TY - BOOK AU - Hecht,Eugene TI - Optics: Eugene Hecht SN - 9781292096933 U1 - 535 23 PY - 2017/// CY - England PB - Pearson KW - Optics N1 - Global edition; Includes bibliographical references and index; 1. A brief history -- 2. Wave motion -- 3. Electromagnetic theory, photons, and light -- 4. The propagation of light -- 5. Geometrical optics -- 6. More on geometrical optics -- 7. The duperposition of waves -- 8. Polarization -- 9. Interference -- 10. Diffraction -- 11. Fourier optics -- 12. Basics of coherence Theory -- 13. Modern optics: lasers and other topics -- Appendices. N2 - Optics, Fifth Edition is distinguished by three core imperatives: up-to-date content in line with the ever-evolving technological advances in the Optics field; a modern approach to discourse including studies on photons, phasors, and theory; and improvements and revisions to the previous edition’s pedagogy including over one hundred new worked examples ER -