| Description |
x, 506 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm |
| Series |
The Manchester physics series |
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Manchester physics series.
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| Contents |
1. Light as waves, rays and photons -- 2. Geometric optics -- 3. Optical instruments -- 4. Periodic and non-periodic waves -- 5. Electromagnetic waves -- 6. Fibre and waveguide optics -- 7. Polarization of light -- 8. Interference -- 9. Interferometry : length, angle and rotation -- 10. Diffraction -- 11. The diffraction grating and its applications -- 12. Spectra and spectrometry -- 13. Coherence and correlation -- 14. Holography -- 15. Lasers -- 16. Laser light -- 17. Semiconductors and semiconductor lasers -- 18. Sources of light -- 19. Interaction of light with matter -- 20. The detection of light -- 21. Optics and photonics in nature -- App. Radiometry and photometry -- App. Refractive indices of common materials -- App. Spectral lineshapes and linewidths |
| Summary |
"The second edition of this successful textbook provides a clear, well-written introduction to both the fundamental principles of optics and the key aspects of photonics to show how the subject has developed in the last few decades, leading to many modern applications. The book thus provides a complete undergraduate course on optics in a single integrated text. The new edition has been completely updated."--BOOK JACKET |
| Analysis |
Optics Textbooks |
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Photonics Textbooks |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
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Previous ed.: published as by Francis Graham Smith and Terry King. 2000 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Optics -- Textbooks.
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Optics.
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Photonics -- Textbooks.
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Photonics.
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| Genre/Form |
Textbooks.
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| Author |
King, Terry A.
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Wilkins, Dan, 1947-
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| LC no. |
2006103070 |
| ISBN |
9780470017838 |
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9780470017845 |
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