Chapter 1 Nature of Light
1.1 Light——Wave or Stream of Particles?
1.1.1 What is a wave?
1.1.2 Evidence for wave properties of light
1.1.3 Evidence for light as a stream of particles
1.2 Features of A Wave
1.3 Electromagnetic Wave
1.3.1 A periodic, sinusoidal wave
1.3.2 Huygens' wavelets
1.4 Maxwell's Equations
1.4.1 Classical electrodynamics
1.4.2 Properties of photons
1.5 Reflection, Shell's Law
1.5.1 Reflection
1.5.2 Total internal reflection
1.6 Fresnel Equations
1.7 Fermat's Principle
1.7.1 Fermat's principle yields Shell's law
1.7.2 The single slit
1.8 Interference
1.8.1 Constructive and destructive interference
1.8.2 Young's double-slit interference experiment
1.9 Diffraction
1.9.1 Diffraction
1.9.2 Diffraction by a single slit
1.9.3 Diffraction grating
Chapter 2 Polarization
2.1 Polarization of Light Waves
2.2 Law of Malus
2.3 Polarization by Reflection and Brewster's Angle
2.4 Brewster Windows in A Laser Cavity
2.5 Polarization and Electromagnetic Effects
