1 A Brief History
1.1 Prolegomenon
1.2 Inthe Beginning
1.3 From the Seventeenth Century
1.4 The NIneteenth Centu ry
1.5 Twentieth-Centu ry Optics
2 Electromagnetic Theory,Photons,and Light
2.1 Basic Laws of Electromagnetic Theory
2.2 Electromagnetic Waves
2.3 Energy and Momentum
2.4 Radiation
2.5 Light in Bulk Matter
2.6 The Elect romagnetic-Photon Spectrum
2.7 Quantum Field Theory
PROBLEMS
3 The Propagation of Light
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Rayleigh Scattering
3.3 Reflection
3.4 Refraction
3.5 Fermars Principle
3.6 The Electromagnetic Approach
3.7 Total InternaI Reflection
3.8 Optical Properties of Metals
3.9 Famlliar Aspects of the Jnteraction Light and Matter
3.10 The Stokes Treatment of Reflection and Refraction
3.11 Photons.Waves,and Probability
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4 Geometrical Optics
4.1 Introductory Remarks
4.2 Lenses
4.3 Stops
4.4 Mi rrors
4.5 Prisms
4.6 Fiberoptics
4.7 Optical Systems
4.8 Wavefront Shaping
4.9 Gravitational Lensing
PROBLEMS
5 More on Geometrical Optics
5.1 Thick Lenses and Lens Systems
5.2 Analytical Ray Tracing
5.3 Aberrations
5.4 GRIN Systems
5.5 Concluding Remarks
PROBLEMS
6 The Superposition of Waves
6.1 The Addition of Waves of the Same Frequency
6.2 The Addition of Waves of Different Frequency
6.3 Anharmonic Periodic Waves
6.4 Nonperiodic Waves
PROBLEMS
7 Interference
7.1 Gene ral C0nslderatiOns
7.2 Cenditions for Interference
7.3 Wavefront-splitting Interferometers
7.4 Amolitude-solittinq Interferometers
7.5 Types and Localization of Interference Fringes
7.6 Multiole Beam Interference
7.7 Applications of Single and Multilayer Films
7.8 Applications of Interferometry
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8 Diffraction
8.1 Preliminary Considerations
8.2 Fraunhofer Diffraction
8.3 Fresnel Diffraction
8.4 Kirchhoff's Scalar Diffraction Theorv
8.5 Boundary Diffraction Waves
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9 Polarization
9.1 The Nature of Polarized Light
9.2 Polarizers
9.3 Dichroism
9.4 Birefringence
9.5 Scattering and Polarization
9.6 Polarization by Reflection
9.7 Retarders
9.8 Circular Polarizers
9.9 Polarization of Polychromatic Light
9.10 0ptical Activity
9.11 Induced Optical Effects Optical Modulators
9.12 Liquid Crystals
9.13 A Mathematical Description of Polarization
PROBLEMS
10 Fourier Optics
10.1 Introduction
10.2 Fourier Transforms
10.3 0ptical Applications
PROBLEMS
11 Basics of Coherence Theory
11.1 Introduction
11.2 Visibility
11.3 The Mutual Coherence Function and the Degree of Coherence
11.4 Coherence and Stellar Inter ferometry
PROBLEMS
12 Modern Optics: Lasers and Other Topics
12.1 Lasers and Laserlight
12.2 Imagery -The Spatial Distribution of Optical Information
12.3 Holography
12.4 Nonlinear Optics
PROBLEMS
Appendix 1
Appendix 2
Table l
Solutions to Selected Problems
Bibliography