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Contents
ListofTables,xxiii
ForewordtotheSecondEdition,xxv
ForewordtotheFirstEdition,xxvii
Preface,xxxi
CHAPTER 1 (cid:2) Introduction 1
1.1 DISPLAYS: BIRD’S-EYE VIEW 2
1.2 MILESTONES OF DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY 3
1.2.1 Early1400stoLate1800s:TheOpticalEra 3
1.2.2 Late1800stoEarly1900s:TheElectromechanicalEra 4
1.2.3 Earlyandmid-1900s:TheElectronicEra 5
1.2.4 Late1900stoEarly2000s:TheDigitalEra 6
1.2.5 TheFascinationofThreeDimensions 7
1.3 ORGANIZATION OF THE BOOK 9
CHAPTER 2 (cid:2) Fundamentals of Light 13
2.1 INTRODUCTION 13
2.2 ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION 14
2.3 PRINCIPLES OF LIGHT GENERATION 14
2.3.1 ThermalRadiation 15
2.3.1.1 Radiation,AbsorptionandEfficiency 16
2.3.2 ApplicationsofThermalRadiationLaws 20
2.3.3 OpenSystemsandtheGreenhouseEffect 20
2.3.4 ColorTemperature 22
2.3.5 Bremsstrahlung 23
2.3.6 PhotonEnergies 24
2.3.7 ElectronExcitation 25
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2.3.8 GasDischarge 26
2.3.8.1 NeonLamps 26
2.3.8.2 PlasmaLamps 26
2.3.8.3 ArcLamps 26
2.3.8.4 Phosphors 27
2.3.8.5 FluorescentLamps 28
2.3.8.6 OtherFormsofLuminescence 28
2.3.9 Electroluminescence 28
2.3.9.1 LED 28
2.3.9.2 OLED 29
2.3.9.3 Laser 29
2.4 MEASURING LIGHT 29
2.4.1 Radiometry 29
2.4.1.1 AngularRange 30
2.4.1.2 LambertEmitters 30
2.4.1.3 SolidAngleandAngularDensity 30
2.4.1.4 TheUlbrichtSphere 31
2.4.2 Photometry 32
2.4.3 LuminousEfficiencyofLightSources 34
2.4.4 DurabilityofLightSources 34
2.5 PHYSICS OF LIGHT 35
2.5.1 Interference 35
2.5.2 QuantumEffects 35
2.5.2.1 TheDouble-SlitExperiment 37
2.5.2.2 TheSchrödingerEquation 38
2.5.2.3 Interpretation 40
2.5.2.4 TheUncertaintyPrinciple 42
2.5.3 FourierSpectrum 43
2.5.4 RadiationProcessesRevisited 45
2.5.5 Tunneling 46
2.5.6 QuantumDots 47
2.5.7 Polarization 48
2.5.7.1 PolarizerFilters 48
2.5.7.2 PolarizationandQuantumPhysics 49
2.5.7.3 TurningPolarization 50
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2.5.8 CircularPolarization 51
2.5.8.1 ProducingCircularPolarizedLight 51
2.6 SUMMARY 52
CHAPTER 3 (cid:2) Principles of Optics 53
3.1 INTRODUCTION 53
3.2 WAVE OPTICS 54
3.3 GEOMETRIC OPTICS 57
3.3.1 LightModulation 58
3.3.1.1 Scattering 58
3.3.1.2 Refraction 59
3.3.2 Homogeneousvs.InhomogeneousMedia 61
3.3.3 Snell’sLawVectorized 62
3.4 FORMATION OF POINT IMAGES 64
3.4.1 ReflectiveOptics 65
3.4.1.1 PlanarMirrors 66
3.4.1.2 SphericalMirrors 66
3.4.1.3 ConcaveParabolicMirrors 66
3.4.1.4 ConvexParabolicMirrors 67
3.4.1.5 VarifocalMirrors 68
3.4.2 RefractiveOptics 68
3.4.2.1 Lenses 68
3.4.2.2 ConvergingLenses 69
3.4.2.3 DivergingLenses 70
3.4.2.4 PlaneParallelandCurvedParallelLenses 71
3.4.2.5 VarifocalLenses 71
3.4.2.6 FresnelLenses 72
3.4.2.7 GRINLenses 72
3.4.3 PropertiesofOpticalSystems 74
3.4.3.1 Apertures 75
3.4.3.2 Vignetting 77
3.4.3.3 Aberrations 77
3.4.3.4 SphericalAberration 78
3.4.3.5 Astigmatism 78
