Akhmanov S.A., Nikitin S. Yu. Physical Optics

Oxford Clarendon Press, 1997. — 488 p.This book is based on the lecture course that has been given at the Physics Department of M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University during recent years. It is written primarily as a textbook for university students of physics. The text covers both classical and modern optics. The optics of lasers and related phenomena is emphasized. The book contains much more topical material than conventional textbooks. It provides a picture of physical optics as an expert would see it, but in a form accessible to a student.