<p><em>For courses in Optics</em></p><p><strong>A Contemporary Approach to Optics with Practical Applications and New Focused Pedagogy</strong></p><p><em>Hecht Optics </em>balances theory and instrumentation and provides students with the necessary classical background through a lively and clear narrative.</p><p><strong><em>Optics</em>, Fifth Edition</strong> is distinguished by three core imperatives: up-to-date content in line with the ever-evolving technological advances in the Optics field; a modern approach to discourse including studies on photons, phasors, and theory; and improvements and revisions to the previous edition¿s pedagogy including over one hundred new worked examples.</p><p>Sustaining market leadership for over twenty years,<strong><em> Optics,</em> Fifth Edition</strong> continues to demonstrate range and balance in subject matter. The text is grounded in traditional methodology, while providing an early introduction to the powerful perspective of the Fourier theory