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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
List of contents
- 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
