| Resumen: | Introduction and elementary theory - The general geometrical theory of optical systems - The paraxial theory of optical instruments - The determination of the paraxial constants of optical systems - Prismatic instruments for refractometry and spectroscopy - The wave theory of light - Interference of two beams. Division of wavefront - Interference of two beams. Division of amplitude - Multiple beam interferometry - Huygens´ principle and the scalar theory of diffraction - Fraunhofer diffraction patterns - Diffraction gratings - Fresnel diffraction patterns - The physical theory of image formation in optical instruments - The monochromatic aberrations - The occurrence and control of aberrations in optical systems - Visual optics - Radiometry, photometry and the radiometric and photometric properties of image-forming and spectroscopic instruments - The electromagnetic theory of light - Absorption, emission, dispersion and scattering - Reflection and refraction - The propagation of light in anisotropic media and the analysis of polarized light - Optical activity - The velocity of light.
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