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MODERN OPTICS
Dr. A. B. Gupta & Nurul Islam
First Published: 2006
Sixth Edition: 2024
Reprints: 7
ISBN: 978-93-94107-79-3
Pages: 838

CONTENTS

Geometrical or Ray Optics
- Introduction: Historical Overview
- Fermat’s Principle
- Refraction at Spherical Surfaces
- Thick Lens and Lens Combination
- Matrix Method in Paraxial Optics
- Aberrations: Seidel and Chromatic
- Optical Instruments

Physical or Wave Optics
- Wave Theory: Huygens’ Principle
- Interference of Light I
- Interference of Light II
- Interferometers: Refractometers
- Coherence: Temporal and Spatial
- Diffraction of Light I: Fresnel Type
- Diffraction of Light II: Fraunhofer Type
- Polarisation of Light
- Optical Activity: Polarimeters
- Polarisation: Jones Matrix Method
- Electromagnetic Theory of Light
- Magneto and Electro-optics

Quantum Optics and Photonics
- Particle Nature of Radiation
- Laser and Holography
- Fibre Optics
- Atom Laser: Basics and Applications
- Non-linear Optics
- Appendices
- Books for suggested reading
- Index

ABOUT THE BOOK: This book is for the students majoring in Physics (NEP, Hons./Major) and also for Engineering undergraduate students. This textbook:
- Provides a clear, precise, and up-to-date introduction.
- Carefully balances the concepts, theory, and experimental data.
- Has a distinctive presentation style combines clarity with admirable rigour.
- Is pedagogically designed to make learning innovative and effective.
- Contains a plethora of problems of graded difficulty, both solved and for practice.

ABOUT THE AUTHORS

Dr. A.B. Gupta was Professor and Head of the Physics Unit and Dean of the Indian Statistical Institute, an internationally reputed research institute and a deemed Central University. Graduating with Honours in Physics from Presidency College, Calcutta he completed his M.Sc. and Ph.D. from Calcutta University. He did his Ph.D. under self-guidance. He had the fortune to be associated with academic luminaries either as their student or junior colleague. They are Professors S.N. Bose, M.N. Saha, S.K. Mitra, P.C. Mahalanobis, J.B.S. Haldane and C.R. Rao. With more than three decades of teaching and research experience, he supervised a number of Ph.D.’s and published about 50 research papers in various journals – national and international. He has authored more than a dozen books on higher physics and two research monographs. He attended a large number of international and national conferences and delivered invited talks. He visited, with academic assignments, Japan, U.K., France, Switzerland, Italy, and U.S.A. In the eighties, Dr. A.B. Gupta gravitated into the field of ‘Bioengineering and Skin’. His papers in investigative dermatology by applying physics drew the attention of dermatologists both for their contents and flavour of physics. He was made a life member of the Indian Association of Dermatologists (IADVL), a member of the Innovative Committee, and honoured by their prestigious ‘Ambadi Oration Award’. In recognition of his contribution to Bioengineering, he was admitted in 1984 to the membership of the International Society of Bioengineering, U.K. In 1985, he was invited by the National Hansen Institute in Carville, Louisiana, U.S.A. to deliver a series of lectures on ‘Measurement of insensitivity in Hansen’s disease’ by his new device ‘Thermosense’. Science apart, he is known for his literary activities for which he received the National Award in Children’s Literature in 1961. He was a social activist in the field of blood donation and the popularisation of science and founded a number of science clubs, libraries, schools, and a Degree college. In appreciation of all these, he was felicitated by the Indian Medical Association.

Nurul Islam with M.Sc. degrees in Physics from Calcutta University and Electronics & Communication from Madurai Kamaraj University, brings a wealth of expertise to his roles. As a dedicated teacher at Karticpur Deganga Adarsha Vidyapith and Chief coordinator of the A.B.G. & A.C.G. Institute of Physics, his passion for physics education inspires students. Simultaneously, his leadership as the General Secretary of West Bengal Voluntary Blood Donors’ Forum highlights his commitment to humanitarian causes. Serving as Editor of ‘Raktadaan Barta’ and ‘FBDOI News’ , along with his authorship of higher Physics books and Blood Donation books, Mr. Islam continues to leave an indelible mark on both the academic and public health sectors, fostering knowledge and altruism within communities.