Optics

Author: Yi Ming
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Publish Date: 2002-09-06
Features: This book is a research outcome of the "Reform Plan for Teaching Content and Curriculum Systems in Higher Education Towards the 21st Century" by the Ministry of Education. It is a "21st Century Curriculum Textbook," a national key textbook for the "9th Five-Year Plan" in general higher education, and a "9th Five-Year Plan" teaching guidance textbook for physics and astronomy under the Ministry of Education's Committee. To adapt to the rapid development of the optics discipline since the invention of lasers in the 1960s, the book introduces the basic physical content of modern optics while elaborating on classical optics. The book is divided into two parts, totaling 10 chapters.
Part I focuses on classical optics, covering 6 chapters: Electromagnetic Waves and the Speed of Light, Geometrical Optics, Superposition of Light Waves, Coherence of Light, Transverse Nature of Light, and Fundamentals of Crystal Optics.
Part II discusses the interaction between light and matter and briefly introduces the basics of modern photonics, covering 4 chapters: Dispersion, Absorption, and Scattering of Light, Electro-Optic and Magneto-Optic Effects, Lasers, and an Introduction to Modern Photonics.
The book intersperses several thought-provoking questions and small experiments for outside class to inspire readers to think actively, practice hands-on, and explore independently. This book can serve as a textbook or teaching reference for physics majors in higher education institutions, as well as a reference for relevant science and technology professionals.