Re: Seeking source for conceptual understanding of light waves
- From: Repeating Rifle <salmonegg@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 11 May 2005 05:07:40 GMT
in article siegman-068446.12503710052005@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, AES at
siegman@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote on 5/10/05 12:50 PM:
> Old but simple and good favorites of mine, focusing more on explanation
> than math, are Andrews, "Optics of the Electromagnetic Spectrum"
> (Prentice-Hall, 1960); Fowles, "Introduction to Modern Optics" (Holt
> Rinehart, 1968); and maybe Garbuny "Optical Physics" (Academic, 1965).
> Also, the 1967 Dover reprint of Wood, "Physical Optics". You might get
> some of these very inexpensively from online used bookstores. Born and
> Wolf is NOT what you want for your objectives.
>
> You might also have a look at the e-m and optics sections of the famous
> Feynman Lecture Series (some love his approach, others don't).
To this I would add old books "Fundamentals of Optics" by Jenkins and White.
I also suggest "Waves and Fields in Modern Radio" by Ramo and Whinnery.
Mathematical requirements for the former is mostly algebra. More advanced
math is required for the latter.
If you are truly interested in understanding optics, it is difficult to
avoid mathematics. Your effort to understand optics will be greatly reduced
if you take the time to understand the math required for Ramo and Whinnery.
That is less effort than that required for Born and Wolf.
Bill
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