Description

This undergraduate textbook presents thorough coverage of the standard topics of classical optics and optical instrument design; it also offers significant details regarding the concepts of modern optics. Two sets of problems appear at the end of each chapter, some featuring detailed solutions. 252 figures. 1969 edition. Preface 1. Geometrical optics: summary 2. Waves: description 3. Superposition: reflection, standing waves, group velocity 4. Electromagnetic waves, energy and momentum, doppler effect 5. Scattering: index of refraction 6. Polarized light 7. Interference 8. Interference from two sources 9. Interference from many sources 10. Multiple images: interference of light from an extended source 11. Diffraction 12. Modern optics Appendixes Bibliography Solutions to selected problems Index