1 Basic properties of the electaromagnetic field
1.1 The eletromagnetic field
1.2 The wave equation and the velocity of light
1.3 Scalar waves
1.4 Vector waves
1.5 Reflection and rfraction of a plane wave
1.6 Wave propagation in a straified medium.Theory of dielectric films
2 Electromagnetic potentials and polarization
2.1 The electrodynamic potentials in the vacuum
2.2 Polarization and magnetization
2.3 The Lorentz-Lorenz formula and elementary dispersion theory
2.4 Propagation of eletromagnetic waves treated by integral equations
3 Foundations of geomerical optics
3.1 Approximation for very short wavelengths
3.2 General properties of rays
3.3 Other basic theorems of geometrical optics
4 Geomtrical theory of optical imaging
4.1 The characteristic functions of Hamilton
4.2 Perfect imaging
4.3 Projective tranformation(collineation)with axial symmetry
4.4 Gaussian optics
4.5 Stigmatic imaging with wide-angle pencils
4.6 Astigmatic pencils of rays
4.7 Chromatic aberration.Dispersion by a prism
4.8 Ray tracing
4.10 Design of aspheric surfaces
4.11 Image-reconsturction from projections(computerized tomography)
5 Geometrical theory of aberrations
6 Image-forming instruments
7 Elements of the theory of interference and interferometers
8 Elelemts pf tje tjepru pf doffractopm
9 The diffraction theory of aberrations
10 Interference and diffracition with partially coherent light
11 Rigorous diffraction theory
12 Diffraction of light by ultuasonis waves
13 Scattering from inhomogeneous media
14 Optics of metals
15 Optics of crystals
Appendices
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