CONTENTS
Preface xvii
Acknowledgments xxi
Author xxiii
1 Introduction 1
1.1 Why Optics? 1
1.2 History 4
1.2.1 Earliest Years 4
1.2.2 Al Hazan 4
1.2.3 1600–1800 4
1.2.4 1800–1900 5
1.2.5 Quantum Mechanics and Einstein’s Miraculous Year 5
1.2.6 Middle 1900s 6
1.2.7 The Laser Arrives 6
1.2.8 The Space Decade 7
1.2.9 The Late 1900s and Beyond 8
1.3 Optical Engineering 8
1.4 Electromagnetics Background 9
1.4.1 Maxwell’s Equations 9
1.4.2 Wave Equation 13
1.4.3 Vector and Scalar Waves 18
1.4.4 Impedance, Poynting Vector, and Irradiance 18
1.4.5 Wave Notation Conventions 20
1.4.6 Summary of Electromagnetics 22
1.5 Wavelength, Frequency, Power, and Photons 22
1.5.1 Wavelength, Wavenumber, Frequency, and Period 22
1.5.2 Field Strength, Irradiance, and Power 23
1.5.3 Energy