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Light and Matter
This book covers the following topics: Scaling and estimation, Velocity and relative motion, Acceleration and free fall, Force and motion, Analysis of forces, Newton's laws in three dimensions, Vectors, Vectors and motion, Circular motion, Gravity, Conservation of energy, Simplifying the energy zoo, Work: the transfer of mechanical energy, Conservation of momentum, Conservation of angular momentum, Thermodynamics, Vibrations, Resonance, Free waves, Electricity and circuits, non mechanical universe, relativity and magnetism, Electromagnetism, General relativity, The ray model of light, Images by reflection, Images, quantitatively, Refraction, Wave optics and Rules of randomness.
Author(s): Benjamin Crowell
1024 Pages 
Small Angle Scattering and Diffraction
This book shows how the existing technology of material characterization can contribute to science and applied technology. The authors who contributed with this book sought to show the importance of applying the existing techniques in the development of their works.
Author(s): Margareth Kazuyo Kobayashi Dias Franco
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Optics Lecture Notes by Michigan State University
This lecture note covers following topics: Nature of Light, Geometrical Optics, Optical Instrumentation, Dispersion, Prisms, and Aberrations, Wave Equations, EM Waves, Polarization, Fresnel Equations, Production of Polarized Light, Superposition of Waves Interference of Light, Coherence, Fraunhofer Diffraction, Fourier Optics, Characteristics of Laser Beams, Optics of the Eye.
Author(s): Michigan State University
NA Pages
Lectures On Geometrical Optics
This lecture note explains following topics: Basics of optics, Laws of Reflection and Refraction, Reflection from spherical mirrors, Velocity of image, Refraction at Plane Surfaces, Prism Theory, Defects of images, Refraction from curved surfaces.
Author(s): Anuj Kumar Dubey
196 Pages
NonLinear Optics Lecture Notes
This lecture note is intended to provide theoretical background to understand and predict a host of optical phenomena that become possible when nonlinearity in the optical response of a material is included in the description. It includes a detailed description of several of these phenomena, their experimental observation and photonic devices based on them.
Author(s): IIT Bombay
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Optics Lecture Notes by M P Vaughan
This book covers the following topics: Waves and Photons, The Physics of Waves,The Huygens-Fresnel Principle, Diffraction, Maxwell's Equations, Polarisation, Fermats Principle, Spherical Lenses and Mirrors, Crystal Symmetry and Optical Instruments.
Author(s): M P Vaughan
NA Pages
This note describes the following topics: Linear systems and the Fourier transform in optics, Properties of Light, Geometrical Optics, Wave Optics, Fourier Optics, Spatial and Temporal Field Correlations, Low-coherence Interferometry, Optical Coherence Tomography, Polarization, Waveplates, Electro-optics and Acousto-optics.
Author(s): Prof. Gabriel Popescu
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The main goal of this note is to introduce engineers to the characteristics of light that can be used to accomplish a variety of engineering tasks especially in mechanical analysis at macro and micro scales. Topics covered includes: Geometric Optics and Electromagnetic wave Theory Introduction to Light sources and photodetectors Geometric Moire: In-plane displacement measurement and out of plane displacement measurement, Geometric Moire, Moire Interferometry: Interference and Diffraction, Grating fabrication, Moire Interferometry: Holographic and Laser Speckle, Interferometry, Photoelasticity: theory, techniques and Multilayer structure: waveguide, filters, Introduction to fiber optic and waveguide delivery and detection, Periodic structure sensors.
Author(s): Wei-Chih Wang
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