Electromagnetic Optics of Thin-Film Coatings - Light Scattering, Giant Field Enhancement, and Planar Microcavities

A theoretical, self-contained study of periodic multilayers and how they can be effectively exploited in both traditional and modern applications.

List of contents

Introduction; About the Authors; Acknowledgments; 1. Fundamentals of Electromagnetic Optics; 2. The Harmonic Regime; 3. Frequency Wave Packet; 4. Spatial Wave Packet; 5. Energy, Causality, and Coherence; 6. Thin-Film Filters; 7. Multilayers in Total Reflection; 8. Light Scattering from Optical Multilayers; 9. Planar Multilayer Micro-Cavities; Conclusion; Selected Books; Index.

About the author

Claude Amra is Director of Research at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut Fresnel, which he co-founded. He has previously been Director of LOSCM and Deputy Scientific Director of the Institute of Systems and Engineering Sciences within CNRS.Michel Lequime is Emeritus Professor at Ecole Centrale Marseille, Institut Fresnel. He was Head of Division at BERTIN, led the Optical Thin Films Group at the Institut Fresnel, and served as Secretary to the French Optical Society.Myriam Zerrad is a Research Engineer at Aix-Marseille University, Institut Fresnel. She heads the Scattering Group and leads the LISA team at the Institut Fresnel.

Product details

• Authors: Claude Amra, Claude Lequime Amra, Amra Claude, Michel Lequime, Lequime Michel, Myriam Zerrad
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 14.01.2021
• EAN: 9781108488877
• ISBN: 978-1-108-48887-7
• No. of pages: 392
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Astronomy; SCIENCE / Physics / Optics & Light, Optical physics, Applied optics, Communications engineering / telecommunications, Astronomical observation: observatories, equipment & methods