Optics

Author(s)

• Hecht, Eugene

Bibliographic Information

Optics

Eugene Hecht

（Always learning）

Pearson, c2017

5th ed

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 700-703) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

A Contemporary Approach to Optics with Practical Applications and New Focused Pedagogy Hecht Optics balances theory and instrumentation to provide you with the necessary, classical background through a lively and clear narrative. Optics, Fifth Edition is distinguished by three core imperatives for the reader: up-to-date content in line with the ever-evolving technological advances in the Optics field; a modern approach to discourse including studies on photons, phasors, and theory; and improvements and revisions to the previous edition's pedagogy including over one hundred new worked examples.

Table of Contents

1: A Brief History 2: Wave Motion 3: Electromagnetic Theory, Photons, and Light 4: The Propagation of Light 5: Geometrical Optics 6: More on Geometrical Optics 7: The Superposition of Waves 8: Polarization 9: Interference 10: Diffraction 11: Fourier Optics 12: Basics of Coherence Theory 13: Modern Optics: Lasers and Other Topics

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Details

• NCID: BB20480602
• ISBN:
  • 9780133977226
• LCCN: 2016000110
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: [Boston, Mass.]
• Pages/Volumes: vi, 714 p.
• Size: 29 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : QC355.3
  • DC23 : 535
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Optics
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BB1444229X