Revised and expanded second edition of 2003. Slight wear from handling to the sturdy covers, with bumping to the corners. Pages clean and unmarked. xvi, [2], 653pp. 10.5 x 7.25".

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Title

Polarized Light, Revised and Expanded

Publisher

Marcel Decker

Publication Date

2003

Language

English

ISBN 10

082474053X

ISBN 13

9780824740535

Binding

Hardcover

Edition

2nd Edition.

Condition

Very Good

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Polarized Light, Second Edition explores polarized light, its production, and its use, facilitating self-study without prior knowledge of Maxwell's equations. This comprehensive second edition includes more than 2500 thoroughly updated figures and equations for easier understanding and application across various industries. It features new chapters on polarization by refraction and reflection, polarization elements, anisotropic materials, Stokes polarimetry, Mueller matrix polarimetry, the mathematics of the Mueller matrix. This edition also offers updated and expanded material on the derivation of the Fresnel equations with plots of the magnitude and phase of the reflection coefficients.

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Acta Physica Slovaca!
...an important reference source for people working in the field....[contains] good coverage of the subject and a generous collection of references.
-Optics & Photonics News

...Workers in this field will get the most benefit from the book since such complete and clear discussions are not available in textbooks.
-Indian Journal of Physics

...the book has a distinctly readable quality. This is achieved by the rigorous use of introductory and summary sections that top and tail all the discrete subjects covered....

...an authoritative account of the emergence of modern optics which any science student should find interesting.
-Optics and Lasers in Engineering

...an essential reference.
-Optik

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