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OverviewA thorough introduction to modern classical and quantum optics, appropriate for advanced undergraduates or beginning graduates. The emphasis is on building an understanding in straightforward steps. Digital cameras, LCD screens, laser welding, and the optical fibre-based internet illustrate the penetration of optics in twenty-first century life: many such modern applications are presented from first principles. Self-contained themes covered in the book include: - Paraxial ray optics for devices including matrix methods and aberrations.- Interference, coherence and interferometry. - Diffraction, spectrometry and Gaussian optics. - Fourier optics, holography and information processing. - Astronomical telescopes, adaptive optics and aperture synthesis. - Maxwell's theory; scattering, absorption and dispersion in bulk materials; multilayer filters. - Quantum phenomena, wave-particle duality and the uncertainty principle. - Schroedinger's analysis of spectra, photon properties. - Laser principles; He:Ne to MQW lasers and applications. - Detectors: photodiodes, CCDs, PMs and image intensifiers; response, noise and linearity. - Fibre optics: single mode fibre analysis; the modern data highway; fibre sensors. - Photon-atom interactions, optical cooling and optical clocks. - Second quantization, photon correlations, SPDC, entanglement.This thoroughly revised and updated edition includes new coverage of photonic crystals and Bloch waves, as well as quantum dots and microcavities. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Ian Kenyon (School of Physics and Astrophysics, University of Birmingham, UK)Publisher: Oxford University Press Imprint: Oxford University Press Edition: 2nd Revised edition Dimensions: Width: 18.90cm , Height: 3.70cm , Length: 24.50cm Weight: 1.582kg ISBN: 9780199584604ISBN 10: 0199584605 Pages: 734 Publication Date: 11 November 2010 Audience: College/higher education , Undergraduate Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of Contents1: Introduction 2: Reflection and refraction at plane surfaces 3: Spherical mirrors and lenses 4: Optical Instruments 5: Interference effects and interferometers 6: Diffraction 7: Fourier optics 8: Astronomical telescopes 9: Classical electromagnetic theory 10: Polarization 11: Scattering, absorption and dispersion 12: The quantum nature of light and matter 13: Quantum mechanics and the atom 14: Lasers 15: Detectors 16: Optical Fibres 17: Photonic crystals 18: Quantum interactions 19: The quantized electromagnetic field 20: Quantum dots, optical cavities and cryptographyReviews`This will I am sure be found to be an invaluable textbook.' P.W. Hawkes, Ultramicroscopy `Review from previous edition The well designed illustrations, strongly linked to the discussion, the clear definition of terms and the easy to follow derivations of key equations make this an excellent choice for a graduate optics course. It is also an appropriate choice for advanced undergraduates. This highly recommended modern textbook can both explain the principles and applications of modern optics and stimulate creative minds.' Barry R. Masters, Optics and Photonics News `Review from previous edition This book presents a thorough and self-contained introduction to modern optics, covering in full the three components of ray optics, wave optics and quantum optics. Digital cameras, LCD screens, aircraft laser gyroscopes and the optical-fibre-based internet illustrate the penetration of optics into 21st-century life.' CERN Courier Review from previous edition This book presents a thorough and self-contained introduction to modern optics, covering in full the three components of ray optics, wave optics and quantum optics. Digital cameras, LCD screens, aircraft laser gyroscopes and the optical-fibre-based internet illustrate the penetration of optics into 21st-century life. * CERN Courier * Review from previous edition The well designed illustrations, strongly linked to the discussion, the clear definition of terms and the easy to follow derivations of key equations make this an excellent choice for a graduate optics course. It is also an appropriate choice for advanced undergraduates. This highly recommended modern textbook can both explain the principles and applications of modern optics and stimulate creative minds. * Barry R. Masters, Optics and Photonics News * This will I am sure be found to be an invaluable textbook. * P.W. Hawkes, Ultramicroscopy * This will I am sure be found to be an invaluable textbook. P.W. Hawkes, Ultramicroscopy Review from previous edition The well designed illustrations, strongly linked to the discussion, the clear definition of terms and the easy to follow derivations of key equations make this an excellent choice for a graduate optics course. It is also an appropriate choice for advanced undergraduates. This highly recommended modern textbook can both explain the principles and applications of modern optics and stimulate creative minds. Barry R. Masters, Optics and Photonics News Review from previous edition This book presents a thorough and self-contained introduction to modern optics, covering in full the three components of ray optics, wave optics and quantum optics. Digital cameras, LCD screens, aircraft laser gyroscopes and the optical-fibre-based internet illustrate the penetration of optics into 21st-century life. CERN Courier Author InformationIan Kenyon has been a Research Associate at Oxford University, Northwestern University and Brookhaven National Laboratory, and subsequently Lecturer, Senior Lecturer and Reader at Birmingham University. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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