Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface to the third edition
- Preface to the second edition
- Preface to the first edition
- 1 History of ideas
- 2 Waves
- 3 Geometrical optics
- 4 Fourier theory
- 5 Electromagnetic waves
- 6 Polarization and anisotropic media
- 7 Diffraction
- 8 Fraunhofer diffraction and interference
- 9 Interferometry
- 10 Optical waveguides and modulated media
- 11 Coherence
- 12 Image formation
- 13 The classical theory of dispersion
- 14 Quantum optics and lasers
- 15 Problems
- Appendix 1 Bessel functions in wave optics
- Appendix 2 Lecture demonstrations in Fourier optics
- Bibliography
- Index
14 - Quantum optics and lasers
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface to the third edition
- Preface to the second edition
- Preface to the first edition
- 1 History of ideas
- 2 Waves
- 3 Geometrical optics
- 4 Fourier theory
- 5 Electromagnetic waves
- 6 Polarization and anisotropic media
- 7 Diffraction
- 8 Fraunhofer diffraction and interference
- 9 Interferometry
- 10 Optical waveguides and modulated media
- 11 Coherence
- 12 Image formation
- 13 The classical theory of dispersion
- 14 Quantum optics and lasers
- 15 Problems
- Appendix 1 Bessel functions in wave optics
- Appendix 2 Lecture demonstrations in Fourier optics
- Bibliography
- Index
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- Optical Physics , pp. 407 - 442Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1995