A comprehensive and engaging textbook, covering the main areas of optics and its modern applications.

This award-winning book has been translated from the original French by the author and thoroughly updated. It gives an introduction to modern optics at an advan

Introduction to Optics is now available in a re-issued edition from Cambridge University Press. Designed to offer a comprehensive and engaging introduction to i

The following basic physics topics are presented in this book: geometrical optics diffractive optics hints of nonlinear optics

The book introduces university undergraduates to the fascinating world of the science of light. Contemporary physics programmes are under increasing pressure to