Principles of optics : electromagnetic theory of propagation, interference and diffraction of light / Max Born and Emil Wolf

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, c1999Edition: Seventh (Expanded) editionDescription: xxviii, 808 pages : illustrations ; 26 cmISBN:
  • 521642221
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • QC 355 .B67 1999
Contents:
Front Cover; Principles of Optics: Electromagnetic Theory of Propagation, Interference and Diffraction of Light; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER I. BASIC PROPERTIES OF THE ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; 1.1. The Electromagnetic Field; 1.2. The Wave Equation and the Velocity of Light; 1.3. Scalar Waves; 1.4. Vector Waves; 1.5. Reflection and Refraction of a Plane Wave; 1.6. Wave Propagation in a Stratified Medium. Theory of Dielectric Films; CHAPTER II. ELECTROMAGNETIC POTENTIALS AND POLARIZATION; 2.1. The Electrodynamic Potentials in the Vacuum. 2.2. Polarization and Magnetization2.3. The Lorentz-Lorenz Formula and Elementary Dispersion Theory; 2.4. Propagation of Electromagnetic Waves Treated by Integral Equations; CHAPTER III. FOUNDATIONS OF GEOMETRICAL OPTICS; 3.1. Approximation for Very Short Wavelengths; 3.2. General Properties of Rays; 3.3. Other Basic Theorems of Geometrical Optics; CHAPTER IV. GEOMETRICAL THEORY OF OPTICAL IMAGING; 4.1. The Characteristic Functions of Hamilton; 4.2. Perfect Imaging; 4.3. Projective Transformation (Collineation) with Axial Symmetry; 4.4. Gaussian Optics. 4.5. Stigmatic Imaging with Wide-angle Pencils4.6. Astigmatic Pencils of Rays; 4.7. Chromatic Aberration. Dispersion by a Prism; 4.8. Photometry and Apertures; 4.9. Ray Tracing; 4.10. Design of Aspheric Surfaces; CHAPTER V. GEOMETRICAL THEORY OF ABERRATIONS; 5.1. Wave and Ray Aberrations ; the Aberration Function; 5.2. The Perturbation Eikonal of Schwarzschild; 5.3. The Primary (Seidel) Aberrations; 5.4. Addition Theorem for the Primary Aberrations; 5.5. The Primary Aberration Coefficients of a General Centred Lens System; 5.6. Example : The Primary Aberrations of a Thin Lens. 5.7. The Chromatic Aberration of a General Centred Lens SystemCHAPTER VI. IMAGE-FORMING INSTRUMENTS; 6.1. The Eye; 6.2. The Camera; 6.3. The Refracting Telescope; 6.4. The Reflecting Telescope; 6.5. Instruments of Illumination; 6.6. The Microscope; CHAPTER VII. ELEMENTS OF THE THEORY OF INTERFERENCE AND INTERFEROMETERS; 7.1. Introduction; 7.2. Interference of Two Monochromatic Waves; 7.3. Two-beam Interference : Division of Wave-front; 7.4. Standing Waves; 7.5. Two-beam Interference: Division of Amplitude; 7.6. Multiple-beam Interference. 7.7. The Comparison of Wavelengths with the Standard MetreCHAPTER VIII. ELEMENTS OF THE THEORY OF DIFFRACTION; 8.1. Introduction; 8.2. The Huygens-Fresnel Principle; 8.3. Kirchhoff's Diffraction Theory; 8.4. Transition to a Scalar Theory; 8.5. Fraunhofer Diffraction at Apertures of Various Forms; 8.6. Fraunhofer Diffraction in Optical Instruments; 8.7. Fresnel Diffraction at a Straight Edge; 8.8. The Three-dimensional Light Distribution near Focus; 8.9. The Boundary Diffraction Wave; 8.10. Gabor's Method of Imaging by Reconstructed Wave-fronts(Holography).
Summary: Principles of Optics is one of the classic science books of the twentieth century, and probably the most influential book in optics published in the past forty years. This edition has been thoroughly revised and updated, with new material covering the CAT scan, interference with broad-band light and the so-called Rayleigh-Sommerfeld diffraction theory. This edition also details scattering from inhomogeneous media and presents an account of the principles of diffraction tomography to which Emil Wolf has made a basic contribution. Several new appendices are also included. This new edition will be invaluable to advanced undergraduates, graduate students and researchers working in most areas of optics.