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Classical optics


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  • Research AreasOptics & lasersClassical optics
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  • Optics & lasers
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  • Geometrical & wave optics
    • Light propagation in random media
  • Imaging & optical processing
    • Ghost imaging
    • Holography
    • Lidar
    • Radar
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  • Interference & diffraction of light
  • Light propagation, transmission & absorption
    • Evanescent waves
    • Non-diffracting waves
  • Optical interferometry
    • Nonclassical interferometry
  • Polarization of light
  • Transformation optics
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