Optics

by Hecht, Eugene

• ISBN13: 9780805385663
• ISBN10: 0805385665
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-08-02
• Publisher: Addison-Wesley

Summary

Accurate, authoritative and comprehensive,Optics, Fourth Editionhas been revised to provide readers with the most up-to-date coverage of optics. The market leader for over a decade, this book provides a balance of theory and instrumentation, while also including the necessary classical background. The writing style is lively and accessible.For college instructors, students, or anyone interested in optics.

Table of Contents

A Brief History	1	(9)
Prolegomenon	1	(1)
In the Beginning	1	(1)
From the Seventeenth Century	2	(2)
The Nineteenth Century	4	(3)
Twentieth-Century Optics	7	(3)
Wave Motion	10	(26)
One-Dimensional Waves	10	(4)
Harmonic Waves	14	(3)
Phase and Phase Velocity	17	(3)
The Superposition Principle	20	(1)
The Complex Representation	21	(2)
Phasors and the Addition of Waves	23	(1)
Plane Waves	24	(3)
The Three-Dimensional Differential Wave Equation	27	(1)
Spherical Waves	28	(3)
Cylindrical Waves	31	(5)
Problems	32	(4)
Electromagnetic Theory, Photons, and Light	36	(50)
Basic Laws of Electromagnetic Theory	37	(7)
Electromagnetic Waves	44	(3)
Energy and Momentum	47	(11)
Radiation	58	(8)
Light in Bulk Matter	66	(7)
The Electromagnetic-Photon Spectrum	73	(7)
Quantum Field Theory	80	(6)
Problems	82	(4)
The Propagation of Light	86	(63)
Introduction	86	(1)
Rayleigh Scattering	86	(9)
Reflection	95	(5)
Refraction	100	(6)
Fermat's Principle	106	(5)
The Electromagnetic Approach	111	(11)
Total Internal Reflection	122	(5)
Optical Properties of Metals	127	(4)
Familiar Aspects of the Interaction of Light and Matter	131	(5)
The Stokes Treatment of Reflection and Refraction	136	(1)
Photons, Waves, and Probability	137	(12)
Problems	141	(8)
Geometrical Optics	149	(94)
Introductory Remarks	149	(1)
Lenses	150	(21)
Stops	171	(4)
Mirrors	175	(11)
Prisms	186	(7)
Fiberoptics	193	(8)
Optical Systems	201	(25)
Wavefront Shaping	226	(5)
Gravitational Lensing	231	(12)
Problems	234	(9)
More on Geometrical Optics	243	(38)
Thick Lenses and Lens Systems	243	(3)
Analytical Ray Tracing	246	(7)
Aberrations	253	(20)
GRIN Systems	273	(3)
Concluding Remarks	276	(5)
Problems	277	(4)
The Superposition of Waves	281	(44)
The Addition of Waves of the Same Frequency	282	(12)
The Addition of Waves of Different Frequency	294	(8)
Anharmonic Periodic Waves	302	(6)
Nonperiodic Waves	308	(17)
Problems	320	(5)
Polarization	325	(60)
The Nature of Polarized Light	325	(6)
Polarizers	331	(2)
Dichroism	333	(3)
Birefringence	336	(8)
Scattering and Polarization	344	(4)
Polarization by Reflection	348	(4)
Retarders	352	(5)
Circular Polarizers	357	(1)
Polarization of Polychromatic Light	358	(2)
Optical Activity	360	(5)
Induced Optical Effects---Optical Modulators	365	(5)
Liquid Crystals	370	(2)
A Mathematical Description of Polarization	372	(13)
Problems	379	(6)
Interference	385	(58)
General Considerations	386	(4)
Conditions for Interference	390	(3)
Wavefront-splitting Interferometers	393	(7)
Amplitude-splitting Interferometers	400	(14)
Types and Localization of Interference Fringes	414	(2)
Multiple-Beam Interference	416	(9)
Applications of Single and Multilayer Films	425	(6)
Applications of Interferometry	431	(12)
Problems	438	(5)
Diffraction	443	(76)
Preliminary Considerations	443	(9)
Fraunhofer Diffraction	452	(33)
Fresnel Diffraction	485	(25)
Kirchhoff's Scalar Diffraction Theory	510	(2)
Boundary Diffraction Waves	512	(7)
Problems	514	(5)
Fourier Optics	519	(41)
Introduction	519	(1)
Fourier Transforms	519	(10)
Optical Applications	529	(31)
Problems	556	(4)
Basics of Coherence Theory	560	(21)
Introduction	560	(2)
Visibility	562	(4)
The Mutual Coherence Function and the Degree of Coherence	566	(7)
Coherence and Stellar Interferometry	573	(8)
Problems	578	(3)
Modern Optics: Lasers and Other Topics	581	(68)
Lasers and Laserlight	581	(25)
Imagery---The Spatial Distribution of Optical Information	606	(17)
Holography	623	(16)
Nonlinear Optics	639	(10)
Problems	644	(5)
Appendix 1	649	(3)
Appendix 2	652	(1)
Table 1	653	(5)
Solutions to Selected Problems	658	(27)
Bibliography	685	(4)
Index	689