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Light and electromagnetism -- Polarization -- Dispersion and absorption -- Interference -- Diffraction -- Principles of lasers. "This third volume of the series Lectures in Optics provides a comprehensive presentation of the Wave Optics effects. The arguments regarding the conc…

"This third volume of the series Lectures in Optics provides a comprehensive presentation of the Wave Optics effects. The arguments regarding the concept of light, wave or particle, were actually part of the greatest revolution in physics, which, in the early 20th century, bore …

Glossary -- The foundations of polarized light -- The ray theory of light -- The polarization of light -- Malus's law -- Brewster's law -- The wave theory of light -- Fresnel's wave theory -- The polarization ellipse -- Degenerate polarization states -- The parameters of the pol…

The polarization of light is one of the most remarkable phenomena in nature and has led to numerous discoveries and applications. The nature and mathematical formulation of unpolarized light and partially polarized light were not readily forthcoming until the 1950s, when questio…