Optics and photonics an introduction
F. Graham Smith and Terry A. King.
- Chichester New York Wiley c2000.
- xiv, 439 p. ill. (some col.) 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Light as waves, rays and photons -- Geometric optics -- Optical instruments -- Periodic and non-periodic waves -- Electromagnetic waves -- Polarization of light -- Interference and Fraunhofer diffraction -- Fresnel diffraction -- Interference by division of amplitude -- The diffraction grating and its applications -- Interferometry: length and angle -- Prism and grating spectrometers -- High resolution spectrometry -- Coherence and correlation -- Lasers -- Semiconductors and semiconductor lasers -- Laser light -- Fibre optics -- Holography -- Radiation, scattering and refraction -- The detection of light -- Optics and photonics in nature.