Light Propagation in Linear Optical Media

Book Preface

The main aim of this book is to describe light propagation in linear media by expanding on diffraction theories a little beyond what is available in the optics books that we love and admire (such as Born and Wolf, Jenkins and White, Goodman, Hecht, Brooker, or Akhmanov and Nikitin). This book can possibly be used as a technical reference book by professional scientists and engineers interested in light propagation and as a supplemental text for upperlevel undergraduate or graduate courses in optics. The first two chapters of the book, written at a more introductory level, are included for the sake of completeness and perhaps can be used as a refresher to the subject.