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Interaction of Light with Matter
Ksenia Dolgaleva, University of Ottawa
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interactions. The discussion is provided for the natural bulk optical materials only. The interfaces
between various materials will be covered in the next book on optical components.
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ABSTRACT
This book, IntroductiontoOpticsI:InteractionofLightwithMatter, is the first book in a series
of four covering the introduction to optics and optical components. The author’s targeted goal
forthisseriesistoprovideclarityforthereaderbyaddressingcommondifficultiesencountered
whiletryingtounderstandvariousopticsconcepts.Thisfirstbookisorganizedandwrittenina
waythatiseasytofollow,andismeanttobeanexcellentfirstbookonoptics,eventuallyleading
the way for further study. Those with technical backgrounds as well as undergraduate students
studyingopticsforthefirsttimecanbenefitfromthisbookseries.
The current book includes three chapters on light and its characteristics (Chapter 1), on
matter from the standpoint of optics (Chapter 2), and on the interaction of light with matter
(Chapter 3). Among the characteristics of light, the ones characterizing its speed, color, and
strength are covered. The polarization of light will be covered in the next book of the series,
wherewediscussopticalcomponents.Chapter2discussesvariousatomicandmoleculartransi-
tionsactivatedbylight(opticaltransitions).Differentkindsofnaturalbulkmaterialmediaare
described:crystallineandamorphous,atomicandmolecular,conductiveandinsulating.Chap-
ter 3 on the interaction of light with matter describes naturally occurring phenomena such as
absorption, dispersion, and nonlinear optical interactions. The discussion is provided for the
natural bulk optical materials only. The interfaces between various materials will be covered in
thenextbookonopticalcomponents.
The following three books of the series are planned as follows. In the second book, we
willfocusonpassiveopticalcomponentssuchaslenses,mirrors,guided-wave,andpolarization
opticaldevices.Inthethirdbook,wewilldiscusslasersourcesandopticalamplifiers.Finally,the
fourthbookintheserieswillcoveroptoelectronicdevices,suchassemiconductorlightsources
anddetectors.
KEYWORDS
optics,light,interactionoflightwithmatter,characteristicsoflight,opticaltransi-
tions
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