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v. 20 ISBN 9780444867360
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Progress in Optics is a well-established series of volumes of review articles dealing with theoretical and applied optics and related subjects. Widely acclaimed by numerous reviewers as representing an authoritative and up-to-date source of information in all branches of optics, the series continues to fulfil a genuine need within the scientific community. Articles are contributed by leading scientists (including two Nobel Prize winners) chosen by the Editor, with the advice of an international panel of experts constituting the Editorial Advisory Board. Many of the articles appearing in these volumes have since been established as basic references in their respective fields. Vols. I-X: Out of print
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Preface. Some new optical designs for ultra-violet bidimensional detection of astronomical objects (G. Courtes, P. Cruvellier, M. Detaille and M. Saisse). Shaping and analysis of picosecond light pulses (C. Froehly, B. Colombeau and M. Vampouille). Multi-photon scattering molecular spectroscopy (S. Kielich). Colour holography (P. Hariharan). Generation of tunable coherent vacuum-ultraviolet radiation (W. Jamroz and B.P. Stoicheff). Author index. Subject index. Cumulative index volumes I-XX.
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v. 22 ISBN 9780444867612
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Progress in Optics is a well-established series of volumes of review articles dealing with theoretical and applied optics and related subjects. Widely acclaimed by numerous reviewers as representing an authoritative and up-to-date source of information in all branches of optics, the series continues to fulfil a genuine need within the scientific community. Articles are contributed by leading scientists (including two Nobel Prize winners) chosen by the Editor, with the advice of an international panel of experts constituting the Editorial Advisory Board. Many of the articles appearing in these volumes have since been established as basic references in their respective fields. Vols. I-X: Out of print
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Preface. Rigorous vector theories of diffraction gratings (D. Maystre). The theory of optical bistability (L.A. Lugiato). The radon transform and its applications (H.H. Barrett). Zone plate coded imaging: theory and applications (N.M. Ceglio and D.W. Sweeney). Fluctuations, instabilities and chaos in the laser-driven nonlinear ring cavity (J.C. Englund, R.R. Snapp and W.C. Schieve). Author index. Subject index. Cumulative index volumes I-XXI.
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v. 23 ISBN 9780444869821
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Progress in Optics is a well-established series of volumes of review articles dealing with theoretical and applied optics and related subjects. Widely acclaimed by numerous reviewers as representing an authoritative and up-to-date source of information in all branches of optics, the series continues to fulfil a genuine need within the scientific community. Articles are contributed by leading scientists (including two Nobel Prize winners) chosen by the Editor, with the advice of an international panel of experts constituting the Editorial Advisory Board. Many of the articles appearing in these volumes have since been established as basic references in their respective fields. Vols. I-X: Out of print
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Preface. Analytical techniques for multiple scattering from rough surfaces (J.A. DeSanto and G.S. Brown). Paraxial theory in optical design in terms of gaussian brackets (K. Tanaka). Optical films produced by ion-based techniques (P.J. Martin and R.P. Netterfield). Electron holography (A. Tonomura). Principles of optical processing with partially coherent light (F.T.S. Yu). Author index. Subject index. Cumulative index volumes I-XXIII.
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v. 24 ISBN 9780444870506
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Progress in Optics is a well-established series of volumes of review articles dealing with theoretical and applied optics and related subjects. Widely acclaimed by numerous reviewers as representing an authoritative and up-to-date source of information in all branches of optics, the series continues to fulfil a genuine need within the scientific community. Articles are contributed by leading scientists (including two Nobel Prize winners) chosen by the Editor, with the advice of an international panel of experts constituting the Editorial Advisory Board. Many of the articles appearing in these volumes have since been established as basic references in their respective fields. Vols. I-X: Out of print
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Preface. Micro-fresnel lenses (H. Nishihara and T. Suhara). Dephasing-induced coherent phenomena (L. Rothberg). Interferometry with lasers (P. Hariharan). Unstable resonator modes (K.E. Oughstun). Information processing with spatially incoherent light (I. Glaser). Author index. Subject index. Cumulative index volumes I-XXIV.
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v. 25 ISBN 9780444870766
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This volume is a jubilee issue and contains some specially designed computer generated holograms for this occasion, together with a description of how to obtain the holographic effect.
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Preface. Dynamical instabilities and pulsations in lasers (N.B. Abraham, P. Mandel and L.M. Narducci). Coherence in semiconductor lasers (M. Ohtsu and T. Tako). Principles and design of optical arrays (Wang Shaomin and L. Ronch). Aspheric surfaces (G. Schultz). Author index. Subject index. Cumulative index volumes I-XXV.
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v. 26 ISBN 9780444870964
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Preface. Photon bunching and antibunching (M.C. Teich and B.A. Saleh). Nonlinear optics of liquid crystals (I.C. Khoo). Single-longitudinal-mode semiconductor lasers (G.P. Agrawal). Rays and caustics as physical objects (Yu.A. Kravtsov). Phase-measurement interferometry techniques (K. Creath). Author index. Subject index. Cumulative index volumes I-XXVI.
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v. 27 ISBN 9780444874252
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Progress in Optics is a well-established series of volumes of review articles dealing with theoretical and applied optics and related subjects. Widely acclaimed by numerous reviewers as representing an authoritative and up-to-date source of information in all branches of optics, the series continues to fulfil a genuine need within the scientific community. Articles are contributed by leading scientists (including two Nobel Prize winners) chosen by the Editor, with the advice of an international panel of experts constituting the Editorial Advisory Board. Many of the articles appearing in these volumes have since been established as basic references in their respective fields. Vols. I-X: Out of print
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Preface. I. The self-imaging phenomenon and its applications (K. Patorski). II. Axicons and meso-optical imaging devices (L.M. Soroko). III. Nonimaging optics for flux concentration (I.M. Bassett, W.T. Welford and R. Winston). IV. Nonlinear wave propagation in planar structures (D. Mihalache, M. Bertolotti and C. Sibilia). V. Generalized holography with application to inverse scattering and inverse source problems (R.P. Porter). Author index. Subject index. Cumulative index volumes X-XXVII.
