Clear, accessible guide requires little prior knowledge and considers just two topics: paraxial imaging and polarization. Lucid discussions of paraxial imaging properties of a centered optical system, optical resonators and laser beam propagation, matrices in polarization optics and propagation of light through crystals, much more. 60 illustrations. Appendixes. Bibliography.
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Introduction to Modern Optics by Grant R. Fowles A complete basic undergraduate course in modern optics for students in physics, technology and engineering. The first half deals with classical physical optics; the second, quantum nature of light. Solutions.
Optics: The Science of Vision by Vasco Ronchi Unorthodox view of optics by world-renowned scientist covers 17th-century optics, optical systems, acuity of vision, optical image, elements of wave motion, much more. Translated by Edward Rosen. 106 black-and-white illustrations.
