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Progress in Optics
- 1st Edition, Volume 58 - August 8, 2013
- Editor: Emil Wolf
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 4 - 6 2 6 4 4 - 8
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 4 - 6 2 6 5 4 - 7
In the 50 years since the first volume of Progress in Optics was published, optics has become one of the most dynamic fields of science. The volumes in this series that have appe… Read more
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Request a sales quoteIn the 50 years since the first volume of Progress in Optics was published, optics has become one of the most dynamic fields of science. The volumes in this series that have appeared up to now contain 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
- Edited by the leading authority in the field
Researchers, professors, (post) graduate students, Academic and corporate libraries in the field of optics
- Editorial Advisory Board
- Contributors
- Preface
- Chapter 1. Dynamic Photonic Materials Based on Liquid Crystals
- Abstract
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Photonic Devices Based on Cholesteric Liquid Crystals
- 3 Holographic Polymer Dispersed in Liquid Crystals
- 4 POLICRYPS Structures
- 5 Tunable Diffractive Waveplates
- 6 Liquid Crystals Active Plasmonic Nanomaterials
- 7 Conclusions
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Chapter 2. Invisibility Physics: Past, Present, and Future
- Abstract
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Early Concepts of Invisibility
- 3 Nonscattering Objects and Inverse Problems
- 4 Optical Cloaking
- 5 Other Cloaking Designs
- 6 Experiments and Material Properties
- 7 Related Applications
- 8 Invisibility in Science Fiction
- 9 Concluding Remarks
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Chapter 3. Phase Anomalies in Micro-Optics
- Abstract
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Gouy Phase
- 3 Measurement Methods
- 4 Gouy Phase in Highly Focused Light
- 5 Gouy Phase of 2D and 3D Focusing by Microlenses
- 6 Axial Phase Shift After a Single Diffraction Object
- 7 Phase Anomaly After a Periodic Diffraction Object
- 8 Gouy Phase After a Dielectric Microsphere
- 9 Conclusions
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Chapter 4. Subwavelength Atom Localization
- Abstract
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Techniques for 1D Atom Localization
- 3 Applications
- 4 Discussion and Conclusions
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Chapter 5. Low-Dimensional Silicon Structures for Use in Photonic Circuits
- Abstract
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Formation of Low-Dimensional Si
- 3 Characterization of Low-Dimensional (LD) Si
- 4 Applications of Low-Dimensional Si
- 5 Concluding Remarks
- References
- Author Index
- Subject Index
- Contents of Previous Volumes
- Cumulative Index-Volumes 1–58
- No. of pages: 416
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Volume: 58
- Published: August 8, 2013
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Hardback ISBN: 9780444626448
- eBook ISBN: 9780444626547
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Emil Wolf
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