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.
