Preface to the second English edition ix

Preface to the first edition xi

Introduction 1

1 Abbe's sine condition 9

2 Fourier optics 23

3 Effect of polarization on diffraction in systems of high numerical aperture 45

4 Gaussian beam optics 52

5 Coherent and incoherent imaging 62

6 First-order temporal coherence in classical optics 74

7 The van Cittert-Zernike theorem 88

8 Partial polarization, Stokes parameters, and the Poincare sphere 100

9 Second-order coherence and the Hanbury Brown-Twiss experiment 113

10 What in the world are surface plasmons? 128

11 Surface plasmon polaritons on metallic surfaces 139

12 The Faraday effect 152

13 The magneto-optical Kerr effect 166

14 The Sagnac interferometer 182

15 Fabry-Perot etalons in polarized light 197

16 The Ewald-Oseen extinction theorem 209

17 Reciprocity in classical linear optics 224

18 Optical pulse compression 240

19 The uncertainty principle in classical optics 258

20 Omni-directional dielectric mirrors 274

21 Linear optical vortices 289

22 Geometric-optical rays, Poynting's vector, and the field momenta 301

23 Doppler shift, stellar aberration, and convection of light by moving media 310

24 Diffraction gratings 323

25 Diffractive optical elements 351

26 The Talbot effect 367

27 Some quirks of total internal reflection 379

28 Evanescent coupling 387

29 Internal and external conical refraction 404

30 Transmission of light through small elliptical apertures 418

31 The method of Fox and Li 447

32 The beam propagation method 459

33 Launching light into a fiber 476

34 The optics of semiconductor diode lasers 489

35 Michelson's stellar interferometer 505

36 Bracewell'sinterferometric telescope 515

37 Scanning optical microscopy 525

38 Zernike's method of phase contrast 545

39 Polarization microscopy 554

40 Nomarski's differential interference contrast microscope 566

41 The van Leeuwenhoek microscope 576

42 Projection photolithography 586

43 Interaction of light with subwavelength structures 599

44 The Ronchi test 614

45 The Shack-Hartmann wavefront sensor 624

46 Ellipsometry 632

47 Holography and holographic interferometry 642

48 Self-focusing in nonlinear optical media 654

49 Spatial optical solitons 664

50 Laser heating of multilayer stacks 678

Index 691