Product Description

The text is a comprehensive and up-to-date introduction to optics suitable for one- or two-term  intermediate and upper level undergraduate physics and engineering students.

The reorganized table of contents provides instructors the flexibility to tailor the chapters to meet their individual needs. 

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #55089 in Books
• Published on: 2006-05-11
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 656 pages

Customer Reviews

A good beginner to intermediate level text for students.
The best thing is that it is clear and understandable everywhere. A strong connection with reality and common sense is provided, what is too often missing in many textbooks in Physics. Numerical examples enter the text, and formulas are to a great extent demonstrated. The only problem maybe the order of subjects: it sounds a bit strange that the chapter on Fresnel equations (20) comes after that on Multilayer films (19), that is after all the next step in complexity after the Fresnel 1-interface systems. Also, the block of three chapters on lasers (21-23) and the following one on fiber optics (24) maybe should have benn placed before, right after that on Production and measurement of light (2). The chapter about optical properties of materials (27) should also come before. BTW, this part is a bit weak. On the contrary, less common subjects as Matrix method (4), Aberration (5), Holography (13) should better appear as the last ones. It could be worth introducing, among such many unusual subjects, also a chapter on plasmons, in the next edition.