Optics and Photonics: An Introduction

F. Graham Smith and Terry King

ISBN 10: 0471489255 / ISBN 13: 9780471489252

Published by Wiley, 2000

About this Item

Blue softcover, 439 pages,Small quarto, 900g. No dustwrapper as issued. From the library of Emlyn Roy Davies (1940-2024) Emeritus Professor of Physics at Royal Holloway University of London.

Seller Inventory # 001360

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Optics and Photonics: An Introduction
• Publisher: Wiley
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0471489255
• ISBN 13: 9780471489252
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good

About this title

Synopsis

This new book presents an introduction to the essential elements of optics and photonics. Optics as a subject, has evolved dramatically in recent years, and is now an essential part of many science and engineering disciplines as well as being commonly found throughout everyday life.

From the Back Cover

Optics is a subject that touches every part of life and one that has evolved dramatically in recent years. Optics and Photonics: An Introduction brings together in one book both the basics of the subject and an introduction to recent developments and applications. Although emphasis is placed on an understanding of the fundamentals, many diverse applications have been included to highlight the relevance and importance of optics in everyday life. Carefully structured, the reader is led from first principles and theories through to diffraction and properties of interference, and then on to more advanced and interesting concepts and applications. Optics and Photonics An Introduction
* Provides a thorough introduction to this rapidly developing and increasingly diverse subject.
* Is a balanced introduction both to geometric optics, diffraction, interferometry and spectroscopy, and to photonics including lasers, optical fibres, holography, semiconductor optics and optics in nature.
* Includes many examples, applications and problems.
This textbook is an essential, modern introduction to the field of optics and photonics, and will be of interest to all science and engineering students.