Optics, Volume 1 and Volume 2

Author: Zhao Kaizhao
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Publish Date: 2003-08-01
Features: This book is revised and supplemented based on the lecture notes by the author when teaching optics courses at the Department of Physics, Peking University. The book is rich in content, with a focus on wave optics, and connects modern transformation optics with traditional optics through the concept of "wavefront," reflecting the modern aspects of this discipline. It includes numerous thought questions and exercises. The book is divided into two volumes. The main content of the first volume: geometrical optics, basic principles of wave optics, interference devices, and the temporal and spatial coherence of light fields. The main content of the second volume: diffraction gratings, Fourier transform optics, holography, the propagation of light in crystals, light absorption, dispersion, and scattering, the quantum nature of light, and lasers. This book can be used as a textbook for optics courses in physics programs at universities and colleges, and can also serve as a reference for teachers, students, and engineering professionals in related fields.