Light Fantastic: A Modern Introduction to Classical and Quantum Optics

Zusatztext Review from previous edition This book presents a thorough and self-contained introduction to modern optics! covering in full the three components of ray optics! wave optics and quantum optics. Digital cameras! LCD screens! aircraft laser gyroscopes and the optical-fibre-based internet illustrate the penetration of optics into 21st-century life. Informationen zum Autor Ian Kenyon has been a Research Associate at Oxford University, Northwestern University and Brookhaven National Laboratory, and subsequently Lecturer, Senior Lecturer and Reader at Birmingham University. Klappentext A self-contained and comprehensive introduction to classical and quantum optics, designed to take students through a whole course. No comparable book covers both quantum and classical optics. Zusammenfassung A self-contained and comprehensive introduction to classical and quantum optics, designed to take students through a whole course. No comparable book covers both quantum and classical optics. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: Introduction; 2: Reflection and refraction at plane surfaces; 3: Spherical mirrors and lenses; 4: Optical Instruments; 5: Interference effects and interferometers; 6: Diffraction; 7: Fourier optics; 8: Astronomical telescopes; 9: Classical electromagnetic theory; 10: Polarization; 11: Scattering, absorption and dispersion; 12: The quantum nature of light and matter; 13: Quantum mechanics and the atom; 14: Lasers; 15: Detectors; 16: Optical Fibres; 17: Photonic crystals; 18: Quantum interactions; 19: The quantized electromagnetic field; 20: Quantum dots, optical cavities and cryptography

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• Authors: Ian Kenyon, Ian (School of Physics and Astrophysics Kenyon, Ian R. Kenyon, Kenyon Ian
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 11.11.2010
• EAN: 9780199584604
• ISBN: 978-0-19-958460-4
• No. of pages: 734
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Electricity, magnetism, optics; Elektronik, Quantenphysik (Quantenmechanik und Quantenfeldtheorie), Atom- und Molekularphysik, SCIENCE / Physics / Quantum Theory, SCIENCE / Physics / Atomic & Molecular, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Electronics / General, SCIENCE / Physics / Optics & Light, Quantum physics (quantum mechanics & quantum field theory), Quantum physics (quantum mechanics and quantum field theory), Optical physics, Atomic & molecular physics, Electronics engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics