TY - BOOK AU - Born,Max AU - Wolf,Emil TI - Principles of optics: electromagnetic theory of propagation, interference and diffraction of light SN - 9780521642224 PY - 2011/// CY - Cambridge PB - Cambridge University Press KW - Óptica N1 - Includes bibliographical references and indexes; Historical introduction; 1. Basic properties of the electromagnetic field; 2. Electromagnetic potentials and polarization; 3. Foundations of geometrical optics; 4. Geometrical theory of optical imaging; 5. Geometrical theory of aberrations; 6. Image-forming instruments; 7. Elements of the theory of interference and interferometers; 8. Elements of the theory of diffraction; 9. The diffraction theory of aberrations; 10. Interference and diffraction with partially coherent light; 11. Rigorous diffraction theory; 12. Diffraction of light by ultrasonic waves; 13. Scattering from inhomogeneous media; 14. Optics of metals; 15. Optics of crystals; 16. Appendices; Author index; Subject index ER -