Optics
8th Edition
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© 2025 | Published: August 28, 2024
Overview:Optics, the book, is a classic text designed to provide a comprehensive exploration of light and its interaction with matter. It meets the requirements of a course on Optics for undergraduate students of Science and Engineering discipline. T…
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Preface
PART 1: Geometrical Optics
Chapter 2 Fermat’s Principle and its Applications
Chapter 3 Refraction and Reflection by Spherical Surfaces
Chapter 4 The Matrix Method in Paraxial Optics
Chapter 5 Aberrations
PART 2: Wave Optics
Chapter 6 Simple Harmonic Motion, Forced Vibrations and Origin of Refractive Index
Chapter 7 Fourier Series and Applications
Chapter 8 The Dirac Delta Function and Fourier Transforms
Chapter 9 Wave Propagation and the Wave Equation
Chapter 10 Huygens’ Principle and its Applications
Chapter 11 Group Velocity and Pulse Dispersion
Chapter 12 Superposition of Waves
Chapter 13 Two Beam Interference by Division of Wavefront
Chapter 14 Interference by Division of Amplitude
Chapter 15 Multiple Beam Interferometry
Chapter 16 Coherence
Chapter 17 Fraunhofer Diffraction I
Chapter 18 Fraunhofer Diffraction II and Fourier Optics
Chapter 19 Fresnel Diffraction
Chapter 20 Holography
Chapter 21 Polarization and Double Refraction
Chapter 22 Electromagnetic Waves
Chapter 23 Reflection and Refraction of Electromagnetic Waves
PART 3: Quantum Theory
Chapter 24 Particle Nature of Radiation: The Photon
Chapter 25 Bohr Atom and Line Spectra of Atoms
Chapter 26 Quantum Theory and Entanglement
PART 4: Lasers & Fiber Optics
Chapter 27 Lasers: An Introduction
Chapter 28 Fiber Optics l: Basics Using Ray Optics
Chapter 29 Fiber Optics II: Basic Waveguide Theory and Concept of Modes
Chapter 30 Fiber Optics III: Single Mode Fibers
PART 5: Special Theory of Relativity
Chapter 31 The Mass Energy Relation: E = mc2
Chapter 32 Special Theory of Relativity I: Time Dilation and Length Contraction
Chapter 33 Special Theory of Relativity II: Lorentz Transformations
References and Suggested Readings
Index
PART 1: Geometrical Optics
Chapter 2 Fermat’s Principle and its Applications
Chapter 3 Refraction and Reflection by Spherical Surfaces
Chapter 4 The Matrix Method in Paraxial Optics
Chapter 5 Aberrations
PART 2: Wave Optics
Chapter 6 Simple Harmonic Motion, Forced Vibrations and Origin of Refractive Index
Chapter 7 Fourier Series and Applications
Chapter 8 The Dirac Delta Function and Fourier Transforms
Chapter 9 Wave Propagation and the Wave Equation
Chapter 10 Huygens’ Principle and its Applications
Chapter 11 Group Velocity and Pulse Dispersion
Chapter 12 Superposition of Waves
Chapter 13 Two Beam Interference by Division of Wavefront
Chapter 14 Interference by Division of Amplitude
Chapter 15 Multiple Beam Interferometry
Chapter 16 Coherence
Chapter 17 Fraunhofer Diffraction I
Chapter 18 Fraunhofer Diffraction II and Fourier Optics
Chapter 19 Fresnel Diffraction
Chapter 20 Holography
Chapter 21 Polarization and Double Refraction
Chapter 22 Electromagnetic Waves
Chapter 23 Reflection and Refraction of Electromagnetic Waves
PART 3: Quantum Theory
Chapter 24 Particle Nature of Radiation: The Photon
Chapter 25 Bohr Atom and Line Spectra of Atoms
Chapter 26 Quantum Theory and Entanglement
PART 4: Lasers & Fiber Optics
Chapter 27 Lasers: An Introduction
Chapter 28 Fiber Optics l: Basics Using Ray Optics
Chapter 29 Fiber Optics II: Basic Waveguide Theory and Concept of Modes
Chapter 30 Fiber Optics III: Single Mode Fibers
PART 5: Special Theory of Relativity
Chapter 31 The Mass Energy Relation: E = mc2
Chapter 32 Special Theory of Relativity I: Time Dilation and Length Contraction
Chapter 33 Special Theory of Relativity II: Lorentz Transformations
References and Suggested Readings
Index
Overview:
Optics, the book, is a classic text designed to provide a comprehensive exploration of light and its interaction with matter. It meets the requirements of a course on Optics for undergraduate students of Science and Engineering discipline. The eighth edition of the book comes with several careful revisions in the text, colorful illustrations, and numerous worked-out problems, making it an indispensable resource for students, researchers and professionals alike.
Key Features:
1. Geometrical Optics including ray paths in graded index fibers and in rainbows
2. Detailed analysis of topics like Interference, Diffraction and Polarization of Light Waves
3. Detailed description of Propagation, Reflection, Refraction of Electromagnetic Waves
4. Four chapters on Lasers and Fiber Optics
5. Detailed conceptual understanding of Quantum Theory & Entanglement
6. Three chapter on Special Theory and Relativity, including the derivation of E=mc².
Optics, the book, is a classic text designed to provide a comprehensive exploration of light and its interaction with matter. It meets the requirements of a course on Optics for undergraduate students of Science and Engineering discipline. The eighth edition of the book comes with several careful revisions in the text, colorful illustrations, and numerous worked-out problems, making it an indispensable resource for students, researchers and professionals alike.
Key Features:
1. Geometrical Optics including ray paths in graded index fibers and in rainbows
2. Detailed analysis of topics like Interference, Diffraction and Polarization of Light Waves
3. Detailed description of Propagation, Reflection, Refraction of Electromagnetic Waves
4. Four chapters on Lasers and Fiber Optics
5. Detailed conceptual understanding of Quantum Theory & Entanglement
6. Three chapter on Special Theory and Relativity, including the derivation of E=mc².
