TY - BOOK AU - Ghatak, Ajoy TI - Optics SN - 9789390113590 U1 - 535 PY - 2021/// CY - India PB - Mc GrawHill N1 - Chapter 1: What is Light: A Brief History PART 1 Geometrical Optics Chapter 2: Fermat’s Principle and its Applications Chapter 3: Refraction and Reflection by Spherical Surfaces Chapter 4: The Matrix Method in Paraxial Optics Chapter 5: Aberrations PART 2 Wave Optics Chapter 6: Simple Harmonic Motion, Forced Vibrations and Origin of Refractive Index Chapter 7: Fourier Series and Applications Chapter 8: The Dirac Delta Function and Fourier Transforms Chapter 9: Wave Propagation and the Wave Equation Chapter 10: Huygens’ Principle and its Applications Chapter 11: Group Velocity and Pulse Dispersion Chapter 12: Superposition of Waves Chapter 13: Two Beam Interference by Division of Wavefront Chapter 14: Interference by Division of Amplitude Chapter 15: Multiple Beam Interferometry Chapter 16: Coherence Chapter 17: Fraunhofer Diffraction I Chapter 18: Fraunhofer Diffraction II and Fourier Optics Chapter 19: Fresnel Diffraction Chapter 20: Holography Chapter 21: Polarization and Double Refraction Chapter 22: Electromagnetic Waves Chapter 23: Reflection and Refraction of Electromagnetic Waves PART 3 Quantum Theory Chapter 24: Particle Nature of Radiation: The Photon Chapter 25: Bohr Atom and Line Spectra of Atoms Chapter 26: Quantum Theory and Entanglement PART 4 Lasers & Fiber Optics Chapter 27: Lasers: An Introduction Chapter 28: Fiber Optics l: Basics Using Ray Optics Chapter 29: Fiber Optics II: Basic Waveguide Theory and Concept of Modes Chapter 30: Fiber Optics III: Single Mode Fibers PART 5 Special Theory of Relativity Chapter 31: The Mass Energy Relation: E = mc2 Chapter 32: Special Theory of Relativity I: Time Dilation and Length Contraction Chapter 33: Special Theory of Relativity II: Lorentz Transformations N2 - OPTICS by Professor Ghatak is a classic text designed to provide a comprehensive account of important topics in this exciting fi¬eld. The book aims to meet the requirements of a course on Optics for undergraduate students of Science and Engineering. This brand new multi-colour edition comes with a number of careful revisions in the text and colourful illustrations, thus making it even more exciting and reader friendly ER -