Lecture Notes

Fermat's First Theorem

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Lecture presentation on interband absorption, polarization, transversality of EM fields, boundary conditions, Gauss’ theorem, Stokes’ theorem, Snell’s law, the principle of least action, energy law, energy conservation, optical processes, optical coefficients, the complex index of refraction, modeling optical constants with a damped harmonic oscillator, amorphous silica, and optical materials.

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Fermat's First Theorem

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Fall 2007
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