Textbook of Optics

For B Sc Students as Per UGC model Syllabus. Though this book is intended primarily for undergraduate students, it is hoped to be useful for a wide variety of readers such as those appearing for competitive examinations and those aiming at obtaining a fair knowledge of the nature and behaviour of light, which gives us the direct intimation of God’s subtle splendour. Table Of Contents:
1. LIGHT
2. FERMAT’S PRINCIPLE AND ITS APPLICATIONSRAY OPTICS
3. REFLECTION AND REFRACTION
4. LENSES
5. OPTICAL SYSTEM AND CARDINAL POINTS
6. THICK LENSES
7. MATRIX METHODS
8. DISPERSION
9. LENS ABBERATIONS
10. OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS
11. VELOCITY OF LIGHTWAVE OPTICS
12. WAVES AND WAVE PACKETS
13. PROPAGATION OF LIGHT WAVES
14. INTEREFRENCE
15. INTEREFRENCE IN THIN FILMS
16. COHERENCE
17. FRESNEL DIFFRACTION
18. FRAUNHOFFER DIFFRACTION
19. RESOLVING POWER
20. POLARIZATIONQUANTUM OPTICS
21. MECHANISM OF LIGHT EMISSION
22. LASERS
23. HOLOGRAPHYPHOTONICS
24. FIBRE OPTICS
25. NON-LINEAR OPTICS
26. ATOM LASERAPPENDIX-NOBLE LAUREATES IN PH