The Light Fantastic: A Modern Introduction to Classical and Quantum Optics

by Ian R. Kenyon

Book Overview

This book presents a thorough and self-contained introduction to modern optics, covering in full the three components ray optics, wave optics, and quantum optics. The text covers all that would be needed over a comprehensive course in optics at the advanced undergraduate or beginning graduate level. Digital cameras, LCD screens, aircraft laser gyroscopes, and the optical fibre-based internet illustrate the penetration of optics in twenty-first century...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198566468
• ISBN13: 9780198566465
• Release Date: March 2008
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 654 Pages
• Weight: 3.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 9.6" x 7.5"