Electromagnetic theory of propagation, interference and diffraction of light
- Basic properties of the electromagnetic field
- Electromagnetic potentials and polarization
- Foundations of geometrical optics
- Geometrical theory of optical imaging
- Geometrical theory of aberrations
- Image-forming instruments
- Elements of the theory of interference and interferometers
- Elements of the theory of diffraction
- The diffraction theory of aberrations
- Interference and diffraction with partially coherent light
- Rigorous diffraction theory
- Diffraction of light by ultrasonic waves
- Scattering from inhomogeneous media
- Optics of metals
- Optics of crystals
- Appendices
- The Calculus of variations
- Light optics, electron optics and wave mechanics
- Asymptotic approximations to integrals
- The Dirac delta function
- A mathematical lemma used in the rigorous derivation of the Lorentz-Lorenz formula
- Propagation of discontinuities in an electromagnetic field
- The circle polynomials of Zernike
- Proof of the inequalityfor the spectral degree of coherence
- Proof of a reciprocity inequality
- Evaluation of two integrals
- Energy conservation in scalar wavefields
- Proof of Jones’ lemma