optics

name	optics
description	Optics engineering skill — extends landau-graph, electrodynamics, and plasma with Fourier optics, laser engineering, ultrashort pulse generation/measurement, acousto/electro-optics, stimulated scattering, and wave propagation in real media from 11 specialized textbooks.
unit_system	SI
unit_note	All formulas in SI units. landau-graph uses Gaussian — conversion via `si-gaussian-conversion`. Bidirectional with electrodynamics and plasma OK. No edges into landau-graph.

Optics Skill Graph

Extends the physics foundations (31 nodes across landau-graph, electrodynamics, plasma) with the engineering optics layer: how to DESIGN lasers, ANALYZE imaging systems, MEASURE ultrashort pulses, and SIMULATE optical propagation in real media.

Source Texts

• Goodman, Introduction to Fourier Optics (2017) — lens as FT, CTF/OTF, holography
• Siegman, Lasers (1986) — rate equations, resonators, mode locking, amplifiers
• Svelto, Principles of Lasers (2010) — laser physics, Q-switching, ultra-short pulses
• Trebino, FROG (2000) — ultrashort pulse measurement
• Boyd, Nonlinear Optics (2020) — SBS/SRS, EIT, frequency combs, damage
• Yariv & Yeh, Optical Waves in Crystals (1984) — AO/EO modulators, devices
• Marcuse, Light Transmission Optics (1982) — Gaussian beams, fibers
• Iizuka, Engineering Optics (1987) — aberrations, holography, speckle
• Jarem & Banerjee, Computational Methods (2011) — RCWA, BPM, FDTD
• Carcione, Wave Fields in Real Media (2022) — attenuation, anisotropy, Biot

Distillation Plan

See /home/zhiping/task/optics/distillation-plan.md