Principles of Physical Optics

Charles A. Bennett (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

512 Seiten

2008
John Wiley & Sons Inc (Verlag)
978-0-470-12212-9 (ISBN)

Infos

Breathing a breath of fresh air into the field of optics, this book is the first new entry in the field in the last 20 years. It provides readers with a completely modern approach to the subject, covering a wide range of topics. This includes detailed discussions on geometric optics, superposition and interference, and diffraction.

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Charles Bennett's new Optics text offers modern topic coverage, emphasis and pedagogy.  Bennett's clear writing style and vast knowledge of the subject matter brings a fresh voice to Optics courses. This text will prove to be attractive to physics majors, and provide students with expertise valued in industry. Professor Charles Bennett has been teaching undergraduate optics courses at the University of North Carolina at Asheville for over twenty years. He is also an Adjunct Research and Development Associate at Oak Ridge National Laboratory where he is a member of the Advanced Lasers, Optics, and Diagnostics Technology Group.

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Autor

Charles A. Bennett received his Doctorate at North Carolina State University, and is Professor of Physics at the University of North Carolina at Asheville. His research interests include quantum and physical optics, and laser applications in environmental and fusion energy research. He has collaborated with Oak Ridge National Laboratory since 1983, where he is currently an adjunct research and development associate of the Advanced Laser and Optical Technology and Development group. In addition to his work in optics, Dr. Bennett has a long record of innovation in educational technology, particularly in the integration of active media into on-line homework. He is a past director of the UNCA Center for Teaching and Learning, and has received UNCA's most prestigious recognition for scholarship: the Ruth and Leon Feldman Professorship for 1996-1997.

Inhalt

1. The Physics of Waves 2. Electromagnetic Waves and Photons

3. Reflection And Refraction

4. Geometric Optics

5.Superposition and Interference

6. Diffraction

7. Lasers

8. Optical Imaging

9. Polarization and Nonlinear Optics

 

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 5.2.2008
• Verlagsort: New York
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 185 x 234 mm
• Gewicht: 907 g
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Optik
• ISBN-10: 0-470-12212-9 / 0470122129
• ISBN-13: 978-0-470-12212-9 / 9780470122129
• Zustand: Neuware