Handbook of Optical Metrology, 2nd Edition

5	Propagation of Light
Natalia Dushkina

CONTENTS

5.1    Properties of Light

5.1.1    Maxwell’s Equations

5.1.2    Harmonic Waves and the Wave Equation

5.1.3    Nature of Light

5.1.3.1    Light Is a Three-Dimensional Plane Electromagnetic Wave

5.1.3.2    Light Is a Transverse Wave

5.1.3.3    Electric and Magnetic Vectors Are Perpendicular to Each Other

5.1.3.4    Light Polarization

5.1.3.5    Energy Flow and Poynting Vector

5.1.3.6    Irradiance

5.1.3.7    Photons, Radiation Pressure, and Momentum

5.1.3.8    Electromagnetic Spectrum

5.2    Propagation of Light in Isotropic Media

5.2.1    Propagation of Light in Dielectrics

5.2.2    Reflection and Refraction

5.2.2.1    Boundary Conditions

5.2.2.2    Laws of Reflection and Refraction

5.2.2.3    Fresnel ...