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Front Cover; Principles of Optics: Electromagnetic Theory of Propagation, Interference and Diffraction of Light; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER I. BASIC PROPERTIES OF THE ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; 1.1. The Electromagnetic Field; 1.2. The Wave Equation and the Velocity of Light; 1.3. Scalar Waves; 1.4. Vector Waves; 1.5. Reflection and Refraction of a Plane Wave; 1.6. Wave Propagation in a Stratified Medium. Theory of Dielectric Films; CHAPTER II. ELECTROMAGNETIC POTENTIALS AND POLARIZATION; 2.1. The Electrodynamic Potentials in the Vacuum. 2.2. Polarization and Magnetization2.3. The Lorentz-Lorenz Formula and Elementary Dispersion Theory; 2.4. Propagation of Electromagnetic Waves Treated by Integral Equations; CHAPTER III. FOUNDATIONS OF GEOMETRICAL OPTICS; 3.1. Approximation for Very Short Wavelengths; 3.2. General Properties of Rays; 3.3. Other Basic Theorems of Geometrical Optics; CHAPTER IV. GEOMETRICAL THEORY OF OPTICAL IMAGING; 4.1. The Characteristic Functions of Hamilton; 4.2. Perfect Imaging; 4.3. Projective Transformation (Collineation) with Axial Symmetry; 4.4. Gaussian Optics. 4.5. Stigmatic Imaging with Wide-angle Pencils4.6. Astigmatic Pencils of Rays; 4.7. Chromatic Aberration. Dispersion by a Prism; 4.8. Photometry and Apertures; 4.9. Ray Tracing; 4.10. Design of Aspheric Surfaces; CHAPTER V. GEOMETRICAL THEORY OF ABERRATIONS; 5.1. Wave and Ray Aberrations ; the Aberration Function; 5.2. The Perturbation Eikonal of Schwarzschild; 5.3. The Primary (Seidel) Aberrations; 5.4. Addition Theorem for the Primary Aberrations; 5.5. The Primary Aberration Coefficients of a General Centred Lens System; 5.6. Example : The Primary Aberrations of a Thin Lens. 5.7. The Chromatic Aberration of a General Centred Lens SystemCHAPTER VI. IMAGE-FORMING INSTRUMENTS; 6.1. The Eye; 6.2. The Camera; 6.3. The Refracting Telescope; 6.4. The Reflecting Telescope; 6.5. Instruments of Illumination; 6.6. The Microscope; CHAPTER VII. ELEMENTS OF THE THEORY OF INTERFERENCE AND INTERFEROMETERS; 7.1. Introduction; 7.2. Interference of Two Monochromatic Waves; 7.3. Two-beam Interference : Division of Wave-front; 7.4. Standing Waves; 7.5. Two-beam Interference: Division of Amplitude; 7.6. Multiple-beam Interference. 7.7. The Comparison of Wavelengths with the Standard MetreCHAPTER VIII. ELEMENTS OF THE THEORY OF DIFFRACTION; 8.1. Introduction; 8.2. The Huygens-Fresnel Principle; 8.3. Kirchhoff's Diffraction Theory; 8.4. Transition to a Scalar Theory; 8.5. Fraunhofer Diffraction at Apertures of Various Forms; 8.6. Fraunhofer Diffraction in Optical Instruments; 8.7. Fresnel Diffraction at a Straight Edge; 8.8. The Three-dimensional Light Distribution near Focus; 8.9. The Boundary Diffraction Wave; 8.10. Gabor's Method of Imaging by Reconstructed Wave-fronts(Holography).

Principles of Optics is one of the classic science books of the twentieth century, and probably the most influential book in optics published in the past forty years. This edition has been thoroughly revised and updated, with new material covering the CAT scan, interference with broad-band light and the so-called Rayleigh-Sommerfeld diffraction theory. This edition also details scattering from inhomogeneous media and presents an account of the principles of diffraction tomography to which Emil Wolf has made a basic contribution. Several new appendices are also included. This new edition will be invaluable to advanced undergraduates, graduate students and researchers working in most areas of optics.

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