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Introduction to Modern Optics (Dover Books on Physics)

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This incisive text provides a basic undergraduate-level course in modern optics for students in physics, technology and engineering. The first half of the book deals with classical physical optics; the second principally with the quantum nature of light. Chapters 1 and 2 treat the propagation of light waves, including the concepts of phase and group velocities, and the vectorial nature of light. Chapter 3 applies the concepts of partial coherence and coherence length to the study of interference, and Chapter 4 takes up multiple-beam interference and includes Fabry-Perot interferometry and multilayer-film theory. Diffraction and holography are the subjects of Chapter 5, and the propagation of light in material media (including crystal and nonlinear optics) are central to Chapter 6. Chapters 7 and 8 introduce the quantum theory of light and elementary optical spectra, and Chapter 9 explores the theory of light amplification and lasers. Chapter 10 briefly outlines ray optics in order to introduce students to the matrix method for treating optical systems and to apply the ray matrix to the study of laser resonators. Many applications of the laser to the study of optics are integrated throughout the text. The author assumes students have had an intermediate course in electricity and magnetism and some advanced mathematics beyond calculus. For classroom use, a list of problems is included at the end of each chapter, with selected answers at the end of the book. Read more

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Dover Publications


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Publication date ‏ : ‎ April 25, 2012


Edition ‏ : ‎ 2nd


Language ‏ : ‎ English


File size ‏ : ‎ 23.2 MB


Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported


Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled


X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled


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  • Five Stars
Format: eTextbook
Perfect, it's like the printed one.
Reviewed in the United States on October 29, 2014 by Giovanni Guzmán

  • Outdated information and obsolete mathematical formula
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Outdated theory and obsoleted misleading caculation
Reviewed in the United States on July 24, 2020 by eric

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