"Version: 20251101"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. Light, interference, and diffraction -- 1.3. From static to dynamic diffraction -- 1.4. Frequency analysis of motion -- 1.5. Beyond linear oscillations : chaos and complexity -- 1.6. Why dynamic optical diffraction matters -- 1.7. Summary2. Optical interference -- 2.1. Introduc…