Principles of Optics: Electromagnetic Theory of Propagation, Interference and Diffraction of Light
"Principles of Optics is a great, rigorous, ponderous, unwavering mathematical tract that deals with a welath of topics...a great book, the seventh edition is a fine one, and as I said, if you work in the field you probably should own it."    Physics Today"Principles of Optics is a great book, the seventh edition is a fine one, and if you work in the field you probably ought to own it."   Physics Today