kenyon,the light fantastic--a modern introduction to classical and quantum optics

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1、THELIGHTFANTASTICThispageintentionallyleftblankTheLightFantasticAModernIntroductiontoClassicalandQuantumOpticsI.R.KenyonSchoolofPhysicsandAstronomyUniversityofBirmingham13GreatClarendonStreet,OxfordOX26DPOxfordUniversityPressisadepartmentoftheUniversityofOxford.ItfurtherstheUniversity’sobject

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6、DataavailableLibraryofCongressCataloginginPublicationDataDataavailablePrintedinGreatBritainonacid-freepaperbyAntonyRoweLtd.,ChippenhamISBN978–0–19–856645–8(Hbk)ISBN978–0–19–856646–5(Pbk)10987654321PrefaceThisbookdealsprimarilywiththepropertiesandusesofelectromag-neticwavesandphotonsofvisiblel

7、ight.Otherregionsoftheelectromag-neticspectrumareonlytreatedwhereappropriate:forexamplethereiscoverageofopticalfibrecommunicationusingnearinfraredradiation.Modernquantumtheoryoriginatedintheobservationsofthequantumbehaviourofelectromagneticrad