OPTICS [electronic resource] /

This second edition covers some of the latest developments in the field of optics. A brief historical introduction to the subject and a discussion on the nature of light is followed by traditional topics like ray tracing, interference, diffraction, polarization, reflection, refraction and propagation of electromagnetic waves etc. The book also discusses some of the modern aspects of optics such as the matrix method in geometrical optics, holography, self - focusing, spatial frequency filtering, fibre optics, lasers and speckles. The chapters on Fermat`s Principles and Lasers have been completely revised and expanded. Three new chapters on reflection and refraction by spherical surfaces, fibre optics and speckles have been added in this new edition. The book would ideally meet the requirements of undergraduate and postgraduate students of Physics. Students of electrical engineering, mechanical engineering as well as those in research cells of industries involved in the fabrication and application of lasers would also find the book useful.