Mathematical Methods for Optical Physics and Engineering
1st Edition
Published on 25. November 2010
978-0-511-91133-0 (ISBN)
Description
The first textbook on mathematical methods focusing on techniques for optical science and engineering, this text is ideal for upper division undergraduate and graduate students in optical physics. Containing detailed sections on the basic theory, the textbook places strong emphasis on connecting the abstract mathematical concepts to the optical systems to which they are applied. It covers many topics which usually only appear in more specialized books, such as Zernike polynomials, wavelet and fractional Fourier transforms, vector spherical harmonics, the z-transform, and the angular spectrum representation. Most chapters end by showing how the techniques covered can be used to solve an optical problem. Essay problems based on research publications and numerous exercises help to further strengthen the connection between the theory and its applications.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Cambridge University Press
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
Worked examples or Exercises; 106 Halftones, black and white; 164 Line drawings, black and white
File size
24,42 MB
ISBN-13
978-0-511-91133-0 (9780511911330)
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Gregory J. Gbur
Mathematical Methods for Optical Physics and Engineering
Book
01/2011
Cambridge University Press
€133.50
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Person
Greg Gbur is an Assistant Professor of Physics and Optical Science at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, where he has taught a graduate course on mathematical methods for optics for the past five years and a course on advanced physical optics for two.
Content
1. Vector algebra; 2. Vector calculus; 3. Vector calculus in curvilinear coordinate systems; 4. Matrices and linear algebra; 5. Advanced matrix techniques and tensors; 6. Distributions; 7. Infinite series; 8. Fourier series; 9. Complex analysis; 10. Advanced complex analysis; 11. Fourier transforms; 12. Other integral transforms; 13. Discrete transforms; 14. Ordinary differential equations; 15. Partial differential equations; 16. Bessel functions; 17. Legendre functions and spherical harmonics; 18. Orthogonal functions; 19. Green's functions; 20. The calculus of variations; 21. Asymptotic techniques; Appendices; References; Index.
