Introduction to Optics
Verlag | Cambridge University Press |
Auflage | 2017 |
Seiten | 658 |
Format | 22,6 x 28,1 x 3,2 cm |
Gewicht | 2012 g |
Artikeltyp | Englisches Buch |
ISBN-10 | 1108428266 |
EAN | 9781108428262 |
Bestell-Nr | 10842826UA |
A comprehensive and engaging textbook, covering the main areas of optics and its modern applications.
Klappentext:
A re-issued edition of this well-known optics textbook. Designed for intermediate and upper level undergraduates in physics and engineering, the third edition covers the traditional areas of optics whilst including modern applications.
Inhaltsverzeichnis:
Part I: 1. Nature of light; 2. Geometrical optics; 3. Optical instrumentation; 4. Wave equations; 5. Superposition of waves; 6. Properties of lasers; 7. Interference of light; 8. Optical interferometry; 9. Coherence; 10. Fiber optics; 11. Fraunhofer diffraction; 12. The diffraction grating; 13. Fresnel diffraction; 14. Matrix treatment of polarization; 15. Production of polarized light; Part II: 16. Holography; 17. Optical detectors and displays; 18. Matrix methods in paraxial optics; 19. Optics of the eye; 20. Aberration theory; 21. Fourier optics; 22. Theory of multilayer films; 23. Fresnel equations; 24. Nonlinear optics and the modulation of light; 25. Optical properties of materials; 26. Laser operation; 27. Characteristics of laser beams; 28. Selected modern applications; References; Answers to selected problems; Index.