Kursk: Kursk. gov. Un-t, 2013. 109 c. (for undergraduate students in the areas of training: 011200 Physics and 210100 Electronics and nanoelectronics), CONTENT Historical information about the nature of light . Photometry. Geometric optics. Basics of Geometrical Optics. Reflection and refraction of light at a flat interface. Reflection and refraction of light on the spherical surface of the partition. Thin Lenses . Lens Formula. Lens and image errors. Optical devices. Interference of light. Interference of light. Coherence. Methods of observing light interference. Application of light interference. Diffraction of light. Diffraction of light. Fresnel Zone Method. Method of vector diagrams. Fresnel diffraction . Fraunhofer diffraction . Diffraction on multidimensional structures. Polarization of light. Natural and polarized light . Polarization in reflection and refraction. Polarization by double refraction. Polarization prisms. Artificial double refraction . Rotation of the polarization plane. Dispersion of light. Interaction of light with matter . Dispersion of light. Differences in diffraction and prismatic spectra. Electronic theory of light dispersion. Light Absorption. Dispersion of light. Quantum properties of radiation. Photoelectric effect. External photo effect. The laws of the external photoelectric effect . Application of photoelectric effect. Light pressure. The Compton Effect . Conclusion. References