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,
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This is a translation of the fifth Dutch edition (1974) of a classic volume about light and vision. An English translation (1940) of the first (1937) edition is available, but it has only poorly repr
Moire fringe techniques have expanded considerably over the past decade and are now established as important metrological tools. The main reason for this flourishing expansion is the use of the moire
Classic work presents Conrady's complete system of optical design. Part One covers all ordinary ray-tracing methods, together with the complete theory of primary aberration and as much of higher aberr
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There has recently been a rapid growth of activity in nonlinear optics. Effects such as frequency doubling, stimulated Raman scattering, phase conjugation and solitons are of great interest both for their fundamental properties and their many important applications in science and engineering. It is mainly these applications - especially in telecommunications and information processing - that have stimulated the recent surge of activity. This book is a self contained account of the most important principles of nonlinear optics. Assuming only a familiarity with basic mathematics, the fundamentals of nonlinear optics are fully developed from basic concepts. The essential quantum mechanical apparatus is introduced and explained. In later chapters the underlying ideas are illustrated by discussing particular experimental configurations and materials. This book will be an invaluable introduction to the field for beginning graduates in physics or engineering, and will provide an excellent ov
Students and professionals alike have long felt the need of a modern source of practical advice on the use of optical tools in scientific research. Walter T. Welford's Useful Optics meets this need. W
This classic study, available for the first time in paperback, clearly demonstrates how quantum theory is a natural development of wave theory, and how these two theories, once thought to be irreconci
A text for senior undergraduate or beginning graduate students, as well as practicing engineers, that bridges the gap between specialist papers and the use of GTD in practical problems. It introduces
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The authors present a clear and comprehensive account of the basic principles involved in all quantum optical resonance phenomena. The text is directed to graduate students and research physicists, an
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