Ghatak A. Optics

6th Edition. — McGraw-Hill Education (India) Private Limited, 2017. — 611 p. — ISBN 9339220900.The first laser was fabricated in 1960, and since then there has been a renaissance in the field of optics. From optical amplifiers to laser physics, fiber optics to optical communications, optical data processing to holography, optical sensors to DVD technology, ultrashort pulse generation to super continuum generation, optics now finds important applications in almost all branches of science and engineering. Indeed, to recognize the tremendous applications of light in our everyday lives, United Nations General Assembly proclaimed 2015 as the International Year of Light (IYL 2015) and to celebrate this, numerous events were organized globally.History of Optics
What is Light: A Brief History
Geometrical Optics
Fermat’s Principle and its Applications
Refraction and Reflection by Spherical Surfaces
The Matrix Method in Paraxial Optics
Aberrations
Vibrations and Waves
Simple Harmonic Motion, Forced Vibrations and Origin of Refractive Index
Fourier Series and Applications
The Dirac Delta Function and Fourier Transforms
Group Velocity and Pulse Dispersion
Wave Propagation and the Wave Equation
Huygens’ Principle and its Applications
Interference
Superposition of Waves
Two Beam Interference by Division of Wavefront
Interference by Division of Amplitude
Multiple Beam Interferometry
Coherence
Problems 17.18
Diffraction
Fraunhofer Diffraction
Fraunhofer Diffraction II and Fourier Optics
Fresnel Diffraction
Holography
Electromagnetic Character of Light
Polarization and Double Refraction
Electromagnetic Waves
Reflection and Refraction of Electromagnetic Waves
Photons
Particle Nature of Radiation: The Photon
Quantum Nature of the Photon and Entanglement
Lasers & Fiber Optics
Lasers: An Introduction
Optical Fiber Basics using Ray Optics
Fiber Optics II: Basic Waveguide Theory and Concept of Modes
Fiber Optics III: Single Mode Fibers
Special Theory of Relativity
Special Theory of Relativity I: Time Dilation and Length Contraction
Special Theory of Relativity II: The Mass-energy Relation
Special Theory of Relativity III: Lorentz Transformations
Appendixes
Gamma Functions and Integrals Involving Gaussian Functions
Evaluation of the Integral
The Reflectivity of a Fiber Bragg Grating
Diffraction of a Gaussian Beam
Simple Derivation of the Diffraction Integral
A Heuristic Derivation of the Schrödinger Equation and its Solutions
TE and TM Modes in Planar Waveguides
Solution for the Parabolic Index Waveguide
Invariance of the Wave Equation Under Lorentz Transformation