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photonics I
Prof. Dr. Ferenc Krausz
(A-Vorlesung, WS, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, München)
summary:
the lecture course introduces the five models of light & its interaction with matter:
  1. ray (geometrical) optics,
  2. wave optics,
  3. electromagnetic optics,
  4. semiclassical theory of light-matter interactions and
  5. quantum optics,
postulates their laws and – with the help of these successively more advanced (I - V) models – addresses the generation, propagation, manipulation, and advanced applications of light. Here you can download the lecture, both as individual chapters and as a complete PDF.
link to pdftable of contents
I. link to pdfintroduction: the theory of light and and its advanced applications
II. link to pdfray optics
III. wave optics
link to pdfintroduction
link to pdfparaxial waves, Gaussian beams
IV. electromagnetic optics
link to pdfmicroscopic and macroscopic fields, potentials, waves
link to pdfnonlinear polarization, light modulation and frequency conversion
link to pdfconcepts of optical signal processing and optical communications
link to pdftheory of optical pulse propagation, dispersive and nonlinear effects, pulse compression, solitons in optical fibers
V. semiclassical theory of light-matter interactions
link to pdfclassical and quantum mechanics of the electron in a light field
link to pdflight-induced atomic transitions
link to pdfpolarization response of matter: quantum theory of the constitutive law
VI. quantum optics
link to pdfquantization of the electromagnetic field
link to pdfquantum states of the electromagnetic field

link to pdfcomplete PDF