Optics

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Cover Title Contents 1 History of Optics 2 What is Light: A Brief History Part 1 Geometrical Optics 3 Fermat's Principle and Its Applications 4 Refraction and Reflection by Spherical Surfaces 5 The Matrix Method in Paraxial Optics 6 Aberrations Part 2 Vibrations and Waves 7 Simple Harmonic Motion, Forced Vibrations and Origin of Refractive Index 8 Fourier Series and Applications 9 The Dirac Delta Function and Fourier Transforms 10 Group Velocity and Pulse Dispersion Chapter 11 Wave Propagation and the Wave Equation 12 Huygens' Principle and Its Applications Part 3 Interference 13 Superposition of Waves 14 Two Beam Interference by Division of Wavefront 15 Interference by Division of Amplitude 16 Multiple Beam Interferometry 17 Coherence Part 4 Diffraction 18 Fraunhofer Diffraction I 19 Fraunhofer Diffraction II and Fourier Optics 20 Fresnel Diffraction 21 Holography* Part 5 Electromagnetic Character of Light 22 Polarization and Double Refraction 23 Electromagnetic Waves 24 Reflection and Refraction of Electromagnetic Waves Part 6 Photons 25 Practicle Nature of Radiation: The Photon 26 Quantum Nature of the Photon and Entanglemtent Part 7 Lasers & Fiber Optics 27 Lasers: An Introduction 28 Optical Fiber Basics Using Ray Optics 29 Fiber Optics II: Basic Wavefuide Theory and Concept of Modes 30 Fiber Optics III Single Mode Fibers Part 8 Special Theory of Relativity 31 Special Theroy of Relativity 1: Time Dilation and Lenght Contraction 32 Special Theory of Relativity 2: The Mass-Energy Relation 33 Special Theory of Relativity 3: Lorentz Transformations Appendix A Gamma Functions and Integrals Involving Gaussian Functions Appendix B Evalution of the Integral Appendix C The Reflectivity of a Fiber Bragg Granting Appendix D Diffraction of a Gaussian Beam Appendix E Simple Derivation of the Differaction Integral Appendix F A Heuristic Derivation of the Schordinger Equation and its Solutions Appendix G TE and TM Modes in Planar Waveguide Appendix H Solution for the Parabolic Index Waveguide Appendix I Invariance of the Wave Equation Under Lorentz Transformation References and Suggested Reading Index Optics cover_2017_Final_Curved.pdf Page 1 Page 2