by Germain Chartier
2005 (607 pages)
ISBN:9780387403465
Including the tools and methods currently used by researchers and engineers, this book covers the essential concepts of comprehension and reports the great progress of the current knowledge in optics.
Table of Contents
Introduction to Optics
Preface
Chapter 1
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Orders of Magnitude in Optics
Chapter 2
Electromagnetic Waves
Chapter 3
Geometrical Optics
Annex 3.A
Thin Lenses
Annex 3.B
Optical Prisms
Annex 3.C
Gradient Index Devices—Light Optics and Electron Optics
Chapter 4
Polarized Light—Laws of Reflection
Annex 4.A
TE Modes—TM Modes
Annex 4.B
Determination of an Unknown Polarization
Chapter 5
Birefringence
Annex 5.A
Ray Tracing in Uniaxial Media
Annex 5.B
Characteristic Surfaces in Anisotropic Media
Annex 5.C
Interference Using Polarized Light Beams. Wave Plates
Annex 5.D
Liquid Crystals
Chapter 6
Interference
Chapter 7
Diffraction
Chapter 8
Index of Refraction
Annex 8.A
Electric Dipole Radiation
Annex 8.B
The Kramers-Krönig Formula
Chapter 9
Lasers
Annex 9.A
Light-Semiconductor Interaction
Annex 9.B
Spectral Width of a Laser Oscillation
Chapter 10
Nonlinear Optics
Chapter 11
Raman-Brillouin-Rayleigh Diffusion
Annex 11.A
Diffusion of Light by a Scattered Medium
Chapter 12
Guided Optics
Annex 12.A
Splitters and Couplers
Annex 12.B
Attenuation of Silica Fibers
Annex 12.C
Elaboration of Optical Guides
Chapter 13
Fourier Analysis and Fourier Transform
