Chapter 1: What is Light: A Brief History


PART 1 Geometrical Optics
Chapter 2: Fermat’s Principle and its Applications
Chapter 3: Refraction and Reflection by Spherical Surfaces
Chapter 4: The Matrix Method in Paraxial Optics
Chapter 5: Aberrations


PART 2 Wave Optics
Chapter 6: Simple Harmonic Motion, Forced Vibrations and Origin of Refractive Index
Chapter 7: Fourier Series and Applications
Chapter 8: The Dirac Delta Function and Fourier Transforms
Chapter 9: Wave Propagation and the Wave Equation
Chapter 10: Huygens’ Principle and its Applications
Chapter 11: Group Velocity and Pulse Dispersion
Chapter 12: Superposition of Waves
Chapter 13: Two Beam Interference by Division of Wavefront
Chapter 14: Interference by Division of Amplitude
Chapter 15: Multiple Beam Interferometry
Chapter 16: Coherence
Chapter 17: Fraunhofer Diffraction I
Chapter 18: Fraunhofer Diffraction II and Fourier Optics
Chapter 19: Fresnel Diffraction
Chapter 20: Holography
Chapter 21: Polarization and Double Refraction
Chapter 22: Electromagnetic Waves
Chapter 23: Reflection and Refraction of Electromagnetic Waves


PART 3 Quantum Theory
Chapter 24: Particle Nature of Radiation: The Photon
Chapter 25: Bohr Atom and Line Spectra of Atoms
Chapter 26: Quantum Theory and Entanglement


PART 4 Lasers & Fiber Optics
Chapter 27: Lasers: An Introduction
Chapter 28: Fiber Optics l: Basics Using Ray Optics
Chapter 29: Fiber Optics II: Basic Waveguide Theory and Concept of Modes
Chapter 30: Fiber Optics III: Single Mode Fibers


PART 5 Special Theory of Relativity
Chapter 31: The Mass Energy Relation: E = mc2
Chapter 32: Special Theory of Relativity I: Time Dilation and Length Contraction
Chapter 33: Special Theory of Relativity II: Lorentz Transformations


Appendix A: Few Mathematical Formulae
Appendix B: Diffraction of a Gaussian Beam
Appendix C: A Heuristic Derivation of the Schrödinger Equation and its Physical Interpretations
Appendix D: Solution for the Parabolic Index Waveguide
Appendix E: Invariance of the Wave Equation under Lorentz Transformation
Multiple-Choice Questions


References and Suggested Readings
Index