Introduction to modern optics

A complete basic undergraduate-level course in modern optics for students in physics, technology, and engineering, dealing with classical physical optics as well as the quantum nature of light.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author Fowles, Grant R.
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published New York : Dover Publications, 1989, ©1975.
Edition2nd ed., Dover ed.
Subjects
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9780486134925
048613492X
9781621986409
1621986403
0486659577
9780486659572
Physical Description1 online resource (viii, 328 pages) : illustrations

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Table of Contents:
  • The propagation of light
  • The vectorial nature of light
  • Coherence and interference
  • Multiple-beam interference
  • Diffraction
  • Optics of solids
  • Thermal radiation and light quanta
  • Optical spectra
  • Amplification of light. Lasers
  • Ray optics
  • Appendix I. Relativistic optics.