Optics, Light and Lasers

This text has been written for newcomers to the field. The author explains difficult effects in a straightforward and easily comprehensive way. This updated and enlarged edition features new chapters on new topics like plasmonics, femtocombs, and quantum cascade lasers. This new, updated and enlarged edition of the successful and exceptionally well-structured textbook features new chapters on such hot topics as optical angular momentum, microscopy beyond the resolution limit, metamaterials, femtocombs, and quantum cascade lasers. It provides comprehensive and coherent coverage of fundamental optics, laser physics, and important modern applications, while equally including some traditional aspects for the first time, such as the Collins integral or solid immersion lenses. Written for newcomers to the topic who will benefit from the author's ability to explain difficult theories and effects in a straightforward and readily comprehensible way.