Jenkins F.A., White H.E. Fundamentals of Optics

4th edition. — McGraw-Hill Primis Custom Publishing, 2001. — 766 p. — ISBN: 0-07-256191-2This fourth edition is written primarily to be used as a textbook by college students majoring in one of the physical sciences. The first, second, and third editions were written by Francis A. Jenkins and Harvey E. White while teaching optics in the physics department at the University of California, Berkeley. With the passing of Professor Jenkins in 1960 this fourth edition has been revised by Harvey E. White. A considerable number of innovative: ideas and new concepts have been developed in the field of ()ptics since the third .edition was published in 1957, thereby requiring a sizable amount of new material. Three new chapters, a number of new sections on modern optics, a number of new references, and all new problems at the ends of all chapters have been added to bring the fourth edition up to date.Preface to the Fourth Edition
Preface to the Third Edition
Geometrical Optics
Properties of Light
Plane Surfaces and Prisms
Spherical Surfaces
Thin Lenses
Thick Lenses
Spherical Mirrors
The Effects of Stops
Ray Tracing
Lens Aberrations
Optical Instruments
Wave Optics
Vibrations and Waves
The Superposition of Waves
Interference of Two Beams of Light
Interference Involving Multiple Reflections
Fraunhofer Diffraction by a Single Opening
The Double Slit
The Diffraction Grating
Fresnel Diffraction
The Speed of Light
The Electromagnetic Character of Light
Sources of Light and Their Spectra
Absorption and Scattering
Dispersion
The Polarization of Light
Reflection
Double Refraction
Interference of Polarized Light
Optical Activity and Modern Wave Optics
Quantum Optics
Light Quanta and Their Origin
Lasers
Holography
Magneto-Optics and Electro-Optics
The Dual Nature of Light
Appendixes
The Physical Constants
Electron Subshells
Refractive Indices and Dispersions for Optical Glasses
Refractive Indices and Dispersions of Optical Crystals
The Most Intense Fraunhofer Lines
Abbreviated Number System
Significant Figures