[PDF] Modern classical optics Geoffrey Brooker

This comprehensive introduction to principles underlying laser light scattering focuses on time dependence of fluctuations in fluid systems. It also serves as introduction to theory of time correlation functions, with chapters on projection operator techniques in statistical mechanics. Over 60 text figures. 1976 edition Electromagnetism and basic optics — Fourier series and Fourier transforms — Diffraction — Diffraction gratings — The Fabry-Perot — Thin films — Ray matrices and Gaussian beams — Optical cavities — Coherence: qualitative — Coherence: correlation functions — Optical practicalities: ?tendue, interferometry, fringe localization — Image formation: diffraction theory — Holography — Optical fibres — Polarization — Two modern optical devices