Classical Electromagnetic Fields

• Preliminaries: A Review of Some Basic Concepts and Methods  (pdf)
 
• Rays: The Eikonal Treatment of Geometric Optics  (pdf)
 
• Beams: The Paraxial Wave Equation in Uniform Media  (pdf)
 
• Optical Resonators  (pdf)
 
• Wave Propagation in an Homogeneous, Anisotropic Dielectric  (pdf)


• Descriptions of the Polarization of Light  (pdf)


• Nonlinear Optics: Act I  (pdf)


• Guided Waves in Planar Structures  (pdf)


• Wave Propagation in Dispersive Media  (pdf)

Interaction of Radiation and Matter: Semiclassical Theory

• Review of Basic Quantum Mechanics: Concepts, Postulates and Notation (pdf)


• Review of Basic Quantum Mechanics: Dynamic Behavior of Quantum Systems (pdf)


• Review of Basic Quantum Mechanics: Two-Level Quantum Systems (pdf)
 
• Review of Basic Quantum Mechanics: The Thermal Radiation Field (pdf)
 
• Elementary Laser Concepts and Systems (pdf)
 
• Semiclassical Laser Theory (pdf): Note on Van der Pol Oscillators (pdf)
 
• Semiconductor Photonics (pdf)

Interaction of Radiation and Matter: Quantum Theory

• Review of the Quantum Mechanics of Harmonic Oscillators (pdf)


• Quantization of the Electromagnetic Field (pdf)
 
• Representations of Photon States (pdf)
 
• The Interaction Hamiltonian -- Coupling of Fields and Charges (pdf)
 
• Photon Absorption and Emission (pdf)
 
• Appendix: Dielectric Susceptibility (pdf)
 
• Photoelectric Detection and Photon Counting (pdf)

Appendix: On Classical Optical Interference, Coherence and Fluctuations (pdf)

Quantum Mechanical Langevin Equations (pdf)

 

Nonlinear Optics: Act II  (pdf)

Appendix: Radiative Transition Rates Revisited: (pdf)