Problems in Optics

Content: 
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
FOREWORD, Page vii
PRINCIPAL PHYSICAL CONSTANTS, Page ix
PROBLEM 1 - Visibility of Young's Fringes, Pages 1-12
PROBLEM 2 - Young's Experiment. Achromatic Fringes, Pages 12-15
PROBLEM 3 - Fourier Spectroscopy, Pages 15-19
PROBLEM 4 - Mach Interferometer, Pages 20-24
PROBLEM 5 - Michelson Interferometer, Pages 24-30
PROBLEM 6 - Interference Filters, Pages 30-31
PROBLEM 7 - Fabry–Pérot Etalon. Use of Screens, Pages 31-34
PROBLEM 8 - Observation of Phase Objects by the Tolansky Method, Pages 34-38
PROBLEM 9 - Fabry–Pérot (Interference) Spectroscopy, Pages 38-46
PROBLEM 10 - Interference of Hertzian Waves, Pages 47-49
PROBLEM 11 - Fresnel Formulas, Pages 49-52
PROBLEM 12 - Fresnel Formulas. Thin Films, Pages 52-55
PROBLEM 13 - Newton's Rings in Polarized Light, Page 55
PROBLEM 14 - Propagation of Waves in a Stratified Dielectric Medium, Pages 55-65
PROBLEM 15 - Electromagnetic Waves in a Resonant Cavity, Pages 65-68
PROBLEM 16 - Radiation Pressure, Pages 68-69
PROBLEM 17 - Antennas, Pages 70-74
PROBLEM 18 - Hertzian Dipoles, Pages 74-79
PROBLEM 19 - Photometry. The Earth–Sun System, Pages 80-82
PROBLEM 20 - The Spectra and Energy of a Laser, Pages 82-86
PROBLEM 21 - Optical Constants of Germanium, Pages 87-88
PROBLEM 22 - Absorption. Black Bodies and Coloured Bodies, Pages 88-91
PROBLEM 23 - Absorption. Kirchhoff's Law, Pages 91-94
PROBLEM 24 - Stokes' Parameters. Poincaré Representation. Muller Matrices, Pages 95-101
PROBLEM 25 - Fresnel Formulas. Birefringent Prism, Pages 101-103
PROBLEM 26 - The Field of Polarizing Prisms, Pages 104-106
PROBLEM 27 - Rotary Dispersion, Pages 106-109
PROBLEM 28 - Two Passes through a Quarter-wave Plate, Pages 109-110
PROBLEM 29 - Birefringent Monochromator, Pages 111-112
PROBLEM 30 - Experiments of Fresnel and Arago, Pages 112-116
PROBLEM 31 - Polarization Interferometer. Differential Method, Pages 116-122
PROBLEM 32 - Electrical Birefringence, Pages 123-125
PROBLEM 33 - Rotary Power. Circular Dichroism, Pages 125-130
PROBLEM 34 - Faraday Effect, Pages 130-132
PROBLEM 35 - Far-field Diffraction, Pages 133-147
PROBLEM 36 - Diffraction by Circular Pupils, Pages 147-159
PROBLEM 37 - Abbe's Experiment, Pages 159-170
PROBLEM 38 - Holography, Pages 170-178
PROBLEM 39 - Reflection Gratings, Pages 178-183
PROBLEM 40 - Irregular Grating, Pages 183-186
PROBLEM 41 - Phase Grating, Pages 186-193
PROBLEM 42 - X-rays. Production and Diffraction, Pages 194-197
PROBLEM 43 - X-ray Spectrometer with a Curved Crystal, Pages 197-198
PROBLEM 44 - Group and Phase Velocity, Page 199
PROBLEM 45 - Foucault Method for the Velocity of Light, Pages 200-203
PROBLEM 46 - Velocity of Light in Moving Water, Pages 203-205
PROBLEM 47 - Propagation of Waves in a Periodic Discontinuous Medium, Pages 205-208
PROBLEM 48 - Sellmeier Dispersion Equation, Pages 208-213
PROBLEM 49 - Dispersion in a Region of Weak Absorption, Pages 213-216
PROBLEM 50 - Band Spectra. Anomalous Dispersion of a Vapour, Pages 216-221
PROBLEM 51 - Scattering of Electromagnetic Radiation Using a Classical Atomic Model, Pages 221-228
PROBLEM 52 - Dispersion and Reflection of an Ionic Crystal in the Infrared, Pages 228-233
PROBLEM 53 - Transmission of an Absorbing Thin Film, Pages 234-235
PROBLEM 54 - Electromagnetic Waves in a Plasma, Pages 236-238
PROBLEM 55 - Plasma Oscillations, Pages 238-240
PROBLEM 56 - Electromagnetic and de Broglie Waves, Pages 241-245
PROBLEM 57 - Five Exercises on Uncertainty Relationships, Pages 245-249
PROBLEM 58 - Potential Barrier, Pages 249-253
PROBLEM 59 - The Deuteron, Pages 253-256
PROBLEM 60 - Double Potential Well, Pages 256-262
PROBLEM 61 - Angular Momentum Operators, Pages 262-263
PROBLEM 62 - The Compton Effect, Pages 263-266
PROBLEM 63 - Planck Radiation Formula, Pages 266-270
PROBLEM 64 - Ground State of a Two-electron Atom, Pages 271-272
PROBLEM 65 - First-order Perturbation. Ground State of Helium, Pages 272-276
PROBLEM 66 - Second-order Perturbation. Stark Effect for a Rotor, Pages 276-279
PROBLEM 67 - Intramolecular Potential of Ethane, Pages 279-284
PROBLEM 68 - Vibrational–rotational Energy of a Diatomic Molecule, Pages 284-287
PROBLEM 69 - Spectrum of the Hydrogen Atom, Pages 288-294
PROBLEM 70 - Spectrum of Neutral Lithium, Pages 294-301
PROBLEM 71 - Doppler Effect. Spectral Line Width, Pages 301-305
PROBLEM 72 - Polarization of Resonance Radiation, Pages 305-311
PROBLEM 73 - Spectral Terms of Two-electron Atoms, Pages 311-315
PROBLEM 74 - Zeeman Effect in a Two-electron Atom, Pages 315-319
PROBLEM 75 - X-ray Spectra, Pages 319-323
PROBLEM 76 - Mössbauer Effect, Pages 323-326
PROBLEM 77 - Vibrational and Rotational Spectrum of the Hydriodic Acid Molecule, Pages 326-331
PROBLEM 78 - Calculation of the Velocity of Light, Pages 331-333
PROBLEM 79 - Spectroscopy and Specific Heat, Pages 333-339
APPENDIX A - THE FOURIER TRANSFORMATION, Pages 340-357
APPENDIX B - THE DEGREE OF COHERENCE BETWEEN TWO POINTS ILLUMINATED BY AN EXTENDED MONOCHROMATIC SOURCE, Pages 358-360
INDEX, Pages 361-363
OTHER TITLES IN THE SERIES IN NATURAL PHILOSOPHY, Pages 365-366