TY - BOOK AU - Ghatak, Ajoy TI - Optics SN - 9789355328595 U1 - R 535 GHA(OPT)Ed8 PY - 2025/// CY - Chennai PB - McGraw Hill KW - Optics N1 - Preface PART 1: Geometrical Optics Chapter 2 Fermat’s Principle and its Applications Chapter 3 Refraction and Reflection by Spherical Surfaces Chapter 4 The Matrix Method in Paraxial Optics Chapter 5 Aberrations PART 2: Wave Optics Chapter 6 Simple Harmonic Motion, Forced Vibrations and Origin of Refractive Index Chapter 7 Fourier Series and Applications Chapter 8 The Dirac Delta Function and Fourier Transforms Chapter 9 Wave Propagation and the Wave Equation Chapter 10 Huygens’ Principle and its Applications Chapter 11 Group Velocity and Pulse Dispersion Chapter 12 Superposition of Waves Chapter 13 Two Beam Interference by Division of Wavefront Chapter 14 Interference by Division of Amplitude Chapter 15 Multiple Beam Interferometry Chapter 16 Coherence Chapter 17 Fraunhofer Diffraction I Chapter 18 Fraunhofer Diffraction II and Fourier Optics Chapter 19 Fresnel Diffraction Chapter 20 Holography Chapter 21 Polarization and Double Refraction Chapter 22 Electromagnetic Waves Chapter 23 Reflection and Refraction of Electromagnetic Waves PART 3: Quantum Theory Chapter 24 Particle Nature of Radiation: The Photon Chapter 25 Bohr Atom and Line Spectra of Atoms Chapter 26 Quantum Theory and Entanglement PART 4: Lasers & Fiber Optics Chapter 27 Lasers: An Introduction Chapter 28 Fiber Optics l: Basics Using Ray Optics Chapter 29 Fiber Optics II: Basic Waveguide Theory and Concept of Modes Chapter 30 Fiber Optics III: Single Mode Fibers PART 5: Special Theory of Relativity Chapter 31 The Mass Energy Relation: E = mc2 Chapter 32 Special Theory of Relativity I: Time Dilation and Length Contraction Chapter 33 Special Theory of Relativity II: Lorentz Transformations References and Suggested Readings Index ER -