Optics 7th Edition: Multicolour Edition

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A classic text, Optics by Professor Ghats offers a comprehensive exploration of this exciting field. This edition, designed for undergraduate science and engineering students, has been carefully revised and enhanced with colourful illustrations to make it even more engaging and user-friendly. Key features include an introductory prologue on the significance of light study post-lasers, a new chapter on Bohr theory of the Atom with spectroscopy applications, and thorough coverage of essential topics such as geometrical optics, vibrations and waves, polarization, interference, diffraction, lasers, and holography. The book also updates content on electromagnetic wave propagation, anisotropic media, fiber optics, and lasers, alongside simplified derivations of the famous equation e = Mc² and the special theory of relativity. Quantum theory, including the EPR paradox and entanglement, is also explored.

About the Author

Ajoy Ghatak is currently Meghnad Saha Distinguished Professor of The National Academy of Sciences India, Prayagraj. He received his BSc from Agra College, MSc from Delhi University and PhD from Cornell University. He was a Research Associate at Brookhaven National Laboratory. He joined IIT Delhi in 1966 where he became a Professor in 1974. He received DSc (Honoris Causa) from University of Burdwan in 2007. His research interests are in Fiber Optics & Quantum Mechanics.

9789390113590 ISBN
Science & Mathematics