From: Goldman, Ava (Ava_Goldman@CalPERS.CA.GOV)
Date: Fri Jul 29 2005 - 09:41:51 PDT
Subject: RE: SLA-SF: Optical engineering dictionary Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2005 09:41:51 -0700 Message-ID: <781B30BA0EB0904F8203EC15339A3B6902CA084E@hqk110.calpers.ca.gov> From: "Goldman, Ava" <Ava_Goldman@CalPERS.CA.GOV>
Contact www.spie.org the International Society for Optical Engineering. There are 18 handbooks in their publications list, but no dictionaries. I assume their handbooks would include definitions.
http://www.macmillan.co.nz/getbook/3861170302/showbook <http://www.macmillan.co.nz/getbook/3861170302/showbook> 1992 dictionary of optics and optical engineering, MacMillan New Zealand
http://www.answers.com/topic/optics Links to optical definitions...
From Georgia Tech's library:
Optics
Electro-optics handbook <http://www.library.gatech.edu:2048/login?url=http://www.knovel.com/knovel2/Toc.jsp?BookID=629> . Waynant. McGraw-Hill. Call Number: TA1750 .E44 2000, Reference Collection, 2nd Floor West
Handbook of lasers <http://www.library.gatech.edu:2048/login?url=http://www.engnetbase.com/ejournals/books/book_summary/summary.asp?id=432> . Weber. CRC. Call Number: TA1683 .W44 2001
Encyclopedia of optical engineering. Call Number: TA1509 .E55 2003, Reference, 2nd Floor West
Handbook of optical and laser scanning. Marshall. Marcel Dekker. Call Number: TK7882.S3 H36x 2004
Handbook of optical components and engineering. Chang. Wiley-Interscience. Call Number: TA1520 .H365 2003, Reference Collection, 2nd Floor West
Handbook of optical design. Malacara. Marcel Dekker. Call Number: QC385.2 .D47 M35 2004
Handbook of optical fibre sensing technology. López-Higuera. Wiley. Call Number: TA1815 .H36 2002
Handbook of optical materials <http://www.library.gatech.edu:2048/login?url=http://www.engnetbase.com/books/818/3512_fm.pdf> . Weber. CRC. Call Number: QC374 .W43 2003
Photonics directory. Laurin Pub. Call Number: HD9999 .O63 U652, 2005, Latest Reference Collection, 2nd Floor West
Photonics Web directory. Laurin Pub. 2004/2005 ed. Call Number: HD9999.O63 U6521. Reference Collection, 2nd Floor West
Jane's electro-optic systems. Call Number: UG475 .J36, Latest Reference Collection, 2nd Floor West
Ava Goldman
Senior Librarian, Human Resources, ASTD, 916-795-1533
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Subject: SLA-SF: Optical engineering dictionary
I'm trying to find a dictionary that will have definitions of some of the optical engineering terms I've looking for. The only optical engineering reference I've managed to locate (Elsevier's Dictionary of Opto-electronics and electro-optics) is just a list of terms in four languages). The usual dictionaries (McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms; Academic Press Scientific Dictionary; IEEE Electrical and Electronics Terms) don't have the words we're looking for.
Any suggestions on where to find definitions for these terms? This is not my area of expertise.
Paula Lichtenberg, Librarian
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415-773-6671
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