This text provides a comprehensive, balanced account of traditional optics, as well as many of the recent developments in the field. Designed to meet the optics course requirements for undergraduate students of science and engineering, Optics is also an excellent reference source for practicing engineers wanting to obtain a greater understanding of optics.

In preparing the 5th edition of the book, many topics in Chapters 14, 18, 22, 23, 26, 27 and 28 have been rewritten and many new diagrams have also been introduced. In addition, a section on Special Theory of Relativity has been added. Many new colored photographs in the preliminary pages have also been added which should help clarify important concepts in the field.

Salient Features:

• A large number of figures correspond to actual numerical calculations which were generated using software like GNUPLOT and Mathematica.



• All important formulas have been derived from first principles so that the book can also be used for self-study



• Rich pedagogical features include

Rich pedagogical features include :

“…the teaching of optics needs clarity, and examples as taken from nature and experimental laboratories...If, in addition, theoretical formulations are clearly supported by many exercises…This is, precisely, the definition that I can give to the outstanding textbook: OPTICS, authored by the prestigious scientist, Professor Ajoy Ghatak…”

— Maria L. Calvo
Former President ICO & Professor, Dept. of Optics, Complutense University of Madrid, Spain