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Theoretical optics : an introduction
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Theoretical optics : an introduction

Author: H Römer
Publisher: Weinheim : Wiley-VCH ; [Chichester : John Wiley, distributor], ©2009.
Edition/Format:   Book : English : 2nd, revised and enlarged edView all editions and formats
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Starting from basic electrodynamics, this volume provides a solid, yet very concise introduction to theoretical optics including such topics as quantum optics, the interaction between light and matter or nonlinear phenomena.
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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: H Römer
ISBN: 9783527407767 3527407766
OCLC Number: 246886705
Notes: Previous ed.: 2005.
Description: xvi, 372 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Contents: A short survey of the history of optics --
The electrodynamics of continuous media --
Linear waves in homogeneous media --
Crystal optics --
Electro-, magneto-, and elastooptical phenomena --
Foundations of nonlinear optics --
Short-wave asymptotics --
Geometrical optics --
Geometric theory of caustics --
Diffraction theory --
Holography --
Coherence theory --
Quantum states of the electromagnetic field --
Detection of radiation fields --
Interaction of radiation and matter --
Quantum optics and fundamental quantum theory.
Responsibility: Hartmann Römer.

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