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Progress in Optics
- 1st Edition, Volume 62 - March 27, 2017
- Editor: Taco Visser
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 1 1 9 9 9 - 0
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 1 2 0 0 0 - 2
Progress in Optics, Volume 62, an ongoing series, contains more than 300 review articles by distinguished research workers that have become permanent records for many important… Read more
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Request a sales quoteProgress in Optics, Volume 62, an ongoing series, contains more than 300 review articles by distinguished research workers that have become permanent records for many important developments. In this updated volume, users will find valuable updates on topics such as optical testing, the modern aspects of intensity interferometry with classical light, the generation of partially coherent beams, optical models and symmetries, and more. This book's contributions have become standard references in scientific articles, providing the state-of-the-art to researchers and practitioners who work in the field of optics.
- Contains comprehensive, in-depth reviews
- Includes contributions from leading authorities
- Informs and updates on all the latest developments in the field
- Presents timely and state-of-the-art reviews
Chapter One: Modern Aspects of Intensity Interferometry With Classical LightTomohiro Shirai
- Abstract
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The Hanbury Brown–Twiss Effect With Classical Electromagnetic Beams
- 3 Ghost Imaging and Diffraction With Classical Light
- 4 Optical Coherence Tomography Based on Classical Intensity Interferometry
- 5 Concluding Remarks
- Acknowledgments
Chapter Two: Optical Testing and InterferometryDaniel Malacara-Hernández and Daniel Malacara-Doblado
- Abstract
- 1 Wavefront Representation and Its Characteristics
- 2 Tests That Measure Wavefront Distortions
- 3 Tests That Measure Transverse Aberrations
- 4 Tests That Measure Curvature
- 5 Interferogram Analysis
- 6 Phase Shifting Interferometry
- 7 Testing of Aspherical Surfaces
Chapter Three: Generation of Partially Coherent BeamsYangjian Cai, Yahong, Chen, Jiayi Yu, Xianlong Liu and Lin Liu
- Abstract
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Characterization and Generation of Various Partially Coherent Beams
- 3 Summary
- Acknowledgments
Chapter Four: Optical Models and Symmetries Kurt B. Wolf
- Abstract
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The Euclidean Group
- 3 The Fundamental Object of a Model
- 4 The Geometric Model
- 5 The Wave and Helmholtz Models
- 6 Paraxial Models
- 7 Linear Transformations of Phase Space
- 8 The Metaxial Regime
- 9 Discrete Optical Models
- Appendix A The SU(2) Wigner Function
- Acknowledgments
Chapter Five: Classical Coherence of Blackbody RadiationKasimir Blomstedt, Ari T. Friberg and Tero Setala
- Abstract
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Blackbody Radiation Inside a Cavity
- 3 Blackbody Radiation in an Aperture
- 4 Blackbody Radiation in the Far Zone of an Aperture
- 5 Summary
- Acknowledgments
- Appendix A Blackbody Coherence in Cavities
- Appendix B Derivation of Aperture and Far-Field Mutual Coherence Matrices
- No. of pages: 392
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Volume: 62
- Published: March 27, 2017
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Hardback ISBN: 9780128119990
- eBook ISBN: 9780128120002
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