Physics & Astronomy

The text is a comprehensive and up-to-date introduction to optics suitable for one- or two-term  intermediate and upper level undergraduate physics and engineering students.

The reorganized table of contents provides instructors the flexibility to tailor the chapters to meet their individual needs. 

• Organization/Reorganization-Section I contains chapters from which a standard one-semester optics course could be based. Chapters in Section I would require that some but not all of the preceding Section I chapters be covered first. Section II contains chapters that, upon completion of a subset of Section I chapters, could be covered in any order. This would allow teachers to select, as they wish, specialized content to suit individual curricular needs and goals.
• New Problems- The third edition contains over 50 new Problems. Figures accompany end-of-chapter Problems to help students visualize the situation.
• Improved Art Program- The third edition includes over 50 new and revised figures. Electronic versions of most figures will be available to instructors for presentation.
• Chapter 6, Laser Basics – Formerly introduced in Chapter 21, lasers are now introduced early which establishes the importance of the laser as an optical instrument; allows for early introduction of various applications, demonstrations, and discussions that build on the use of a laser. Chapter 6 includes updates to semiconductor lasers, introduction of fiber lasers, and addition of more solid state lasers.  
• Thoroughly Updated-In addition to Chapter 6 on Laser Basics, chapters on Optical Interferometery (9), Fiber Optics (10), and Holography (15) have been updated. Updates include a modernization of the treatment and the addition of modern applications. 
• New Applications- Modern applications have been added to make the material relevant and interesting. Applications include: Liquid Crystal Displays, CCD's, CD and DVD Technology, Optical Parametric Oscillators and Amplifiers as Tunable Sources of Radiation,  Near Field Microscopy, Ultra Short Pulses, Manipulation of Atoms with Lasers (Optical Tweezers, Optical Cooling and Trapping), selected applications in Nanophotonics and Biophotonics, more extensive treatment of communication systems using optical fibers, and Wavelength Division Multiplexing.
• Instructor's Solutions Manual- Includes detailed solutions to all of the problems in the text.

• Downloadable jpgs of textbook figures and tables- Easy to import into PowerPoint presentations.

  
  
  

 • Updated material related to laser systems — Discusses updates to semiconductor lasers, introduction of fiber lasers, addition of more solid state lasers, etc. (Chapter 6)

• Updated chapters on Optical Interferometery (Ch. 9), Fiber Optics (Ch. 10), and Holography (Ch. 15) — Modernizes the treatment and adds modern applications.

• Broad range of new applications introduced throughout, including:

— Liquid Crystal Displays

— CCD's

— CD and DVD Technology

— Optical Parametric Oscillators and Amplifiers as Tunable Sources of Radiation

— Near Field Microscopy

— Ultra Short Pulses

— Manipulation of Atoms with Lasers (Optical Tweezers, Optical Cooling, and Trapping)

— Selected Applications in Nanophotonics

— Selected Applications in Biophotonics

• More intensive exploration of communication systems than in previous editions.

• Approximately 50 new problems.

• Approximately 50 new or revised figures.

• Extensively reorganized presentation to provide greater instructor flexibility.

—       Section I contains chapters from which a standard one-semester optics course can be based.

—       Section II contains chapters that, upon completion of a subset of Section I chapters, could be covered in any order; teachers can choose specialized content to suit individual curricular needs and goals.

• Downloadable jpgs of textbook figures and tables- Easy to import into PowerPoint presentations.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1   Nature of Light

Chapter 2   Geometrical Optics

Chapter 3   Optical Instrumentation

Chapter 4   Wave Equations

Chapter 5   Superposition of Waves

Chapter 6   Properties of Lasers

Chapter 7   Interference of Light

Chapter 8   Optical Interferometry

Chapter 9   Coherence

Chapter 10 Fiber Optics

Chapter 11 Fraunhofer Diffraction

Chapter 12 The Diffraction Grating

Chapter 13 Fresnel Diffraction

Chapter 14 Matrix Treatment of Polarization

Chapter 15 Production of Polarized Light

Chapter 16 Holography

Chapter 17 Optical Detectors and Displays

Chapter 18 Matrix Methods in Paraxial Optics

Chapter 19 Optics of the Eye

Chapter 20 Aberration Theory

Chapter 21          Fourier Optics

Chapter 22 Theory of Multilayer Films

Chapter 23 Fresnel Equations

Chapter 24 Nonlinear Optics and the Modulation of Light

Chapter 25 Optical Properties of Materials

Chapter 26 Laser Operation

Chapter 27 Characteristics of Laser Beams

Chapter 28 Selected Modern Applications

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Instructor Resources (download), 3/E
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©2007 | Addison-Wesley | On-line Supplement | Instock
ISBN-10: 0132401630 | ISBN-13: 9780132401630
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Instructor's Solutions Manual, 3/E
Pedrotti, Pedrotti & Pedrotti
©2007 | Addison-Wesley | Paper; 170 pp | Instock
ISBN-10: 0131739182 | ISBN-13: 9780131739185
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