Principles and Practices. Physical Optics Principles and Practices offers a detailed and focused treatment for anyone in need of authoritative information on this critical area underlying photonics. Using a consistent approach, the author leads readers step-by-step through each topic. Each skillfully crafted chapter first explores the theoretical concepts of each topic, and then demonstrates how these principles apply to real-world applications with experimental cases illuminated with numerous illustrations. The book works systematically through the principles to build a thorough understanding of how to study and