Classical optics and its applications / Masud Mansuripur.

Includes index.

1. Abbe's sine condition;
2. Fourier optics;
3. Effect of polarization on diffraction in systems of high numerical aperture;
4. Gaussian beam optics;
5. Coherent and incoherent imaging;
6. First-order temporal coherence in classical optics;
7. The Van Cittert-Zernike theorem;
8. Partial polarization, Stokes parameters, and the Poincare Sphere;
9. Second-order coherence and the Hanbury Brown - Twiss experiment;
10. What in the world are surface plasmons?;
11. Surface plasmon polaritons on metallic surfaces;
12. The Faraday effecy;
13. The magneto-optical Kerr effect;
14. The Sagnac interferometer;
15. Fabry-Perot etalons in polarized light;
16. The Ewald-Oseen extinction theorem;
17. Reciprocity in classical Linear optics;
18. Optical pulse compression;
19. The uncertainty principle in classical optics;
20. Omni-directional dielectric mirrors;
21. Optical vortices;
22. Geometric-optical rays, Poynting's vector, and field momenta;
23. Doppler shift, stellar aberration, and convection of light by moving Media;
24. Diffraction gratings;
25. Diffractive optical elements;
26. The talbot effect;
27. Some quirks of total internal reflection;
28. Evanescent coupling;
29. Internal and external conical refraction;
30. Transmission of light through small elliptical apertures;
31. The method of Fox and Li;
32. The beam propagation method;
33. Launching light into a Fiber;
34. The optics of demiconductor fiode Laser;
35. Michelson's dtellar interferometer;
36. Bracewell's interferometric telescope;
37. Scanning optical microscopy;
38. Zernike's method of phase contrast;
39. Polarization microscopy;
40. Nomarski's differential interference contrast microscope;
41. The Van Leeuwenhoek microscope;
42. Projection photolithography;
43. Interaction of light with subwavelength structures;
44 The Ronchi test;
45. The Shack-Hartmann Wavefront sensor;
46. Ellipsometry;
47. Holography and holographic interferometry;
48. Self-focusing in non-linear optical media;
49. Spatial optical solitons;
50. Laser-induced heating of multilayers;
Index.

This text covers topics in classical optics in the form of self contained chapters. The first half of the book deals with basic concepts of optics, and the second describes how these concepts can be used in a variety of technological applications.