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Progress in Optics
1st Edition - April 7, 2016
Author: Taco Visser
Hardback ISBN:9780128046999
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eBook ISBN:9780444637215
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The Progress in Optics series contains more than 300 review articles by distinguished research workers, which have become permanent records for many important developments, helping optical scientists and optical engineers stay abreast of their fields.
Comprehensive, in-depth reviews
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Preface
Chapter One: Computational Optics Through Sequence Transformations
Abstract
1 Introduction
2 Why Levin-Type Sequence Transformations?
3 Decoding Divergent Series in Optics
4 Numerical Exploration of the Diffraction Catastrophe Zoo
5 Conclusions
Acknowledgments
Chapter Two: Coherence of Supercontinuum Light
Abstract
1 Introduction
2 SC Generation
3 Coherence of Nonstationary Light
4 Spectral and Temporal Coherence
5 Spatial Coherence
6 Experimental Perspectives
7 Conclusions and Outlook
Acknowledgments
Chapter Three: Quantum Optomechanics
Abstract
1 Introduction
2 Experimental Background
3 Quantum Noise of Parametric Transducer
4 Dynamic Back-Action of the Parametric Transducer
5 Conclusion
Appendix A Quantization of Running Optical Wave
Appendix B Standard Optomechanical Schemes
Appendix C Quantum Noise Spectral Densities of the Parametric Transducer
Appendix D Effective Quantum Noise Spectral Densities
Acknowledgments
Chapter Four: Light Modes of Free Space
Abstract
1 Introduction
2 Waves
3 Beams
4 Summary
Chapter Five: Polarization in Quantum Optics
Abstract
1 Introduction
2 Electric Field Wave Functions and Trajectories
3 Stokes Operators and Coherent States
4 Phase-Space Pictures
5 Hidden Polarization and Degrees of Polarization
6 Nonclassical Polarization
7 Conclusions
Acknowledgments
Author Index
Subject Index
Contents of Previous Volumes
Cumulative Index – Volumes 1–61
No. of pages: 422
Language: English
Published: April 7, 2016
Imprint: Elsevier
Hardback ISBN: 9780128046999
eBook ISBN: 9780444637215
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Taco Visser
Taco D. Visser is a Professor of Physics at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. He has published more than one hundred papers on various topics in optics, such as scattering, diffraction, waveguides, coherence theory, singular optics and surface plasmon polaritions. Next to his theoretical work he is also actively engaged in experiments in nano-optics.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor of Physics, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands