Let me just share a short note here that my Electromagnetic Optics textbook is now available for pre-order, to be published in March 2025! The link to the IoP Publishing site is here.

The official description of the book:

Light is an electromagnetic wave, and because of this it possesses unique features that are not possessed by other types of waves such as sound waves and water waves. This book will be an in-depth textbook introducing and covering all topics related to the fact that light is a transverse electromagnetic wave. It will begin with a discussion of the history of Maxwell’s equations, from which the wave properties of light were first deduced, and then move into the fundamentals of electromagnetic waves, such as the polarization of light, energy and momentum conservation, and basic solutions of Maxwell’s equations. From there, it will move into more practical topics: light propagation in matter of various types, light propagation through interfaces, light propagation in waveguides (like fibre optic cables), and light scattering.

You’ll notice that there isn’t a cover image yet, and… I’m working on that. I’ve got one crazy silly idea and one backup idea if the first one doesn’t work out.