For optics: Introduction to Fourier Optics by Goodman. Much better than Optics by Hecht. Principles of Optics by Born and Wolf is also wonderful if you have a strong math background.
For biomedical optics: Quantitative Biomedical Optics: Theory, Methods, and Applications by Bigio and Fantini is great. Way better than Biomedical Optics: Principles and Imaging by Wang and Wu.
For nonlinear optics: Nonlinear Optics by Boyd is great.
For electrodynamics: Modern Electrodynamics by Zangwill is wonderful. It’s more advanced and mathematically sophisticated than Griffith’s and I prefer it over Jackson.
Some recs:
For optics: Introduction to Fourier Optics by Goodman. Much better than Optics by Hecht. Principles of Optics by Born and Wolf is also wonderful if you have a strong math background.
For biomedical optics: Quantitative Biomedical Optics: Theory, Methods, and Applications by Bigio and Fantini is great. Way better than Biomedical Optics: Principles and Imaging by Wang and Wu.
For nonlinear optics: Nonlinear Optics by Boyd is great.
For electrodynamics: Modern Electrodynamics by Zangwill is wonderful. It’s more advanced and mathematically sophisticated than Griffith’s and I prefer it over Jackson.