Introduction to Optics
Introduction to Optics
$72.99
USDIntroduction to Optics is now available in a re-issued edition from Cambridge University Press. Designed to offer a comprehensive and engaging introduction to intermediate and upper level undergraduate physics and engineering students, this text also allows instructors to select specialized content to suit individual curricular needs and goals. Specific features of the text, in terms of coverage beyond traditional areas, include extensive use of matrices in dealing with ray tracing, polarization, and multiple thin-film interference; three chapters devoted to lasers; a separate chapter on the optics of the eye; and individual chapters on holography, coherence, fiber optics, interferometry, Fourier optics, nonlinear optics, and Fresnel equations.
- Contains many technical illustrations designed to enhance student understanding
- Includes modern applications, such as: liquid crystal displays, CCD's, CD and DVD technology, optical parametric oscillators and amplifiers, near field microscopy, ultra short pulses, manipulation of atoms with lasers (optical tweezers, optical cooling and trapping), selected applications in nanophotonics and biophotonics, extensive treatment of communication systems using optical fibers, and wavelength division multiplexing
- Offers an early discussion of lasers, which establishes the importance of the laser as an optical instrument and allows for early introduction of various applications and discussions related to laser operation
Reviews & endorsements
'The book is really nice: it is very interesting and covers all the topics fully. The format and layout are also perfect.' Carmelo Corsaro, University of Messina
Product details
March 2018Adobe eBook Reader
9781108597548
0 pages
This ISBN is for an eBook version which is distributed on our behalf by a third party.
Table of Contents
- 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.
