Introduction to Optics

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.Table of Contents Chapter 1 Nature of Light Chapter 2 Geometrical Optics Chapter 3 Optical Instrumentation Chapter 4 Properties of Lasers Chapter 5 Wave Equations Chapter 6 Superposition of Waves Chapter 7 Interference of Light Chapter 8 Optical Interferometry Chapter 9 Coherence Chapter 10 Fiber Optics Chapter 11 Fraunhofer Diffraction Chapter 12 The Diffraction Grating Chapter 13 Fresnel Diffraction Chapter 14 Matrix Treatment of Polarization Chapter 15 Production of Polarized Light Chapter 16 Holography Chapter 17 Optical Detectors and Displays Chapter 18 Matrix Methods in Paraxial Optics Chapter 19 Optics of the Eye Chapter 20 Aberration Theory Chapter 21 Fourier Optics Chapter 22 Theory of Multilayer Films Chapter 23 Fresnel Equations Chapter 24 Nonlinear Optics and the Modulation of Light Chapter 25 Optical Properties of Materials Chapter 26 Laser Operation Chapter 27 Characteristics of Laser Beams