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42.

Optics (for optical properties of gases, see 51.70.+f; for optical properties of bulk materials and thin films, see 78.20.-e; for x-ray optics, see 41.50.+h)

42.15.-ixx

Geometrical optics

42.25.-pxx

Wave optics

42.30.-dxx

Imaging and optical processing

42.40.-ixx

Holography

42.50.-pxx

Quantum optics (for lasers, see 42.55.-f and 42.60.-v; see also 42.65.-k Nonlinear optics; 03.65.-w Quantum mechanics)

42.55.-fxx

Lasers

42.60.-vxx

Laser optical systems: design and operation

Laser applications

Nonlinear optics

Physiological optics

Atmospheric and ocean optics

42.70.-axx

Optical materials (see also 81.05.-t Specific materials: fabrication, treatment, testing and analysis)

42.72.-gxx

Optical sources and standards (for lasers, see 42.55.-f; see also 07.57.Hm in instruments)

42.79.-exx

Optical elements, devices, and systems (for integrated optics, see 42.82.-m; for fiber optics, see 42.81.-i)

42.81.-ixx

Fiber optics

42.82.-mxx

Integrated optics

42.86.+b

Optical workshop techniques

42.87.-dxx

Optical testing techniques

42.88.+h

Environmental and radiation effects on optical elements, devices, and systems (see also 07.89.+b Environmental effects on instruments)

42.90.+m

Other topics in optics (restricted to new topics in section 42)