Optics

A Contemporary Approach to Optics with Practical Applications and New Focused Pedagogy. Hecht's Optics balances theory and instrumentation and provides students with the necessary classical background through a lively and clear narrative. Optics, fifth edition is distinguished by three core imp...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hecht, Eugene (-)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Boston, Mass. : Pearson 2017.
Harlow, England : 2017.
Edition:5th ed. Global ed
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See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009767235706719
Table of Contents:
  • 1. A brief history
  • 2. Wave motion
  • 3. Electromagnetic theory, photons, and light
  • 4. The propagation of light
  • 5. Geometrical optics
  • 6. More on geometrical optics
  • 7. The superposition of waves
  • 8. Polarization
  • 9. Interference
  • 10. Diffraction
  • 11. Fourier optics
  • 12. Basics of coherence theory
  • 13. Modern optics: lasers and other topics
  • Appendix 1
  • Appendix 2
  • Table 1
  • Solutions to selected problems
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • List of tables.