<i>Principles of Optics: Electromagnetic Theory of Propagation, Interference and Diffraction of Light</i>

Born, Max; Wolf, Emil; Hecht, Eugene

doi:10.1063/1.1325200

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Principles of Optics: Electromagnetic Theory of Propagation, Interference and Diffraction of Light

Published in Physics Today • Oct 1, 2000

Authors:

Max Born

Emil Wolf

Eugene Hecht

Abstract

Historical introduction 1. Basic properties of the electromagnetic field 2. Electromagnetic potentials and polarization 3. Foundations of geometrical optics 4. Geometrical theory of optical imaging 5. Geometrical theory of aberrations 6. Image-forming instruments 7. Elements of the theory of interfe...

Subject

Interference (communication)

Diffraction

Optics

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