Principles of Optics

Born, M., Wolf, E., Bhatia, A. B., Clemmow, P. C., Gabor, D., Stokes, A. R., Taylor, A. M., et al. (1999). Principles of Optics: Electromagnetic Theory of Propagation, Interference and Diffraction of Light. Cambridge University Press.

Type

Book

Intellectual base

Textbook

Year

1999

DOI

10.1017/cbo9781139644181

ISBN

9780521642224

DOI registrant

Cambridge University Press

Link

https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139644181

Cited from

engineering_design, mathematics

Cited by

5 citations across 5 artifacts.

Each citation links to the sentence it supports in the citing article.

Primes

• Impedance Mismatch and Coupling Efficiency
  • Impedance mismatch is a property of that interface—specifically, how well the characteristic properties of the two subsystems are aligned, as Born and Wolf (1999) formalize via the Fresnel reflection coefficients that determine optical interface efficiency from refractive-index mismatch alone.

    This sourceFoundational optics treatise: derives Fresnel reflection and transmission coefficients showing that transfer efficiency at an optical interface is determined by refractive-index mismatch alone, independent of beam intensity.

• Recursive Attenuating Amplification
  • In optics, Fabry-Perot etalons and integrating spheres accumulate intensity through multiple sub-unit reflections following the identical formula.

    This sourceStandard treatment of multiple-beam interference, the Fabry–Perot etalon, and intracavity intensity buildup as a geometric series in mirror reflectivity.

Domain-specific

• Huygens–Fresnel principle
  • … and a convenient observable transfers from A canonical example satisfies the full defining rule of Huygens–Fresnel principle with every parameter and convention explicit. to A careful use of Huygens–Fresnel principle tests assumptions, boundaries and the nearest confusable rather than relying on the label alone..
• Wave vector
  • In a periodic crystal, Bloch states carry crystal wave vectors identified modulo reciprocal-lattice vectors.

Mechanisms

• Interference Pattern Mapping
  • The team quantifies the pattern's quality by its fringe visibility

    This sourceDerives interference intensity from superposed fields and defines fringe visibility from bright and dark intensities; dark fringes arise through cancellation while the component beams remain present.

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