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States, waves, and photons : a modern introduction to light
- Title
- States, waves, and photons : a modern introduction to light / Joseph W. Simmons and Mark J. Guttmann.
- Author
- Simmons, Joseph W.
- Publication
- Reading, Mass. : Addison-Wesley Pub. Co., 1970.
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Guttmann, Mark J., 1924-
- Description
- xi, 279 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.
- Series Statement
- Addison-Wesley series in physics
- Uniform Title
- Addison-Wesley series in physics.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 274-275) and index.
- Contents
- Matrix optics -- The experimental evidence -- The representation and production of states -- The Stokes parameters -- The methods of quantum mechanics -- Diffraction and image formation -- The electromagnetic field and coherence -- the momentum space representation -- Angular momentum -- Appendix I. Matrix algebra -- Appendix II. Jones and Mueller matrices -- Appendix III. Conventions for polarization states -- Appendix IV. The Dirac delta function -- Appendix V. Useful vector identities -- Appendix VI. Momentum space representations of linear momentum and angular momentum -- Appendix VII. Integrals of the Gaussian distribution.
- ISBN
- 020107012X
- 9780201070125
- LCCN
- 73102998
- OCLC
- ocm00115060
- 115060
- SCSB-2046464
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library