical engineers use the science of optics
to solve problems and to design and build devices that
make light do something useful.[3] They design and
operate optical equipment that uses the properties of
light using physics and chemistry,[4] such as lenses,
The optical system of the ELT showing the
microscopes, telescopes, lasers, sensors, fiber-optic
location of the mirrors.[1]
communication systems and optical disc systems (e.g.
CD, DVD).

Optical engineering metrology uses optical methods to measure either micro-vibrations with instruments
like the laser speckle interferometer, or properties of masses with instruments that measure refraction.[5]

Nano-measuring and nano-positioning machines are devices designed by optical engineers. These
machines, for example microphotolithographic steppers, have nanometer precision, and consequently are
used in the fabrication of goods at this scale.[6]

See also
Optical lens design
Optical physics
Optician
Photonics

References
1. "ESO Awards ELT Sensor Contract to Teledyne e2v" (https://www.eso.org/public/announce
ments/ann17027/). www.eso.org. Retrieved 2021-06-24.
2. Read "Harnessing Light: Optical Science and Engineering for the 21st Century" at NAP.edu
(https://www.nap.edu/read/5954/chapter/3). 1998. doi:10.17226/5954 (https://doi.org/10.172
26%2F5954). ISBN 978-0-309-05991-6.
3. "An Introduction to Optical Design | Synopsys" (https://www.synopsys.com/optical-solutions/l
earn/gentle-intro-to-optical-design.html). www.synopsys.com. Retrieved 2021-04-11.
4. Walker, Bruce H (1998). Optical Engineering Fundamentals. SPIE Press. p. 16. ISBN 978-0-
8194-2764-9.
5. Walker, Bruce H (1998). Optical Engineering Fundamentals, SPIE Press. p. 16. ISBN 978-0-
8194-2764-9
6. Manske E. (2019) Nanopositioning and Nanomeasuring Machines. In: Gao W. (eds)
Metrology. Precision Manufacturing. Springer, Singapore. doi:10.1007/978-981-10-4938-5_2
(https://doi.org/10.1007%2F978-981-10-4938-5_2)

Further reading
Driggers, Ronald G. (ed.) (2003). Encyclopedia of Optical Engineering. New York: Marcel
Dekker. 3 vols. ISBN 978-0-8247-0940-2
Bruce H. Walker, Historical Review, SPIE Press, Bellingham, WA. ISBN 978-0-8194-7877-1
doi:10.1117/3.818136.ch2 (https://doi.org/10.1117%2F3.818136.ch2)
FTS Yu & Xiangyang Yang (1997) Introduction to Optical Engineering, Cambridge University
Press, ISBN 0-521-57493-5.
Optical Engineering (https://spie.org/x867.xml?WT.svl=mddp13) (ISSN 0091-3286 (https://w
ww.worldcat.org/search?q=0091-3286&qt=results_page))

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