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Progress in Optics

1st Edition - April 6, 2023

Editor: Taco Visser

Hardback ISBN:

9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 9 3 8 4 - 2

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9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 9 3 8 5 - 9

Progress in Optics, Volume 68 highlights new advances in the field of optics, with this updated volume presenting interesting chapters on a variety of timely topics in the field.… Read more

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Progress in Optics, Volume 68 highlights new advances in the field of optics, with this updated volume presenting interesting chapters on a variety of timely topics in the field. Chapters in this release include Nonlinear Optical Polarimetry with application in biomicroscopy, Single-photon Sources, Introduction to Tensor Networks and Matrix Product States with Applications in Cavity and Waveguide Quantum Electrodynamics, Rotated frames, Phase retrieval, and more. Each chapter is written by an international board of authors who review the latest developments in optics.

Cover image
Title page
Table of Contents
Series Page
Copyright
Contributors
Preface
Chapter One: Photon sources and their applications in quantum science and technologies
Abstract
1: Properties of single photons
2: Spontaneous parametric downconversion
3: Four-wave mixing
4: Quantum dot sources
5: Single-photon emitters in color centers
6: Applications
7: Conclusion and outlook
References
Chapter Two: Fock-state master equations for open quantum optical systems
Abstract
1: Introduction
2: Model Hamiltonian
3: Dissipative time evolution
4: Single-photon wavepackets
5: Two-photon wavepackets
6: Three-photon wavepackets
7: Narrow-bandwidth case and extension to N-photon FSME
8: Example: Two-level quantum emitter
9: Summary and discussion
Appendix: Single-photon case trace terms
References
Chapter Three: Phase recovery with intensity and polarization correlation
Abstract
1: Introduction
2: Phase in optics
3: Optics with random light
4: Phase recovery with polarization correlation
5: Holography with unpolarized light
6: Conclusions
References
Chapter Four: Spatially structured light fields and their propagation manipulation
Abstract
1: Introduction
2: Spatially structured light fields
3: Propagation manipulation of scaler SSLFs
4: Propagation manipulation of vector SSLFs
5: Summary
Acknowledgments
References
Chapter Five: Incoherent interference
Abstract
1: Introduction
2: Incoherent holography
3: Second-order interference (two-photon interference)
4: First-order incoherent interference
5: Nonlocal double-slit interference
6: Summary
Acknowledgment
References
Chapter Six: Fabry–Perot cavities made easy
Abstract
1: Introduction
2: Normalized fields and their boundary conditions in the FP cavity
3: The Maxwell–Bloch equations for a Fabry–Perot cavity
4: The traveling wave formalism
5: The set of modal equations
6: The single-mode stationary solutions
7: The linearized equations
8: The resonant case: Amplitude and phase instabilities
9: Low threshold instabilities in the limit of adiabatic elimination of the atomic polarization
10: Self-pulsing in the case of adiabatic elimination of both atomic variables
11: The effective semiconductor Maxwell–Bloch equations (ESMBEs) for a doubled Fabry–Perot cavity
12: Complete picture of the adiabatic elimination of the material variables
13: Complete picture of the adiabatic elimination of the material polarization for ultra-fast semiconductor lasers
14: The Lugiato–Lefever equation for the Fabry–Perot cavity
Appendix
References
Author index
Subject index
Cumulative index—volumes 1–68☆