Hecht optics 4th edition

The market leader for over a decade, this book provides a balance of theory and instrumentation, while also including the necessary classical background. The writing style is lively and accessible. An international edition textbook has been printed for distribution in markets outside of the United States.

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You have successfully signed out and will be required to sign back in should you need to download more resources. This title is out of print. Optics, 4th Edition. Eugene Hecht, Adelphi University. Availability This title is out of print. Overview Features Contents Order Overview. Description Accurate, authoritative, and comprehensive, Optics, Fourth Edition has been revised to provide students with the most up-to-date coverage of optics. New illustrations and photos, as well as revised art, are included throughout enhancing the already outstanding visual pedagogy of this textbook.

Chapter 3 Electromagnetic Theory, Photons, and Light has been fully revised and updated to reflect advances in the field.

The instructor's solution manual now includes all of the answers that are not in the back of the book and has a new and improved design.

My only gripes with the textbook would be its somewhat-odd placement of content, and perhaps a lack of references to outside material on electrodynamics and Maxwell's Equations. To start with my first point: it seems odd that we'd be introduced to the electromagnetic model of light, Fresnel's Equations and all, before covering the geometrical model. It also scrambles the historical linearity that most textbooks only sacrifice when necessary for hindsight-driven explanation, such as invalidating old misconceptions.

Rather, we move from a wave-particle model to a ray model, back to a wave-particle model. Of course, most professors I know of tend to teach the textbook out-of-order as a result. Jun 07, Rayan Enaya rated it it was amazing. Very useful book for photonics engineers and physicists. I consider it the holly book of optics. It covers many subjects in a very comprehendible way. Like for instance the subject of optical sensors is thoroughly covered in one chapter.

I really love this book. Sep 21, Dheerajkc Kc rated it really liked it. May 20, Mike rated it liked it. A nice thick optics textbook.

It crushes bugs really well too. Jul 07, Manny Makaruse rated it it was amazing. This book is a great for students in optical engineering and experienced engineers. Dianna rated it it was amazing Oct 23, Mounesh rated it liked it Aug 15, Jean Nackouzi rated it liked it Mar 29, Darein rated it it was ok Nov 21, KaluluRead rated it it was amazing Jul 12, Zachary Butterfield rated it liked it Jan 12, Kevin Nuckolls rated it really liked it Jun 09, Alejandro rated it really liked it Feb 17, Hiang Kwek rated it really liked it Jan 06, Jayasakthiram rated it really liked it Oct 22, Akash Sharma rated it really liked it Aug 11, Eva rated it really liked it Apr 18, Vijaya Shekhawat rated it really liked it Jan 16, There are no discussion topics on this book yet.

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