Meschede D. Optics, Light and Lasers: The Practical Approach to Modern Aspects of Photonics and Laser Physics

Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim, Germany, 2017. — 535 p. — ISBN: 978-3-527-41331-7.This new, updated and enlarged edition of the successful and exceptionally well-structured textbook features new chapters on such hot topics as optical angular momentum, microscopy beyond the resolution limit, metamaterials, femtocombs, and quantum cascade lasers. It provides comprehensive and coherent coverage of fundamental optics, laser physics, and important modern applications, while equally including some traditional aspects for the first time, such as the Collins integral or solid immersion lenses.
Written for newcomers to the topic who will benefit from the author's ability to explain difficult theories and effects in a straightforward and readily comprehensible way.LightRays
Wave Optics
Light Propagation in Matter: Interfaces, Dispersion, and Birefringence
Light Propagation in Structured Matter
Optical Images
Coherence and Interferometry
Light and Matter
The Laser
Laser Dynamics
Semiconductor Lasers
Sensors for Light
Laser Spectroscopy and Laser Cooling
Coherent Light–Matter Interaction
Photons: An Introduction to Quantum Optics
Nonlinear Optics I: Optical Mixing Processes
Nonlinear Optics II: Four-Wave Mixing
Mathematics for Optics
Supplements in Quantum Mechanics