Light matter interaction : physics and engineering at the nanoscale Historical synopsis of light matter interaction Elements of classical electrodynamics Physical optics of plane waves Energy flow in polarizable matter The classical charged oscillator and the dipole antenna Classical black body radiation Surface waves Transmission lines and waveguides Metamaterials Momentum in fields and matter Atom light forces Radiation in classical and quantal atoms Appendices. Appendix A. Numerical constants and dimensions Appendix B. Systems of units in electromagnetism Appendix C. Review of vector calculus Appendix D. Gradient divergence and curl in cylindrical and polar coordinates Appendix E. Properties of phasors Appendix F. Properties of the Laguerre functions Appendix G. Properties of the Legendre functions Appendix H. Properties of the Hermite polynomials