Schaum's Outline of Optics [Paperback]

Eugene Hecht (Author)

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ISBN-10: 0070277303 | ISBN-13: 978-0070277304 | Publication Date: November 1, 1974 | Edition: 1

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About the Author

Eugene Hecht is a member of the Physics Department of Adelphi Unversity in New York. He has authored eight books.

Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill; 1 edition (November 1, 1974)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0070277303
• ISBN-13: 978-0070277304
• Product Dimensions: 10.2 x 8.2 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #189,015 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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29 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent!, March 27, 2000

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This review is from: Schaum's Outline of Optics (Paperback)

Hecht is one of the premier instructors and authors on the subject of optics and his contribution to Schaum's is no exception! I used this book to teach myself the fundamental's of optics while working in an applied physics laboratory. Very clearly presented material

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Clear concise outline of optics, December 30, 2005

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This review is from: Schaum's Outline of Optics (Paperback)

This Schaum's outline is better than the expensive textbook by the same author on the same subject in many ways, and in my opinion stands alone as a guide on optics. It gets to the meat of optics via solving problems that range from simple to difficult, which is particularly attractive to engineers learning or reviewing this subject. To me, the only chapters that seemed a bit confusing were the first two on wave motion and on electromagnetic waves and photons. For that material you may need to consult another source. From that point onward, however, the outline couldn't be any better. The outline even has a chapter that introduces Fourier optics. This outline would make an excellent review or supplement for someone taking a course in Photonics that uses Saleh's "Fundamentals of Photonics". That textbook has virtually no solved problems in it whatsoever, and the first third of the book follows the material covered in this outline nicely.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great supplement for exam prep, May 6, 2007

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This review is from: Schaum's Outline of Optics (Paperback)

I used this book as a supplement for a course in Physical Optics, mainly to get practice in solving problems. I found the chapters on Polarization and Diffraction very useful. This book helped me get a better grade in this course. This book does not cover the topics like Jones and Coherence Matrix and Stokes vector. However these topics are covered well in the same author's Optics text. BTW, The Optics text is also very good. Solving problems in this book and then approaching the text gives a much better understanding of Optics. This book does not cover Poincare' sphere, which is also an important topic for which we cant find material anywhere except our Professor's lecture notes. Overall, this book is a must if you are taking any Optics course or the GRE physics text or if you just want to master the basics of Optics.