01642nam a22002057i 4500008004100000020002100041040000800062082001300070100002100083245009500104260003600199300004700235336003000282337003400312338003400346520100500380650001201385700002301397700001601420230318m20062004|||ado|| |||| 00| 0 eng d  a8121926114qpbk.  aGCL  a535bSUB1 aSubrahmanyam, N.1 aA text book of optics :bfor B.SC. classes /cN. Subrahmanyam, M. N. Avadhanulu, Brij Lal.  aNew Delhi :bS. Chand, c 2006.  axx, 668 pages :b illustrations ;c 21 cm.  atext 2 rdacontentb txt   aunmediated   bn 2 rdamedia   avolume b nc    2rdacarrier   aFor B Sc Students as Per UGC model Syllabus. Though this book is intended primarily for undergraduate students, it is hoped to be useful for a wide variety of readers such as those appearing for competitive examinations and those aiming at obtaining a fair knowledge of the nature and behaviour of light, which gives us the direct intimation of God's subtle splendour. Table Of Contents: 1. LIGHT2. FERMAT'S PRINCIPLE AND ITS APPLICATIONSRAY OPTICS3. REFLECTION AND REFRACTION4. LENSES5. OPTICAL SYSTEM AND CARDINAL POINTS6. THICK LENSES7. MATRIX METHODS8. DISPERSION9. LENS ABBERATIONS10. OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS11. VELOCITY OF LIGHTWAVE OPTICS12. WAVES AND WAVE PACKETS13. PROPAGATION OF LIGHT WAVES14. INTEREFRENCE15. INTEREFRENCE IN THIN FILMS16. COHERENCE17. FRESNEL DIFFRACTION18. FRAUNHOFFER DIFFRACTION19. RESOLVING POWER20. POLARIZATIONQUANTUM OPTICS21. MECHANISM OF LIGHT EMISSION22. LASERS23. HOLOGRAPHYPHOTONICS24. FIBRE OPTICS25. NON-LINEAR OPTICS26. ATOM LASERAPPENDIX-NOBLE LAUREATES IN PH  aPhysics1 aAvadhanulu, M. N. 1 aLal, Brij.