Wave optics
This third volume of the series Lectures in Optics provides a comprehensive presentation of the Wave Optics effects. The arguments regarding the concept of light, wave or particle, were actually part of the greatest revolution in physics, which, in the early 20th century, bore the modern quantum and atomic optics and, as a byproduct, the laser. Several aspects of optics are strongly dependent on its wave nature. These include polarization (the vectorial nature of light), absorption and dispersi…
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- Full title :Wave optics / George Asimellis.
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This third volume of the series Lectures in Optics provides a comprehensive presentation of the Wave Optics effects. The arguments regarding the concept of light, wave or particle, were actually part of the greatest revolution in physics, which, in the early 20th century, bore the modern quantum and atomic optics and, as a byproduct, the laser. Several aspects of optics are strongly dependent on its wave nature. These include polarization (the vectorial nature of light), absorption and dispersion (hailing from the complex nature of the refractive index, as well as the quantum nature of the photon), interference, and diffraction. The latter two are perhaps the greatest manifestations of the wave nature of light. It is often said that interference and diffraction are the two faces of the same coin; they are both manifestations of the wave nature, and provide an excellent demonstration of the power and simplicity of the Fourier Optics concepts. Finally, the book introduces the concepts of laser and its application in a historical as well as in a didactic approach.
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- Publication Date:2020.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):SPIE
- Place of Publication:Bellingham, Washington (1000 20th St. Bellingham WA 98225-6705 USA)
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2020.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (396 pages).
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:1510622640, 9781510622647
- DOI:10.1117/3.2506314
- oclc:on1201278536
- LC Classification:QC403
- Dewey Decimal:535/.13
Table of Contents
Table of contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Light and electromagnetism: 1.1. The nature of light; 1.2. Rays and wavefronts; 1.3. Propagation of light; 1.4. From particles to waves to photons...; 1.5. Light sources; 1.6. Light and electromagnetism quiz; 1.7. Light and electromagnetism summary -- 2. Polarization: 2.1. Light is a transverse wave; 2.2. Linearly (plane-) polarized light; 2.3. From unpolarized to polarized light; 2.4. Circularly polarized light; 2.5. Polarization and natural phenomena; 2.6. Polarization in anisotropic media; 2.7. Polarization quiz; 2.8. Polarization summary -- 3. Dispersion and absorption: 3.1. Refractive index: a complex number; 3.2. The imaginary part of the refractive index; 3.3. The real part of the refractive index; 3.4. Emission and absorption spectra; 3.5. Dispersion & absorption quiz; 3.6. Dispersion and absorption summary -- 4. Interference: 4.1. Additions of light producing darkness; 4.2. Interference setups; 4.3. Michelson interferometry; 4.4. Interference quiz; 4.5. Interference summary -- 5. Diffraction: 5.1. The generalized diffraction problem; 5.2. Mathematical formalization; 5.3. Single-slit diffraction; 5.4. Circul…
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