TY - BOOK AU - Fowles,Grant R. TI - Introduction to Modern Optics SN - 9780486659572 U1 - 535.2 PY - 1975/// CY - New York PB - Dover Publications, KW - Physical optics N1 - Includes Index; The propagation of light -- The vectorial nature of light -- Coherence and interference -- Multiple-beam interference -- Diffraction -- Optics of solids -- Thermal radiation and light quanta -- Optical spectra -- Amplification of light. Lasers -- Ray optics -- Appendix I. Relativistic optics N2 - A complete basic undergraduate-level course in modern optics for students in physics, technology, and engineering, dealing with classical physical optics as well as the quantum nature of light ER -