Light Propagation in Linear Optical Media

Contents

1. Preface
2. About the Authors
3. 1 Electromagnetic Fields and Origin of Light
   1. 1.1 Introduction
   2. 1.2 Electric Fields
   3. 1.3 Magnetic Fields
   4. 1.4 Electromagnetism
   5. 1.5 Vector and Scalar Potentials
   6. 1.6 Hertz Vector Potential
   7. 1.7 Radiation from an Orbiting Charge
   8. 1.8 Poynting Vector
   9. 1.9 Radiation from a Classical Atom
   10. 1.10 A Quantum Mechanical Interlude
       1. 1.10.1 Blackbody Radiation
       2. 1.10.2 Planck’s Theory of Light Quanta
       3. 1.10.3 Photoelectric Effect
       4. 1.10.4 Einstein's Theory of Photons
       5. 1.10.5 Wave Particle Duality of Matter
       6. 1.10.6 The Particle-Function of Classical Mechanics
       7. 1.10.7 The Wavefunction of Quantum Mechanics
       8. 1.10.8 The Schrödinger Equation
       9. 1.10.9 Wavefunctions of Electrons in a Stable Atom
       10. 1.10.10 Atomic Radiation
   11. 1.11 Units and Dimensions
   12. Bibliography ...