Introduction to Optical Components (Video 5 of 8)

This video, from the Laser and Fiber Optics Regional Center, is the fifth of eight lectures in the Introduction to Photonics Video Series for Technologists. This video discusses optical components. After viewing this lecture, viewers will be able to:

• describe the thermal, mechanical, and chemical properties of optical materials used in making optical components;
• choose optical materials for specific use in the visible, ultraviolet, and infrared region, and
• explain how single and multiple anti-reflection coatings and filters are made and used.

This video runs 42:37 minutes in length. The other videos in this series are available to view separately.