Optics
Ages 18–22
Grade Reference
| 🇺🇸 United States | College Freshman |
| 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | University Year 1 |
| 🇮🇳 India | Undergraduate Year 1 |
| 🇳🇬 Nigeria | University Year 1 |
| 🇿🇦 South Africa | University Year 1 |
| 🇦🇺 Australia | University Year 1 |
| 🇨🇦 Canada | University Year 1 |
About This Textbook
Optics is a free, openly licensed Engineering textbook for Ages 18–22 (College) students. Available for instant PDF download in 1 language with no registration required. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0).
This textbook treats optics at the level of students in the later stage of their bachelor or the beginning of their master. It is assumed that the student is familiar with Maxwell’s equations.
Table of Contents
Basic Electromagnetic and Wave Optics — Geometrical Optics — Optical Instruments — Polarisation — Interference and Coherence — Scalar Diffraction Optics — Lasers
