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    OPTICS
    Problems and Solutions

    by Antonio Siciliano (University of Bari, Italy)

    Table of Contents (98k)
    Preface (94k)
    Chapter 1: Reflection and Refraction (1,017k)

    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
     
    Readership: Undergraduates in physics and optical engineering preparing for an optics examination, and professionals in the lens and optical instrument business.
     
    “Students in optics would find this to be a useful additional text to have examples of many solved problems.”
    IEEE Electrical Insulation Magazine
     
    “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
     
    296pp    Pub. date: Apr 2006  
    ISBN:   978-981-256-796-3
    981-256-796-8
       US$80 / £52

     


    296pp    Pub. date: Apr 2006  
    ISBN:   978-981-256-842-7(pbk)
    981-256-842-5(pbk)
       US$39 / £25

     


     

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