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Textbook of optics

Subrahmanyam, N.

Textbook of optics - New Delhi : S Chand & Company Limited, 1966. - xx, 729 pages

Intended as a text for B.Sc. students of Physics, this book provides a comprehensive treatment of the fundamental concepts and applications of optics in an easy-to-understand language. Throwing light on the development of various ideas on the nature and behaviour of light in chronological order, the book gives an introduction to Fermat's principle. In addition, it offers a detailed presentation of the various facets of ray optics, wave optics and quantum optics. Besides, the book also focuses on the principles and applications of photonics.

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First order theory
Optical instrument
Reflecton's telescope
Spectrometer
Photometry

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