Introduction to Optics

• Main Author: Chartier, Germain (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2005.
• Subjects: Physics.; Optics.; Electrodynamics.; Optoelectronics.; Plasmons (Physics).; Optics and Electrodynamics.; Optics, Optoelectronics, Plasmonics and Optical Devices.

Since the discovery of the laser in 1960 and optical fibers in 1970, optics has undergone dramatic changes that accentuate its multi-disciplinary character. This text covers essential concepts and reports the key developments and progress in current knowledge in the field. Inspired by the style of R...

Table of Contents:

• Orders of Magnitude in Optics
• Electromagnetic Waves
• Geometrical Optics
• Polarized Light—Laws of Reflection
• Birefringence
• Interference
• Diffraction
• Index of Refraction
• Lasers
• Nonlinear Optics
• Raman-Brillouin-Rayleigh Diffusion
• Guided Optics
• Fourier Analysis and Fourier Transform.