Bücher von A. Ghatak

With the advent of lasers, numerous applications of it such as optical information processing, holography, and optical communication have evolved. Chapters 4--8 discuss the more important aspects of contemporary physical optics, namely, diffraction, coherence, Fourier optics, and holog raphy.

The propagation of electromagnetic waves in "square-law" media, i.e., media characterized by a quadratic spatial variation of the dielectric constant, has been a favorite subject of investigation in electromagnetic theory. The present book aims at presenting a unified view of important aspects of our knowledge of inhomogeneous optical waveguides.