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Optical phenomena may be divided into four main areas: geometrical optics, wave optics, quantum optics, and statistical optics. In this book we will mainly discuss wave optics.
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Lauterborn, W., Kurz, T. (2003). The Main Areas of Optics. In: Coherent Optics. Advanced Texts in Physics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-05273-0_2
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