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• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Preface
• Contents
• 1. A Brief History
• 1.1. Prolegomenon
• 1.2. In the Beginning
• 1.3. From the Seventeenth Century
• 1.4. The Nineteenth Century
• 1.5. Twentieth-Century Optics
• 2. Wave Motion
• 2.1. One-Dimensional Waves
• 2.2. Harmonic Waves
• 2.3. Phase and Phase Velocity
• 2.4. The Superposition Principle
• 2.5. The Complex Representation
• 2.6. Phasors and the Addition of Waves
• 2.7. Plane Waves
• 2.8. The Three-Dimensional Differential Wave Equation
• 2.9. Spherical Waves
• 2.10. Cylindrical Waves
• 2.11. Twisted Light
• Problems
• 3. Electromagnetic Theory, Photons, and Light
• 3.1. Basic Laws of Electromagnetic Theory
• 3.2. Electromagnetic Waves
• 3.3. Energy and Momentum
• 3.4. Radiation
• 3.5. Light in Bulk Matter
• 3.6. The Electromagnetic-Photon Spectrum
• 3.7. Quantum Field Theory
• Problems
• 4. The Propagation of Light
• 4.1. Introduction
• 4.2. Rayleigh Scattering
• 4.3. Reflection
• 4.4. Refraction
• 4.5. Fermat’s Principle
• 4.6. The Electromagnetic Approach
• 4.7. Total Internal Reflection
• 4.8. Optical Properties of Metals
• 4.9. Familiar Aspects of the Inter action of Light and Matter
• 4.10. The Stokes Treatment of Reflection and Refraction
• 4.11. Photons, Waves, and Probability
• Problems
• 5. Geometrical Optics
• 5.1. Introductory Remarks
• 5.2. Lenses
• 5.3. Stops
• 5.4. Mirrors
• 5.5. Prisms
• 5.6. Fiberoptics
• 5.7. Optical Systems
• 5.8. Wavefront Shaping
• 5.9. Gravitational Lensing
• Problems
• 6. More on Geometrical Optics
• 6.1. Thick Lenses and Lens Systems
• 6.2. Analytical Ray Tracing
• 6.3. Aberrations
• 6.4. GRIN Systems
• 6.5. Concluding Remarks
• Problems
• 7. The Superposition of Waves
• 7.1. The Addition of Waves of the Same Frequency
• 7.2. The Addition of Waves of Different Frequency
• 7.3. Anharmonic Periodic Waves
• 7.4. Nonperiodic Waves
• Problems
• 8. Polarization
• 8.1. The Nature of Polarized Light
• 8.2. Polarizers
• 8.3. Dichroism
• 8.4. Birefringence
• 8.5. Scattering and Polarization
• 8.6. Polarization by Reflection
• 8.7. Retarders
• 8.8. Circular Polarizers
• 8.9. Polarization of Polychromatic Light
• 8.10. Optical Activity
• 8.11. Induced Optical Effects—Optical Modulators
• 8.12. Liquid Crystals
• 8.13. A Mathematical Description of Polarization
• Problems
• 9. Interference
• 9.1. General Considerations
• 9.2. Conditions for Interference
• 9.3. Wavefront-Splitting Interferometers
• 9.4. Amplitude-Splitting Interferometers
• 9.5. Types and Localization of Interference Fringes
• 9.6. Multiple-Beam Interference
• 9.7. Applications of Single and Multilayer Films
• 9.8. Applications of Interferometry
• Problems
• 10. Diffraction
• 10.1. Preliminary Considerations
• 10.2. Fraunhofer Diffraction
• 10.3. Fresnel Diffraction
• 10.4. Kirchhoff’s Scalar Diffraction Theory
• 10.5. Boundary Diffraction Waves
• Problems
• 11. Fourier Optics
• 11.1. Introduction
• 11.2. Fourier Transforms
• 11.3. Optical Applications
• Problems
• 12. Basics of Coherence Theory
• 12.1. Introduction
• 12.2. Fringes and Coherence
• 12.3. Visibility
• 12.4. The Mutual Coherence Function and the Degree of Coherence
• 12.5. Coherence and Stellar Interferometry
• Problems
• 13. Modern Optics: Lasers and Other Topics
• 13.1. Lasers and Laserlight
• 13.2. Imagery—The Spatial Distribution of Optical Information
• 13.3. Holography
• 13.4. Nonlinear Optics
• Problems
• Appendix 1: Electromagnetic Theory
• Appendix 2: The Kirchhoff Diffraction Theory
• Table 1
• Solutions to Selected Problems
• Bibliography
• Index
• List of Tables
• Back Cover