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Introduction 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. Read more

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Cambridge University Press


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Publication date ‏ : ‎ December 21, 2017


Edition ‏ : ‎ 3rd


Language ‏ : ‎ English


File size ‏ : ‎ 32.6 MB


Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Up to 4 simultaneous devices, per publisher limits


Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported


Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled


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Top Amazon Reviews

    • Great Textbook w/ Wonderful Diagrams
Format: Hardcover
This text is required for our two introductory optics classes, Geometrical Optics and Physical Optics. My classmates and I have found the text to be excellent - it explains things very thoroughly and has detailed diagrams. There are tons of exercises at the end of each chapter that really help with understanding and application. I do wish that it had more example problems worked within the text, but that doesn't diminish the value of the book and is more of a personal preference. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on January 14, 2015 by C. Brown
    • Great Book
Format: Hardcover
It was required for my Optics class, It was very helpful and well written; the information was well laid out and easy to find. Most, if not all, topics are explained with their real-world applications in mind, including how the information can be used with specific optical instruments. Overall, I was very pleased with this book. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on August 27, 2014 by Douglas Preston
    • Very helpful
Format: Hardcover
I'm taking an upper level undergraduate optics course and the professor required this book. He's a nice guy, and very knowledgeable, but I find his lectures impossible to follow. I would be totally lost if not for this book. Hey, this is hard stuff guys! Don't expect a book to make it easy. So far I have none of the complaints typical of other reviewers. Obviously I'm learning. If I knew the subject better perhaps I'd be more critical, but so far I'm finding the explanations in this book very thorough and understandable. The fact that I sometimes have to read them 2,3, or 20 times before they make sense to me I rightly attribute to my own ignorance, not some failing of the author. Of course I'm looking for an in-depth understanding of optics, not some quick tell-me-what-I-need-for-the-test primmer. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on September 20, 2013 by Steve Spyker
    • Five Stars
Format: Hardcover
Great book, it is more pedagogical than some of the more prolific texts on the subject.
Reviewed in the United States on March 15, 2015 by Glenn
    • Good book
Format: Hardcover
Good book
Reviewed in the United States on June 22, 2018 by Jorge Iván Canales Verdial
    • Five Stars
Format: Hardcover
Great optics textbook. Clearly illustrated and explained.
Reviewed in the United States on March 29, 2016 by Brea
    • Five Stars
Format: Hardcover
I am enjoying my physical optics course using this text.
Reviewed in the United States on March 22, 2016 by lovethemstars
    • simply horrible.
Format: Hardcover
Where can I even start... The book has extremely verbose explanations that don't help. Diagrams are often at most 5 or 6 pages away, so while reading you will need to reference by switching pages over and over. NO INTUITION.... Just facts and facts. The problems are extremely boring. The plug and chug kind. Often skips relevant or doesn't explain the mathematics of its derivations. By far the worst physics book i have ever used in my life. If i had to recommend another optics book, it would probably by Optics by Hecht. I read the first couple chapters about phasers, and could immediately tell that it was clearer, and gave more intuitive explanations which really helped. There aren't a lot of physics books out there for optics, so you don't really have a choice in the end. Avoid this book at all costs. Waste of money and time, and will make you hate yourself. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on January 24, 2014 by alex

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