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Introduction to modern optics

A complete basic undergraduate-level course in modern optics for students in physics, technology, and engineering, dealing with classical physical optics as well as the quantum nature of light
Print Book, English, 1989, ©1975
2nd ed., Dover ed View all formats and editions
Dover Publications, New York, 1989, ©1975
viii, 328 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
9780486659572, 0486659577
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The propagation of light
The vectorial nature of light
Coherence and interference
Multiple-beam interference
Diffraction
Optics of solids
Thermal radiation and light quanta
Optical spectra
Amplification of light. Lasers
Ray optics
Appendix I. Relativistic optics
Reprint. Originally published: 2nd ed. New York : Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, 1975