"A textbook of Optics" Back Cover of The Book: ABOUT THE BOOK "A Textbook of Optics" is written especially for undergraduate students and is also useful for the students appearing in competitive examinations and aiming for obtaining a fair knowledge of nature and behaviour of light, which gives us its direct intimation of subtle splendour. The material of the book is divided into four groups: • Ray Optics Wave Optics Quantum Optics • Photonics Salient Features of the book: • This book is prepared as per the present syllabus of UGC and the syllabi of most of the Indian universities. • The topics are so selected that the book covers mostly every aspect of Optics. • Large number of solved examples, based on SI system of units are given in each chapter. • A set of questions and unsolved problems as Exercises are given for a better comprehension of each topic. • Recent questions asked in various Indian universities in their examinations are incorporated at the end of each chapter to enrich the book.