A new volume in the field's bestselling options reference--an entirely new opus focusing on x-ray, nonlinear, and vision optics. Provides the same mix of tutorial writing with in-depth reference material that distinguished Volumes I & II.About the Author:The Optical Society of America (Washington, DC) is a professional society dedicated to serving optics professionals and academics, in the U.S. and around the world. Michael Bass is Professor of Optics, Physics and Electrical and Computer Engineering at the School of Optics/Center for Research and Education in Optics and Lasers at the University of Central Florida. He received his B.S. in physics from Carnegie-Mellon, and his M.S. and Ph.D. in physics from the University of Michigan. Eric W. van Stryland is a Professor of Optics, Physics and Electrical and Computer Engineering at the School of Optics/Center for Research and Education in Optics and Lasers at the University of Central Florida. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Arizona. Jay M. Enoch is a Professor at the Graduate School and Dean Emeritus, School of Optometry, University of California at Berkeley. He is also a Professor at the Department of Ophthalmology, University of California at San Francisco. He received his B.S. in Optics and Optometry from Columbia University and his Ph.D. in Physiological Optics from Ohio State University. William L. Wolfe is a Professor Emeritus at the Optical Sciences Center, University of Arizona. He received his B.S. in physics from Bucknell University, and his M.S. in physics and M.S.E. in electrical engineering from the University of Michigan.Table of Content: Introduction X-Ray Optics Capillary Optics Detectors Optical Issues in Medicine/Lithography X-Ray Telescopes X-Ray Microscopes Film Coatings Sources Nonlinear Optics Raman Effect with Tables of Shifts Photorefractivity Chi3 Processes Laser Damages Applications Generation of Other Wavelength Light Sources Optical Limiters Passive Q Switches Photrefractive Optics Vision Optics Optics for Virtual Reality Biomedical Optics Applications Classical Optics Diffractive Optics Photographic Film Advances Applications of CCDs and Advanced Imaging Detectors IR Telescopes Radio Telescopes Appendices 4 Volume Index