Physical Optics
Concepts, Optical Elements, and Techniques
Authors: Giusfredi, Giovanni
Free Preview- Clear explanation of difficult fundamental concepts
- Coverage of new topics in physical optics
- Exhaustive treatment of sampling theory and its application
- Introduction of a novel technique based on ray tracing
- Many informative figures and diagrams
Buy this book
- About this Textbook
-
This textbook provides a sound foundation in physical optics by covering key concepts in a rigorous but accessible manner. Propagation of electromagnetic waves is examined from multiple perspectives, with explanation of which viewpoints and methods are best suited to different situations. After an introduction to the theory of electromagnetism, reflection, refraction, and dispersion, topics such as geometrical optics, interference, diffraction, coherence, laser beams, polarization, crystallography, and anisotropy are closely examined. Optical elements, including lenses, mirrors, prisms, classical and Fabry-Perot interferometers, resonant cavities, multilayer dielectric structures, interference and spatial filters, diffraction gratings, polarizers, and birefringent plates, are treated in depth. The coverage also encompasses such seldom-covered topics as modeling of general astigmatism via 4x4 matrices, FFT-based numerical methods, and bianisotropy, with a relativistic treatment of optical activity and the Faraday and Fresnel-Fizeau effects. Finally, the history of optics is discussed.
- About the authors
-
Giovanni Giusfredi is currently a senior associate at INO-CNR, having retired in 2016 from INO, where he had been a lead researcher for almost 30 years. He remains actively involved in research and collaborates with colleagues at the European Laboratory for Non-linear Spectroscopy. He is also a founding member of CNR ppqSense. His research interests are wide ranging and he has coauthored more than 220 titles, including 71 articles in international journals. He is skilled and experienced in the teaching of Physical Optics and the History of Optics.
- Table of contents (7 chapters)
-
-
Recollections of electromagnetism
Pages 23-124
-
Geometrical Optics
Pages 159-309
-
Interference
Pages 363-459
-
Diffraction
Pages 461-516
-
Fourier’s Optics
Pages 531-665
-
Table of contents (7 chapters)
Buy this book
Services for this Book
Recommended for you
Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
-
- Book Title
- Physical Optics
- Book Subtitle
- Concepts, Optical Elements, and Techniques
- Authors
-
- Giovanni Giusfredi
- Series Title
- UNITEXT for Physics
- Copyright
- 2019
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing
- Copyright Holder
- Springer Nature Switzerland AG
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-030-25279-3
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-030-25279-3
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-030-25278-6
- Series ISSN
- 2198-7882
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XXX, 933
- Number of Illustrations
- 2 b/w illustrations
- Topics
