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- Clear explanation of difficult fundamental concepts
- Coverage of new topics in physical optics
- Exhaustive treatment of sampling theory and its application
- Introduction of a novel technique based on ray tracing
- Many informative figures and diagrams
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Electromagnetism
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Front Matter
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Geometrical Optics
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Front Matter
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Physical Optics
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Front Matter
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Fourier’s Optics
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Front Matter
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Propagation
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
This textbook provides a sound foundation in physical optics by covering key concepts in a rigorous but accessible manner. Propagation of electromagnetic waves is examined from multiple perspectives, with explanation of which viewpoints and methods are best suited to different situations. After an introduction to the theory of electromagnetism, reflection, refraction, and dispersion, topics such as geometrical optics, interference, diffraction, coherence, laser beams, polarization, crystallography, and anisotropy are closely examined. Optical elements, including lenses, mirrors, prisms, classical and Fabry-Perot interferometers, resonant cavities, multilayer dielectric structures, interference and spatial filters, diffraction gratings, polarizers, and birefringent plates, are treated in depth. The coverage also encompasses such seldom-covered topics as modeling of general astigmatism via 4x4 matrices, FFT-based numerical methods, and bianisotropy, with a relativistic treatment of optical activity and the Faraday and Fresnel-Fizeau effects. Finally, the history of optics is discussed.
Keywords
- Physical Optics graduate textbook
- Historical notes on electromagnetism
- Historical notes from Empedoklēs to Huygens
- Propagation properties in geometrical optics
- Fresnel and Fraunhofer diffraction
- Jones calculus
- Historical notes from Fourier to Fizeau
- Fabry-Perot
- Kirchhoff integral
- FFT
- optical transfer function
- ABCD law
- Lyot filter
Authors and Affiliations
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European Laboratory for Non-Linear Spectroscopy (LENS), Istituto Nazionale di Ottica—Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (INO-CNR), Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
Giovanni Giusfredi
About the author
Giovanni Giusfredi is currently a senior associate at INO-CNR, having retired in 2016 from INO, where he had been a lead researcher for almost 30 years. He remains actively involved in research and collaborates with colleagues at the European Laboratory for Non-linear Spectroscopy. He is also a founding member of CNR ppqSense. His research interests are wide ranging and he has coauthored more than 220 titles, including 71 articles in international journals. He is skilled and experienced in the teaching of Physical Optics and the History of Optics.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Physical Optics
Book Subtitle: Concepts, Optical Elements, and Techniques
Authors: Giovanni Giusfredi
Series Title: UNITEXT for Physics
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-25279-3
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-25278-6Published: 28 November 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-25281-6Published: 28 November 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-25279-3Published: 12 November 2019
Series ISSN: 2198-7882
Series E-ISSN: 2198-7890
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXX, 933
Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations
Topics: Optics, Lasers, Photonics, Optical Devices, Classical Electrodynamics, Quantum Optics, Magnetism, Magnetic Materials, Optical and Electronic Materials, Microwaves, RF and Optical Engineering