This is a textbook of Fourier optics for the classroom or self-study. Major topics included in the 38 chapters are: Huygens' principle and Fourier transforms; image formation; optical coherence theory; coherent imaging; image analysis; coherent noise; interferometry; holography; communication theory techniques; analog optical computing; phase contrast imaging; partially filled, sysnthetic-aperture imaging systems; and optical lithographic printers. References are included in each chapter. (YP)