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.
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.
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.
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.