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v. 28 ISBN 9780444884398
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Volume XXVIII contains five review articles covering the following areas - digital holography, a field that has found useful applications in connection with data processing and data storage, for 3-d displays and in providing new types of optical components, for example, holographic gratings; - basic investigations concerned with new technologies that may lead to better optical communication systems and improved limits of measurement than are expected from the traditional interpretation of quantum-mechanical measurement theory; - a review of our current understanding of quantum coherence properties of stimulated Raman scattering; - an account of techniques developed in recent years in the field of interferometry, for improvements of high precision measurements; - the fascinating phenomenon of quantum jumps, which were introduced in the theory of atomic spectra by Niels Bohr in 1913.
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Preface. I. Digital holography-computer-generated holograms (O. Bryngdahl and F. Wyrowski). II. Quantum mechanical limit in optical precision measurement and communication (Y. Yamamoto, S. Machida, S. Saito, N. Imoto, T. Yanagawa, M. Kitagawa and G. Bjork). III. The quantum coherence properties of stimulated Raman scattering (M.G. Raymer and I.A. Walmsley). IV. Advanced evaluation techniques in interferometry (J. Schwider). V. Quantum jumps (R.J. Cook). Author index. Subject index. Cumulative index volumes I-XXVIII.
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v. 29 ISBN 9780444889515
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This volume presents five authoritative review articles on optics and related subjects. The first article deals with important components of many opto-electronic systems, namely waveguide diffraction gratings. It presents an account of the use of waveguide gratings as well as a quantitative review of the properties of optical waveguides. The second article discusses the phenomenon of enhanced backscattering, which has attracted a good deal of attention in recent years. It contains an account of research carried out mainly but not exclusively in the U.S.S.R.. The generation and propagation of ultrashort optical pulses as well as some linear and non-linear effects which arise when such pulses propagate in free space or in material media, is dealt with in the next article. It also includes accounts of the use of ultrashort pulses in the fields of optical communications and data processing.
The fourth article presents a brief review of several interferometric methods for overcoming the degradation of image quality caused by atmospheric fluctuations, including the so-called speckle masking method, speckle spectroscopy methods and optical long baseline interferometry with arrays of large telescopes. The concluding article deals with non-linear optical properties of semiconductors and metal crystallites in dielectric matrices. A good understanding of these properties is required when choosing the most appropriate materials for manufacturing devices which utilize several non-linear optical effects. Such devices would be particularly useful in connection with processing and transmission of information and their performance might eventually surpass those of present-day electronics.
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Preface. I. Optical waveguide diffraction gratings: coupling between guided modes (D.G. Hall). II. Enhanced backscattering in optics (Yu. N. Barabanenkov, Yu. A. Kravtsov, V.D. Ozrin and A.I. Saichev). III. Generation and propagation of ultrashort optical pulses (I.P. Christov). IV. Triple-correlation imaging in optical astronomy (G. Weigelt). V. Nonlinear optics in composite materials (C. Flytzanis, F. Hache, M.C. Klein, D. Ricard and Ph. Roussignol). Author index. Subject index. Cumulative index volumes I-XXIX.
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v. 30 ISBN 9780444895448
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Confirming the fact that optics continues to be a highly active field of research where many interesting developments are currently taking place, the latest volume in this renowned series presents five review articles by well-known experts, on topics of current interest in optics. The first article concerns quantum fluctuations, a phenomenon encountered directly or indirectly in all optical measurements. Such fluctuations set limits to attainable accuracy with which measurements can be made. In recent years theoretical as well as experimental research has demonstrated that limitations arising from quantum fluctuations can sometimes be circumvented to some extent. These developments are of importance from the standpoint of basic physics as well as in connection with technological applications, such as noise reduction in communication systems. The second article deals with correlation holographic interferometry and speckle photography, paying special attention to the effects of random variation of surface microstructure on the contrast of interference fringes.
The article which follows covers an important subject in the broad area of wave propagation in random media, namely wave localization. This phenomenon is a subtle manifestation of interference of multiply scattered waves and provides information about important properties of disordered systems. The article considers mainly localization in one-dimensional systems, which elucidate some of the underlying physics. The fourth article discusses an important nonlinear phenomenon, namely soliton propagation in fibres. Solitons are pulses which can propagate over long distances without change in shape. Because of their considerable stability, they are of particular interest for communication systems. The concluding article presents the theory and describes experiments on elementary quantum systems in the context of cavity quantum optics. Such experiments are providing deeper understanding of the interaction of light with matter and give new insights into the foundations of quantum mechanics.
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Preface. I. Quantum fluctuations in optical systems (S. Reynaud, A. Heidmann, E. Giacobino and C. Fabre). II. Correlation holographic and speckle interferometry (Yu.I. Ostrovsky and V.P. Shchepinov). III. Localization of waves in media with one-dimensional disorder (V.D. Freilikher and S.A. Gredeskul). IV. Theoretical foundation of optical-soliton concept in fibers (Y. Kodama and A. Hasegawa). V. Cavity quantum optics and the quantum measurement process (P. Meystre). Author index. Subject. Cumulative index volumes I-XXX.
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