TY - BOOK AU - Jenkins,Francis A. AU - White,Harvey Elliott TI - Fundamentals of optics SN - 0070323305 AV - QC355.2 .J46 1976 U1 - 621.3691 PY - 1976/// CY - New York PB - McGraw-Hill KW - Optics N1 - First ed. published in 1937 under title: Fundamentals of physical optics. Online version: Jenkins, Francis A. (Francis Arthur), 1899-1960. Fundamentals of optics. New York : McGraw-Hill, c1976 (OCoLC)566201896; Includes index; TOC; pt. I. Geometrical optics. Properties of light -- Plane surfaces and prisms -- Spherical surfaces -- Thin lenses -- Thick lenses -- Spherical mirrors -- The effects of stops -- Ray tracing -- Lens aberrations -- Optical instruments -- pt. II. Wave optics. Vibrations and waves -- The superposition 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 speed 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 and modern wave optics -- pt. III. Quantum optics. Light quanta and their origin -- Lasers -- Holography -- Magneto-optics and electro-optics -- The dual nature of light; ETE UR - http://www.worldcat.org/title/fundamentals-of-optics/oclc/2123737&referer=brief_results UR - http://lib.ewubd.edu/ebook/3495 ER -