Thomas M.E. Optical Propagation in Linear Media: Atmospheric Gases and Particles, Solid-State Components, and Water

Oxpord University Press, 2006, 578 pp. - ISBN 0-19-509161-2
In this text, the term optical represents the electromagnetic spectrum from microwaves to the ultraviolet. This is because the quantum nature of the field becomes important in light-matter interactions beginning with microwaves, and most propagation media are opaque beyond the vacuum ultraviolet. Also, the fundamental resonances of propagation media are rotational, vibrational, and electronic, which are all within the realm of optical frequencies. Electronic spectroscopy is complicated and, when possible, limiting our discussion to the onset of electronic absorption greatly simplifies the treatment of electromagnetic propagation.

Contents
Optical Electromagnetics 1
Optical Electromagnetics 2
Spectroscopy of Matter
Electrodynamics 1: Macroscopic Interaction of Light and Matter
Electrodynamics 2: Microscopic Interaction of Light and Matter
Experimental Techniques
Optical Propagation in Gases and the Atmosphere of the Earth
Optical Propagation in Solids
Optical Propagation in Water
Particle Absorption and Scatter
Propagation Background and Noise
Appendices
Index