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*Note: Materials listed are to be used as a resource, they are not intended to replace the required coursework in Photonics and Optics.

SPIE publications in their “Field Guide” series. They are mainly aimed at engineers, but they could be useful to technicians also:
SPIE open access self-study resources:
Fundamentals of Photonics, 10 tutorial modules written by experts, part of a project funded by the Center for Occupational Research and Development (CORD) and the Scientific and Technological Education in Optics and Photonics (STEP), and supported by SPIE and other organizations.
Optipedia, a collection of encyclopedic articles on key topics in optics and photonics. Text, equations, and graphs were originally published in SPIE Press books.
 
Publications
  • LIGHT: Introduction to Optics and Photonics text written by Professors Judy Donnelly and Nick Massa. The most current version of the book is available for purchase on http://stores.lulu.com/photon2 as a PDF download, color hardcover and softcover and black and white softcover.
  • Optics for Engineers.  Charles A. DiMarzio, CRC Press, 2011, ISBN:978-1-4398-0725-5.  www.crcpress.com
  • Optical Communications Essentials by Gerd Keiser (McGraw-Hill, 2003) ISBN: 0071412042
  • Understanding Lasers: An Entry-Level Guide (3rd Edition) by Jeff Hecht (Wiley/IEEE Press, 2008) ISBN: 0708310055
  • Optics by Eugene Hecht (4th Edition) (Addison Wesley, 2001) ISBN: 08053-8566-5
  • Basic Electro-Optics for Electrical Engineers by Glenn Boreman (SPIE Press, 1998) ISBN: 081942806X
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