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Fundamentals of optics
- Title
- Fundamentals of optics / Francis A. Jenkins, Harvey E. White.
- Author
- Jenkins, Francis A. (Francis Arthur), 1899-1960.
- Publication
- New York : McGraw-Hill, 1957.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | 8270.499.12 | Off-site |
Details
- Additional Authors
- White, Harvey Elliott, 1902-1988.
- Description
- vii, 637 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Subject
- Note
- First ed. published in 1937 under title: Fundamentals of physical optics.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- pt. I. Geometrical optics. Light rays -- Plane surfaces -- Spherical surfaces -- Thin lenses -- Thick lenses -- Spherical mirrors -- The effects of stops -- Ray tracing -- Lens aberrations -- Optical instruments -- pt. II. Physical optics. Light waves -- The superpostition of waves -- Interference of two beams of light -- Interference involving multiple reflections -- Fraunhofer diffraction by a single opening -- The double slit -- The diffraction grating -- Fresnel diffraction -- The velocity of light -- The electromagnetic character of light -- sources of light and their spectra -- Absorption and scattering -- Dispersion -- The polarization of light -- Reflection -- Double refraction -- Interference of polarized light -- Optical activity -- Magneto-optics and electro-optics -- pt. III. Quantum optics. Photons.
- LCCN
- 56012535
- OCLC
- ocm00234978
- 234978
- SCSB-1909788
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library