This is the course content for a waves and optics course that I am currently taking:
Oscillations: Review of simple harmonic motion and damped oscillations, coupled oscillators and normal modes.(4)
Waves: wave equation, superposition of waves with same and different frequency, Lissajous figures, standing waves, dispersion relations and group velocity.(4)
Maxwell's equations: Wave equation, plane, spherical, cylindrical and beam like solutions of the wave equation.(3)
Boundary conditions: reflection and transmission at the boundary.(2) Propagation of light in anisotropic media.(2) Coherence: Spatial and temporal.(2)
Polarization and double refraction, quarter and half wave plates.(2)
Geometrical optics: Paraxial approximation, lens aberrations, ray matrix approach to Gaussian optics, optical systems and resolving power.(8)
Interference: Division of wavefront (Young's double slit) and amplitudes (Newton's rings, Michelson interferometer), multi-wave interference-Fabry-Perot interferometer, thin optical coatings (single and multilayer), interference filters.(6)
Diffraction: Huygen-Fresnel and Kirchhoff's theories.(2)
Fresnel diffraction: rectangular, circular and zone plates.(2)
Fraunhoffer diffraction: Slits (single, double) and grating and circular aperture.(2)
Introduction to metamaterials.(1)
Due to Covid-19, this semester was botched up and the instructor managed to teach only a fraction of the course. I am currently using Vibrations and Waves by AP French and Griffiths for the waves section.
I am looking for textbook recommendations for the other topics in the above list. If possible, please mention the topic which is present in each book.
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– Physics_Et_Al Nov 04 '20 at 16:33