Optical Physics - Softcover

Lipson, Stephen G.; Lipson, Henry; Tannhauser, David Stefan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521436311 ISBN 13: 9780521436311

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1995

Synopsis

Optical science, the science that studies the nature of light, can be approached from several different angles. In this third edition of a successful and well-established text, the author focuses on physical and geometrical optics. The text is based largely on Fourier analysis and shows how this method can be used to describe wave propagation and diffraction and their applications to imaging, microscopy, X-ray crystallography, radio-astronomy, and communication. Several new sections have been added, including discussions of super-resolved imaging (near field and confocal microscopy), phase-retrieval in optical and X-ray diffraction, phase-conjugate imaging, astronomical speckle masking, and squeezed-light interferometry. Throughout, the subject matter is developed by a combination of unsophisticated mathematics and physical intuition. The very broad range of subjects treated, together with the inclusion of many problems and over 300 diagrams and photographs, will make the book of great use to undergraduate and graduate students of physics, and to anyone working in the field of optical science.

About this title

Book Description:

The third edition of an established text focuses on physical and geometrical optics. Based largely on Fourier analysis, it shows how this method can be used to describe wave propagation and diffraction and their applications to imaging, microscopy, X-ray crystallography, radio-astronomy and communication.

About the Author:

Ariel Lipson is Senior Physicist at BrightView Systems Ltd, Israel. He has contributed to three successful start-up companies in optics, which have influenced several of the topics discussed in this book.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0521436311
• ISBN 13: 9780521436311
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 516