O4 · Electromagnetic optics in media
A 19-module path through o4 · electromagnetic optics in media, in study order from foundations to the frontier.
Modules
- Maxwell's Equations in Dielectric Media
- Electric Polarization and the Displacement Field
- Dielectric Susceptibility and Permittivity
- The Refractive Index
- Plane Waves in Homogeneous Isotropic Media
- The Lorentz Oscillator Model
- Complex Refractive Index and the Extinction Coefficient
- Absorption Coefficient and Beer–Lambert Law
- Dispersion: Normal and Anomalous
- Phase Velocity
- Group Velocity and Group Index
- Sellmeier and Cauchy Dispersion Equations
- Kramers–Kronig Relations
- Group Velocity Dispersion and Pulse Broadening
- Superluminal and Slow Light in Anomalous Dispersion
- Drude Model and Metallic Optical Response
- Introduction to Nonlinear Optical Polarization
- Second-Harmonic Generation and χ⁽²⁾ Processes
- The Optical Kerr Effect and Intensity-Dependent Index