| Description |
vi, 698 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
A brief history -- Wave motion -- Electromagnetic theory, photons, and light -- The propagation of light -- Geometrical optics -- More on geometrical optics -- The superposition of waves -- Polarization -- Interference -- Diffraction -- Fourier optics -- Basics of coherence theory -- Modern optics : lasers and other topics |
| Summary |
Accurate, comprehensive and precise, this revision provides students with the most up-to-date coverage of optics. Responsive to students' needs, the focus of the revision was to fine-tune the pedagogy, modernize the discourse, and update the content. This book continues the gradually modernizing treatment of the previous edition by imparting an appreciation of the central role of atomic scattering, providing an understanding of the insightful perspective offered by the Fourier Theory, and by, from the outset, explicating the underlying quantum mechanical nature of light. Additionally, Hecht addresses all of today's significant technological advances |
| Notes |
Previous ed.: 1998 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
| Subject |
Optics.
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Optics and Photonics.
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Optics
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| LC no. |
2001032540 |
| ISBN |
0321188780 (paperback) |
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0805385665 |
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9780321188786 |
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