Physical optics

Provides a comprehensive overview of the fundamentals of modern physical optics. Covers Electro magnetic theory of light, Light emission and optical oscillators, Interference, diffraction, coherence, and Light and matter. DLC: Physical optics. 1. Optical Waves In Vacuum -- 2. Polarization Of Light -- 3. Light Energy -- 4. The Pressure Of Light -- 5. Classical Radiation Physics -- 6. Emission From An Oscillator Ensemble -- 7. A Linear Oscillator In An Optical Field -- 8. A Non-linear Oscillator In An Optical Field -- 9. Thermal Radiation -- 10. The Laser -- 11. The Interference Of Light -- 12. The Coherence Of Light -- 13. The Diffraction Of Light -- 14. The Diffraction Of Paraxial Beams -- 15. Diffraction In The Far-field Zone -- 16. Diffraction By Periodic Structures -- 17. The Analysis, Transformation, And Synthesis Of Optical Fields -- 18. The Physics Of The Interaction Of Light With Matter -- 19. Optical Waves In Linear Isotropic Media. S.a. Akhmanov, S. Yu. Nikitin. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Based on a course offered at Moscow State University, this text comprehensively presents the fundamentals of modern physical optics. The concepts of classical and quantum radiation theories, nonlinear physics, statistics, and Fourier transformations are shown to form the bedrock of modern optics and optical physics. Subjects include lasers, nonlinear optics, optical spectroscopy, and optical fields. The material is much more topical than that in conventional textbooks, and it provides a picture of physical optics as an expert would see it, but in a form accessible to a student.