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OPTICS
Problems and Solutions
by Antonio Siciliano (University of Bari, Italy)
296pp
978-981-256-842-7(pbk): US$46 / £32 US$34.50
/ £24
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£49.50
Table
of Contents (98k)
Preface
(94k)
Chapter
1: Reflection and Refraction (1,017k)
"The book is written for students who
can use the problems to engross the thoughts and to prepare for
examinations. The descriptions of the laws and the tasks are well
illustrated with many figures and plots." -- Zentralblatt
MATH
"Students in optics would find this to
be a useful additional text to have examples of many solved problems."
-- IEEE Electrical Insulation Magazine
Optics has been a subject of fascinating investigation in
the last three centuries by a large number of eminent scientists. With
the advent of modern technologies (Personal Computers, Internet and
specialized software like MATLAB), new methods and tools for the
solution of problems encountered in Optics are now available. Written
with the student of Physics and Engineering in mind, this textbook
shows how to solve the typical examination questions. In addition the
author has included the solutions of many real and difficult problems
encountered by the practicing Physicists and Engineers. The book is
liberally and beautifully illustrated with diagrams from the MATHLAB
software.
Readers can refer to MATLAB scripts using a complementary
virtual booklet (www.optics-as.com) that will also include corrections,
to unavoidable errors present in this book, supplementary problems, and
readers' suggestions.
Contents:
- Reflection and Refraction
- Lenses
- Polarization
- Interference
- Diffraction
- Photons and Moving Light Sources
- Appendices:
- Fourier Series and Integrals
- Superposition of Plane Harmonic Waves
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