| Editorial Preface to the Second Edition     |  |  | 
| Editorial Preface (to the First Edition)     |  |  | 
| Chapter 1: Introduction to Diffraction Gratings: Summary of Applications     |  |  | 
| Chapter 2: Analytic Properties of Diffraction Gratings     |  |  | 
| Chapter 3: Spectral Methods for Gratings     |  |  | 
| Chapter 4: Integral method for gratings     |  |  | 
| Chapter 5: Finite Element Method     |  |  | 
| Chapter 6: Spherical harmonic Lattice Sums for Gratings      |  |  | 
| Chapter 7: Differential Method for Periodic Structures      |  |  | 
| Chapter 8: Coordinate Transformation Methods      |  |  | 
| Chapter 9: FDTD Method for Gratings      |  |  | 
| Chapter 10: Exact Modal Methods     |  |  | 
| Chapter 11: Homogenization Techniques for Periodic Structures      |  |  | 
| Chapter 12: Boundary Integral Equation Methods for Conical Diffraction and Short Waves      |  |  | 
| Chapter 13: Fourier Modal Method      |  |  |