Optics Learning by Computing, with Examples Using Mathcad®, Matlab®, Mathematica®, and Maple® /

• Main Author: Möller, K. D. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2007.
• Subjects: Physics.; Optics.; Electrodynamics.; Quantum optics.; Optoelectronics.; Plasmons (Physics).; Engineering.; Microwaves.; Optical engineering.; Optics and Electrodynamics.; Quantum Optics.; Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics.; Optics, Optoelectronics, Plasmonics and Optical Devices.; Microwaves, RF and Optical Engineering.; Engineering, general.

This new edition is intended for a one semester course in optics for juniors and seniors in science and engineering; it uses scripts from Maple, MathCad, Mathematica, and MATLAB provide a simulated laboratory where students can learn by exploration and discovery instead of passive absorption. The te...

Table of Contents:

• Geometrical Optics
• Interference
• Diffraction
• Coherence
• Maxwell's Theory
• Maxwell II. Modes and Mode Propagation
• Blackbody Radiation, Atomic Emission, and Lasers
• Optical Constants
• Fourier Transformation and FT-Spectroscopy
• Imaging Using Wave Theory
• Aberration.