PHY227 Optics

This is a summary of my class notes taken for the 2nd year Optics course featured within a Physics degree at The University of Sheffield. The course requires a fairly deep understanding of the nature of light and how optical properties can be manipulated for our benefit. Beginning with the fundamental Maxwell Equations for electromagnetic waves, the course investigates what happens at interfaces between media and introduces the Fresnel formulae, derived from simple boundary conditions and previo...