Download or read book Holsts Practical Guide to Electro-Optical Systems written by Gerald C. Holst and published by . This book was released on 2003-01-01 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This practical guide is a compendium of frequently asked questions (FAQs). The answers are provided in graphs, equations, or diagrams. An engineering approach is taken, the equations may be approximations, but the region of applicability is clearly stated. Facts, rules-of-thumb, and back-of-the-envelope equations are highlighted. This easy-to-read reference covers optical systems, detectors, cameras (visible and infrared), sampling effects, Moiré patterns, system performance, resolution, system testing, lasers and lidar, fiber optics, and data analysis.