Optics

Learning by Computing, with Examples Using MathCad

K.D. Möller

460 pages, parution le 23/01/2003

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Résumé

This book is intended for a one-semester course in optics for juniors and seniors in science and engineering; it uses Mathcad(R) scripts to provide a simulated laboratory where students can learn by exploration and discovery instead of passive absorption.

The text covers all the standard topics of a traditional optics course, including: geometrical optics and aberration, interference and diffraction, coherence, Maxwells equations, wave guides and propagating modes, blackbody radiation, atomic emission and lasers, optical properties of materials, Fourier transforms and FT spectroscopy, image formation, and holography. It contains step by step derivations of all basic formulas in geometrical, wave and Fourier optics.

The basic text is supplemented by over 170 Mathcad files, each suggesting programs to solve a particular problem, and each linked to a topic in or application of optics. The computer files are dynamic, allowing the reader to see instantly the effects of changing parameters in the equations. Students are thus encouraged to ask "what...if" questions to assess the physical implications of the formulas.

Contents

Geometrical Optics
Interference
Diffraction
Coherence
Maxwell's Theory
Maxwell II. Modes and Mode Propagation
Blackbody Radiation, Atomic Emission and Lasers
Optical Constants
Fourier Transformation and FT-Spectroscopy
Imaging Using Wave Theory
Aberration

L'auteur - K.D. Möller

New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ, USA

Caractéristiques techniques

	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Springer
Auteur(s)	K.D. Möller
Parution	23/01/2003
Nb. de pages	460
Format	18 x 24
Couverture	Relié
Poids	938g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780387953601
ISBN13	978-0-387-95360-1