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This second edition covers some of the latest developments in the field of optics. A brief historical introducrtion to the subject and a discussion on the nature of light is followed by traditional topics like ray tracing, interference, diffraction, polarization, reflection, refraction and propagation of electromagnetic waver etc. The book also discusses some of the modern aspects of optics such as the matrix method in geometrical optics such as the matrix method in gometircal optics, holography, self-focusing, spatial frequency filtering, fiber optics, lasers and speckles. The chapters on Format`s Principles and Lasers have been completely recised and expanded. Three new chapters on reflection and refraction by spherical surfaces, fiber optics and speckles have been added in this new edition. The book would ideally meet the requirements of undergraduate and postgraduate students of Physics. Students of electrical engineering, mechanical engineering as well as those in research sells of industries involved in the fabrication and application of lasers would also find the book useful. * Contents : 1. What is Light ? 2. Fermat`s Principle and its Applications 3. Refraction and reflection by spherical surfaces 4. Matrix Methods in Paraxial Optics 5. Aberrations 6. Simple Harmonic Motion 7. Forced Vibration and Origin of Refractive index. 8. Fourier Series and Applications 9. Wave Propagation and the Wave Equation 10. Hugens Principle and its Aplictions 11. superposition of Waves 12. Two beam Interferences by Division of Wave front 13. Interference by division of Amplitudes 14. Multiple beam Interferometry 15. Coherence 16. fraunhofer Diffraction 17. Fresnel diffraction 18. Holography 19. Polarization and Double Refraction 20. Electromagnetic Waves 21. Reflection and Refraction of Electromagnetic Waves 22. The Particle Nature of Radiation 23. Lasers : An Elementary Account 24. Fibre Optics 25. Introduction to Speckle Metrology. ISBN: 0-07-460138-5
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