Optics
Published on 1. March 2009
Book
Paperback/Softback
560 pages
978-0-07-338048-3 (ISBN)
Description
"Optics" gives a comprehensive and balanced account of traditional optics as well as some of the recent developments in this field while meeting the requirements of a course on optics meant for undergraduate students of science and engineering.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United States
Publishing group
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
Dimensions
Height: 274 mm
Width: 213 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
1131 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-07-338048-3 (9780073380483)
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Person
Ajoy Ghatak was a professor of Physics at IIT Delhi and has recently retired from this position. He obtained his MSc from Delhi University and PhD from Cornell University. He also received DSc (Honoris Causa) from University of Burdwan in 2007. He received the 2008 SPIE Educator award in recognition of "his unparalleled global contributions to the field of fiber optics research, and his tireless dedication to optics education worldwide" and the 2003 Optical Society of America Esther Hoffman Beller award in recognition of his "outstanding contributions to optical science and engineering education". He is a fellow of OSA & SPIE. A prolific writer, his latest book is entitled Albert Einstein: A Glimpse of his Life, Philosophy and Science.
Content
Chapter 1History of Optics Chapter 2What is Light Part 1Geometrical Optics Chapter 3Fermat's Principal and Its Application Chapter 4Refraction And Reflection By Spherical Surfaces Chapter 5The Matrix Method In Paraxial Optics Chapter 6Abberations Part 2Vibrations and Waves Chapter 7Simple Harmonic Motion, Forced Vibrations And Origin Of Refractive Index Chapter 8Fourier Series and Applications Chapter 9The Dirac Delta Function And Fourier Transforms Chapter 10Group Velocity And Pulse Dispersion Chapter 11Wave Propagation And The Wave Equation Chapter 12Huygens' Principle And Its Applications Part 3Interference Chapter 13Superposition Of Waves Chapter 14Two Beam Interference By Division Of Wavefront Chapter 15Interference By Division Of Amplitude Chapter 16Multiple Beam Interferometry Chapter 17Coherence Part 4Diffraction Chapter 18Fraunhofer Diffraction: I Chapter 19Fraunhofer Diffraction: II And Fourier Optics Chapter 20Fresnel Diffraction Chapter 21Holography Part 5Electromagnetic Character of Light Chapter 22Polarization And Double Refraction Chapter 23Electromagnetic Waves Chapter 24Reflection and Refraction of Electromagnetic Waves Part 6Photons Chapter 25The Particle Nature of Radiation Part 7Lasers and Fiber Optics Chapter 26Lasers: An Introduction Chapter 27Optical Waveguides I: Optical Fiber Basics using Ray Optics Chapter 28Optical Waveguides II: Basic Waveguide Theory and Concept of Modes Chapter 29Optical Waveguides III: Single-Mode Fibers Part 8Special Theory of Relativity Chapter 30Special Theory of Relativity I: Time Dilation and Length Contraction Chapter 31Special Theory of Relativity II: Mass-Energy Relation and Lorentz Transformations App A Gamma Functions and Integrals Involving Gaussian Functions App B Evaluation of the Integral App C The Reflectivity of a Fiber Bragg Grating App D Diffraction of a Gaussian Beam App E TE and TM Modes in Planar Waveguides App F Solution for the Parabolic Index Waveguide App G Invariance of the Wave Equation Under Lorentz Transformation