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Physical Optics: Concepts, Optical Elements, and Techniques (UNITEXT for Physics) by Giovanni Giusfredi is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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"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"--Back cover

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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.

Author
Giovanni Giusfredi
Publisher
Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer
Published
2019
Language
EN
ISBN
9783030252793
Category
nonfiction
Subjects
Engineering, Science, Physics

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