Optics

by Ajoy Ghatak

Optics gives a comprehensive and balanced account of traditional optics as well as some of the recent developments in this field while meeting the requirements of a course on optics meant for undergraduate students of science and engineering.

Genres: Physics, Reference, Science

560 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 2009

About the author

Ajoy Ghatak is an Indian physicist and author of physics textbooks.Professor Ghatak has written over 170 research papers and more than 20 books. His undergraduate text on Optics has been translated to Chinese and Persian and his monograph on Inhomogeneous Optical Waveguides (coauthored with Professor Sodha) has been translated to Chinese and Russian. In 1995, he was elected Fellow of the Optical Society of America "for distinguished service to optics education and for his contribution to the understanding of propagation characteristics of gradient index media, fibers and integrated optical devices".
He received his M.Sc from Delhi University and Ph.D from Cornell University. After a short stint as a Research Associate at Brookhaven National Laboratory, Professor Ghatak joined the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi in 1966. He retired as an Emeritus Professor of Physics at IIT Delhi in 2007.

Reviews

[Dheerajkc Kc · Rating 5 out of 5]

damn gud book frnds...........a hint -diffraction can be explained usin particle nature of light(to some extent)......read it.....

[Vishal Philip · Rating 4 out of 5]

AM presently studying this book for undergraduate course of Physics. Very good book. I would recommend others this one

[Prakriti · Rating 4 out of 5]

I’ve come across very few Indian authors who have a perspective of their own about their subject, most others are simply a copy-paste version of foreign authors. This book is one of those few gems. For me, kinematics was always the favorite part of physics in high school but this book made me look at optics in a new light. An absolute delight to read.

[Verbala Rastogi]

it will say more about optics and optical fiber