Ian Kenyon has been a Research Associate at Oxford University, Northwestern University and Brookhaven National Laboratory, and subsequently Lecturer, Senior Lecturer and Reader at Birmingham University.

• 1. Introduction ; 2. Reflection and refraction at plane surfaces ; 3. Spherical mirrors and lenses ; 4. Optical Instruments ; 5. Interference effects and interferometers ; 6. Diffraction ; 7. Fourier optics ; 8. Astronomical telescopes ; 9. Classical electromagnetic theory ; 10. Polarization ; 11. Scattering, absorption and dispersion ; 12. The quantum nature of light and matter ; 13. Quantum mechanics and the atom ; 14. Lasers ; 15. Detectors ; 16. Optical Fibres ; 17. Photonic crystals ; 18. Quantum interactions ; 19. The quantized electromagnetic field ; 20. Quantum dots, optical cavities and cryptography

This will I am sure be found to be an invaluable textbook.

Ian Kenyon has been a Research Associate at Oxford University, Northwestern University and Brookhaven National Laboratory, and subsequently Lecturer, Senior Lecturer and Reader at Birmingham University.

• 1. Introduction ; 2. Reflection and refraction at plane surfaces ; 3. Spherical mirrors and lenses ; 4. Optical Instruments ; 5. Interference effects and interferometers ; 6. Diffraction ; 7. Fourier optics ; 8. Astronomical telescopes ; 9. Classical electromagnetic theory ; 10. Polarization ; 11. Scattering, absorption and dispersion ; 12. The quantum nature of light and matter ; 13. Quantum mechanics and the atom ; 14. Lasers ; 15. Detectors ; 16. Optical Fibres ; 17. Photonic crystals ; 18. Quantum interactions ; 19. The quantized electromagnetic field ; 20. Quantum dots, optical cavities and cryptography

This will I am sure be found to be an invaluable textbook.

Ian Kenyon has been a Research Associate at Oxford University, Northwestern University and Brookhaven National Laboratory, and subsequently Lecturer, Senior Lecturer and Reader at Birmingham University.

• 1. Introduction ; 2. Reflection and refraction at plane surfaces ; 3. Spherical mirrors and lenses ; 4. Optical Instruments ; 5. Interference effects and interferometers ; 6. Diffraction ; 7. Fourier optics ; 8. Astronomical telescopes ; 9. Classical electromagnetic theory ; 10. Polarization ; 11. Scattering, absorption and dispersion ; 12. The quantum nature of light and matter ; 13. Quantum mechanics and the atom ; 14. Lasers ; 15. Detectors ; 16. Optical Fibres ; 17. Photonic crystals ; 18. Quantum interactions ; 19. The quantized electromagnetic field ; 20. Quantum dots, optical cavities and cryptography

This will I am sure be found to be an invaluable textbook.