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Principles of Optics: Electromagnetic Theory of Propagation, Interference and Diffraction of Light (7th Edition) |
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PRODUCT DESCRIPTION
Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 535
EAN: 9780521642224
ISBN: 0521642221
Label: Cambridge University Press
Manufacturer: Cambridge University Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 986
Publication Date: 1999-10-13
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Studio: Cambridge University Press
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Principles of Optics is one of the classic science books of the twentieth century, and probably the most influential book in optics published in the past forty years. This edition has been thoroughly revised and updated, with new material covering the CAT scan, interference with broad-band light and the so-called Rayleigh-Sommerfeld diffraction theory. This edition also details scattering from inhomogeneous media and presents an account of the principles of diffraction tomography to which Emil Wolf has made a basic contribution. Several new appendices are also included. This new edition will be invaluable to advanced undergraduates, graduate students and researchers working in most areas of optics.
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Summary: Physical Principles of Optical Phenomena
Comment: Contents Include:
* Historical Introduction
* Basic Properties of the Electromagnetic Field
[Maxwell's equations; Wave Equation & Velocity of Light; Scalar Waves; Vector Waves; Reflection and Refraction of a Plane Wave; Wave Propagation in a Stratified Medium. Theory of Dielectric Films]
* Electromagnetic Potentials and Polarization
[The Electrodynamic Potentials in the Vacuum; Polarization and Magnetization; Lorentz-Lorenz Formula and Elementary Dispersions Theory; Propagation of Electromagnetic Waves Treated by Integral Equations]
* Foundations of Geometrical Optics
[Approximation for Very Short Wavelengths; General Properties of Rays; Other Basic Theorems of Geometrical Optics]
* Geometrical Theory of Optical Imaging
[Characteristic Functions of Hamilton; Perfect Imaging; Projective Transformation (Collineation) with Axial Symmetry; Gaussian Optics; Stigmatic Imaging with Wide-Angle Pencils; Astigmatic Pencils of Rays; Chromatic Aberration; Dispersion of Prism; Photometry and Apertures; Ray Tracing; Design of Aspheric Surfaces]
* Geometrical Theory of Aberrations
[Wave and Ray Aberrations; The Perturbation Eikonal of Schwarzschild; The Primary (Seidel) Aberrations; The Primary Aberration Coefficients of a General Centered Lens System; Primary Aberrations of a Thin Lens; The Chromatic Aberration of a General Centered Lens System
* Image-Forming Instruments
[The Eye; The Camera; The Refracting Telescope; The Reflecting Telescope; Instruments of Illumination; The Microscope]
* Elements of the Theory of Interference and Interferometers
[Interference of 2 Monochromatic Waves; 2-beam Interference; Division of Wave-Front; Standing Waves; Two-Beam Interference: Division of Amplitude; Multiple-beam Interference; Multiple-beam fringes with two plane parallel plates; The Comparison of Wavelengths with the Standard Metre.]
* Elements of the Theory of Diffraction
[Huygens-Fresnel Principle; Kirchhoff's Diffraction Theory; Transition to a Scalar Theory; Fraunhofer Diffraction at Apertures of Various Forms; Fraunhofer Diffraction in Optical Instruments; Fresnel Diffraction at a Straight Edge; The 3-D Light Distribution near Focus; The Boundary Diffraction Wave; Gabor's Method of Imaging by Reconstructed Wave-fronts (holography)]
* The Diffraction Theory of Aberrations
[Diffraction Integral in the Presence of Aberrations; Expansion of Aberration Function; Tolerance Conditions for Primary Aberrations; Diffraction Pattern Associated with a Single Aberration; Imaging of Extended Objects]
* Interference and Diffraction with Partially Coherent Light
[ Complex Representation of Real Polychromatic Fields; The Correlation Functions of Light Beams; Interference and Diffraction with Quasi-monochromatic Light; Some Theorems Relating to Mutual Coherence; Rigorous Theory of Partial Coherence; Polarization Properties of Quasi-monochromatic Light]
* Rigorous Diffraction Theory
[Boundary Conditions and Surface Currents; Diffraction by a Plane Screen; Electromagnetic Form of Babinet's Principle; 2-D Diffraction by a Plane Screen; 2-D Diffraction of a Plane Wave by a Half-plane; 3-D Diffraction of a Plane Wave by a Half-Plane; Diffraction of a Localized Source by a Half-plane]
* Diffraction of Light by Ultrasonic Waves
[Qualitative Description of the Phenomenon and Summary of Theories Based on Maxwell's Differential Equations; Diffraction of Light by Ultrasonic Waves as Treated by the Integral Equation Method]
* Optics of Metals
[Wave Propagation in a conductor; Refraction and Reflection at a Metal Surface; Elementary Electron Theory of the Optical Constants of Metals; Wave Propagation in a Stratified Conducting Medium; Theory of Metallic Films; Diffraction by a Conducting Sphere; Theory of Mie]
* Optics of Crystals
[Dielectric Tensor of an Anisotropic Medium; The Structure of a Monochromatic Plane Wave in an Anisotropic Medium; Optical Properties of Uniaxial and Biaxial Crystals; Measurement in Crystal Optics; Stress Birefringence and Form Birefringence; Absorbing Crystals;
APPENDICES
* Calculation of Variations
* Light Optics, Electron Optics, and Wave Mechanics
* Asymptotic Approximations to Integrals
* The Dirac Delta Function
* Mathematical Lemma used in the Rigorous Derivation of the Lorentz-Lorenz Law
* Propagation of Discontinuities in an Electromagnetic Field
* The Circle Polynomials of Zernike
* Proof of an Inequality
* Evaluation of Two Integrals
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Summary: Need modernising
Comment: Yes - all classical (linear) optical concepts are in here, and yes, it's the 'bible', but it's very dated in its content, style and references, generally, and not very practical to use.
I wish Hecht - or someone like him - would re-write this classic as a more advanced version of his book.
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Summary: The Bible
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Amazing book. It's the bible of geometric optics. Have everything you might need.
Needs a little previous knowledge, but which book doesn't?
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Summary: A Classic in the Science of Optics
Comment: I read this book in the late sixties, when some of my fellow engineers built and tested an acoustic lens for a developmental company. Born & Wolf were well-acquainted with antenna aperture theory, and were among the first to write that the human eye could resolve 5X better than aperture theory would predict. This they credited to involuntary eye movements called flicks and saccades, which when combined with the brain's ability to do signal processing, was able to produce much better resolution than would have been predicted by the diameter of the retinal rods. In many ways the book gives testimony to God's wonderful gift of vision with color, depth, clarity, and order.
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Summary: Good book
Comment: It is just a rare book on physical optics based on Maxwell equations. Rarely a book states the assumptions,the validity of the equations, the principles and how the equations arrived. Certainly, it is a great book for postgraduates and researchers in physical optics not so for undergraduate students who don't want to go through all the mathematics.
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