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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

 PROBLEMS

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

 PROBLEMS

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

 PROBLEMS

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