Providing a picture of modern physical optics as an expert would see it, this clear exposition of the most useful ideas of optics will be accessible to undergraduate students. This textbook covers both classical and modern optics and is based on a course offered by Moscow State University in recent years - the main objective of which was to provide a comprehensive presentation of the fundamentals of the subject. Containing a much higher proportion of topical material than conventional textbooks the contents include electromagnetic theory of light, optical radiation physics and the physics of interaction of radiation with matter. Among the contemporary topics discussed most comprehensively are lasers, nonlinear optics, and new methods of optical spectroscopy.

About the Author
Akhmanov deceased.

Reviews
The quality of this book is really on a high standard and on a pedagogical high level... It will provide a comprehensive overview of the fundamentals within this wide field... What I esteem highly of this present book is the excellent print and the well drawn figures, as well as many small important physical remarks distributed all over the texts... I can recommend this work to students in physics, engineering and natural sciences as well as a good reference for experts. * Optik No. 2 (1997) *



Book Information
ISBN 9780198517955
Author S. A. Akhmanov
Format Hardback
Page Count 504
Imprint Oxford University Press
Publisher Oxford University Press
Weight(grams) 1067g
Dimensions(mm) 247mm * 172mm * 31mm