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Optics

Eugene Hecht ; with contributions by Alfred Zajac

Addison-Wesley Pub. Co., c1987

2nd ed

  • : pbk

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Includes bibliographical references and indexes

Description and Table of Contents

Description

A comprehensive study of the field of optics.

Table of Contents

  • A brief history
  • the mathematics of wave motion
  • electromagnetic theory, photons and light
  • the propagation of light
  • geometric optics-paraxial theory
  • more on geometrical optics
  • the superposition of waves
  • polarization
  • interference
  • diffraction
  • fourier optics
  • basics of coherrence theory
  • some aspects of the quantum nature of light
  • sundry topics from contemporary optics.

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Details

  • NCID
    BA01486874
  • ISBN
    • 020111609X
    • 0201116111
  • LCCN
    86014067
  • Country Code
    us
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Reading, Mass.
  • Pages/Volumes
    x, 676 p.
  • Size
    25 cm
  • Classification
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