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Links Historical Developments to Current Applications and Future Innovations
This book starts with a general description of light and continues with a complete exploration of polarized light, including how it is produced and its practical applications. The author incorporates basic topics, such as polarization by refraction and reflection, polarization elements, anisotropic materials, polarization formalisms (MuellerโStokes and Jones) and associated mathematics, and polarimetry, or the science of polarization measurement.
New to the Third Edition:
- A new introductory chapter
- Chapters on: polarized light in nature, and form birefringence
- A review of the history of polarized light, and a chapter on the interference laws of Fresnel and Aragoโboth completely re-written
- A new appendix on conventions used in polarized light
- New graphics, and black-and-white photos and color plates
Divided into four parts, this book covers the fundamental concepts and theoretical framework of polarized light. Next, it thoroughly explores the science of polarimetry, followed by discussion of polarized light applications. The author concludes by discussing how our polarized light framework is applied to physics concepts, such as accelerating charges and quantum systems.
Building on the solid foundation of the first two editions, this book reorganizes and updates existing material on fundamentals, theory, polarimetry, and applications. It adds new chapters, graphics, and color photos, as well as a new appendix on conventions used in polarized light. As a result, the author has re-established this bookโs lofty status in the pantheon of literature on this important field.
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Dr. Dennis Goldstein is a senior physicist with Polaris Sensor Technologies, Inc., following a 28-year career in electro-optics research at the Air Force Research Laboratory. He is a fellow of SPIE and AFRL, and has served as an adjunct professor at the University of Arizona and University of Florida. He also teaches short courses for the Georgia Institute of Technology. In addition to Polarized Light, Dr. Goldstein has published more than 70 papers and technical reports, and two book chapters. He holds six patents.
