Table Of ContentPHOTONS AND ELECTRONS Historical Sketch The Wave Nature of Light Polarization The Electromagnetic Spectrum Emission and Absorption Processes Photon Statistics The Behaviour of Electrons Lasers Summary WAVE PROPERTIES OF LIGHT The Electromagnetic Spectrum Wave Representation Electromagnetic Waves Reflection and Refraction Total Internal Reflection Interference of Light Light Waveguiding Interferometers Diffraction Gaussian Beams and Stable Optical Resonators Conclusion POLARIZATION OPTICS The Polarization Ellipse Crystal Optics Retarding Wave-Plates A Variable Wave-Plate: the Soleil-Babinet Compensator Polarizing Prisms Circular Birefringence Polarization Analysis Applications of Polarization Optics Conclusions LIGHT AND MATTER: EMISSION, PROPAGATION AND ABSORPTION PROCESSES Classical Theory of Light Propagation in Uniform Dielectric Media Optical Dispersion Emission and Absorption of Light Conclusions OPTICAL COHERENCE AND CORRELATION Measure of Coherence The Wiener-Khinchin Theorem Dual-Beam Interference Practical Examples Conclusions SOME ESSENTIAL PHYSICS OF RADIATION AND SOLIDS Radiation Electrons in Solids Conclusions OPTICAL SOURCES, MODULATORS, AND DETECTORS Optical Sources Optical Modulators Photodetectors Conclusions OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES The Planar Waveguide Integrated Optics Cylindrical Waveguides Optical Fibres Optical Fibres for Communications Polarization-Holding Waveguides Conclusions NON-LINEAR OPTICS Non-Linear Optics and Optical Fibres The Formalism of Non-Linear Optics Second Harmonic Generation and Phase Matching Optical Mixing Intensity-Dependent Refractive Index Four Photon Mixing (FPM) Parametric and Inelastic Processes Solitons Photosensitivity Conclusions OPTO-ELECTRONICS IN ACTION Anti-Reflective Coatings Optical-Fibre Current Measurement The Integrated-Optical Spectrum Analyzer The Audio Compact Disc (CD) The Optical-Fibre Gyroscope Holography Optical Time-Domain Reflectometry and its Use in Distributed Optical-Fibre Raman Temperature Sensing Measurement of Very Short Optical Pulses; Autocorrelator Topics in Optical-Fibre Communications Conclusions EPILOGUE: AND WHAT OF THE FUTURE...' APPENDICES Maxwell's Equations The Fourier Inversion Theorem Symmetry of the Permittivity Tensor The Polarization Ellipse Radiation from and Oscillating Dipole The Delta Function The Fermi-Dirac Function Second Harmonic Generation The Sampling Theorem The Semiconductor Equation ANSWERS TO NUMERICAL QUESTIONS Each chapter also contains Problems, References, and Further Reading sections.
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