Introduction to optics

Author(s)

• Chartier, Germain

Bibliographic Information

Introduction to optics

Germain Chartier

（Advanced texts in physics）

Springer, c2005

Other Title

Manuel d'optique

Note

Original French edition published: Paris : Hermes, 1997

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This award-winning book has been translated from the original French by the author and thoroughly updated. It gives an introduction to modern optics at an advanced level, taking a unique approach inspired by Richard Feynman.

Table of Contents

Orders of Magnitude in Optics.- Electromagnetic Waves.- Geometrical Optics.- Polarized Light-Laws of Reflection.- Birefringence.- Interference.- Diffraction.- Index of Refraction.- Lasers.- Nonlinear Optics.- Raman-Brillouin-Rayleigh Diffusion.- Guided Optics.- Fourier Analysis and Fourier Transform.

by "Nielsen BookData"

• NCID: BA72839872
• ISBN:
  • 0387403469
• LCCN: 2005042542
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Original Language Code: fre
• Place of Publication: New York
• Pages/Volumes: xvii, 595 p.
• Size: 25 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : QC355.3
  • DC22 : 535
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Optics
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA44414285