Handbook of Optical Metrology: Principles and Applications begins by discussing key principles and techniques before exploring practical applications of optical metrology. Designed to provide beginners with an introduction to optical metrology without sacrificing academic rigor, this comprehensive text:

Covers fundamentals of light sources, lenses, prisms, and mirrors, as well as optoelectronic sensors, optical devices, and optomechanical elements
Addresses interferometry, holography, and speckle methods and applications
Explains Moiré metrology and the optical heterodyne measurement method
Delves into the specifics of diffraction, scattering, polarization, and near-field optics
Considers applications for measuring length and size, displacement, straightness and parallelism, flatness, and three-dimensional shapes