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Principles of Wave Optics
Donald T. Gavel
University of California
at Santa Cruz
1.1 Introduction ..........................................................................................3
1.2 Physical Nature of Light ......................................................................4
Original Concepts of Light • Maxwell’s Equations and the Plane Wave
Solutions
1.3 Optical Paths through Materials and Free Space ............................6
Dispersion and Refraction • Polarization
• Optical Path Length, Geometric Rays, and Diraction • Photons,
Scattering, Energy, and Momentum
1.4 Analytic Methods for Light Wave Propagation and Analysis