Modern Classical Optics

Geoffrey Brooker - Collection Oxford Master Series in Physics

400 pages, parution le 09/02/2004

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Résumé

Describes principles and phenomena at a down-to-earth level
Fundamental principles are subjected to unusual searching scrutiny, which will enhance both the reader's understanding and critical faculty
Standard material is presented with a fresh slant
Addresses the important modern topics of étendue, Gaussian beams and laser cavities, the system for reading a compact disc and the confocal microscope which are under-represented in other textbooks aimed at a similar level
Geared towards undergraduate students in the final years of their physics degree, as well as to graduate students studying optical physics, either for itself or as support for instrumentation or as a tool in atomic and laser physics

'I regard this book as a gem that not only should be used as a text but should also be a reference in labs, both academic and industrial, around the world where optical techniques are used.'

Robert Glosser, Professor of Physics at University of Texas, Dallas

'A thoroughly excellent textbook and I look forward to being able to recommend it to my students... conventional topics are presented in an unconventional way ... the author has thought long and hard as to how best teach a variety of topics. This will make it a unique and valuable addition to the books currently in use at universities.'

Ifan Hughes, Department of Physics at University of Durham

Readership: Third and fourth year undergraduate students in physics and graduate students studying optical physics.

L'auteur - Geoffrey Brooker

Department of Physics, University of Oxford

Sommaire

Electromagnetism and basic optics
Fourier series and Fourier transforms
Diffraction
Diffraction gratings
The Fabry-Perot
Thin films
Ray matrices and Gaussian beams
Optical cavities
Coherence: qualitative
Coherence: correlation functions
Optical practicalities: étendue, interferometry, fringe localization
Image formation: diffraction theory
Holography
Optical fibres
Polarization
Two modern optical devices

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Éditeur(s)	Oxford University Press
Auteur(s)	Geoffrey Brooker
Collection	Oxford Master Series in Physics
Parution	09/02/2004
Nb. de pages	400
Format	19,5 x 24,5
Couverture	Broché
Poids	925g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780198599654
ISBN13	978-0-19-859965-4