Progress in Optics
Elsevier (Publisher)
Published on 21. May 2010
356 pages
978-0-08-087974-1 (ISBN)
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Progress in Optics
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- Front Cover
- Progress in Optics, Volume XI
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Preface
- CHAPTER I. MASTER EQUATION METHODS IN QUANTUM OPTICS
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Phase Space Methods
- 3. Master Equation for a General System
- 4. Master Equations for Systems Interacting with Stochastic Perturbations
- 5. Master Equations for Open Systems
- 6. Relaxation of a Harmonic Oscillator
- 7. Brownian Motion of a Quantum Oscillator
- 8. Relaxation of an Atom
- 9. Incoherent and Coherent (Superradiance) Spontaneous Emission
- 10. Laser Master Equation
- 11. Master Equations for Strongly Interacting Quantum Systems in Contact with Heat Baths
- 12. An Application of Phase Space Techniques to a Problem in Solid State Physics
- Appendix. Some Properties of the Fokker-Planck Process
- References
- CHAPTER II. RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN FAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPIC TECHNIQUES
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Conventional Far Infrared Spectroscopic Instruments
- 3. New Spectroscopic Methods
- 4. Conclusion
- References
- CHAPTER III. INTERACTION OF LIGHT AND ACOUSTIC SURFACE WAVES
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Interaction of Light and Rayleigh Waves
- 3. Interaction of Optical Guided Waves and Acoustic Surface Waves
- 4. Conclusion
- Acknowledgements
- References
- CHAPTER IV. EVANESCENT WAVES IN OPTICAL IMAGING
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Existence and Creation of Evanescent Waves
- 3. Experimental Verification of the Existence and Properties of Evanescent Waves
- 4. Image Formation, Processing, and Transfer Using Frustrated Total Internal Reflection
- 5. Use of Evanescent Waves to Record or Transform Optical Images
- 6. Evanescent Wave Holography
- 7. Lateral Waves in Optical Imaging Situations
- References
- CHAPTER V. PRODUCTION OF ELECTRON PROBES USING A FIELD EMISSION SOURCE
- 1. Introduction-Consideration of Brightness
- 2. Field Emission Sources
- 3. An Electron Gun System
- 4. Types of Imaging Systems to be Considered
- 5. General Considerations of Brightness and Intensity
- 6. Examples of Electron Optic Systems
- 7. Field Emission Source and Electron Gun and Magnetic Lens
- 8. Generalized System
- 9. Discussion
- References
- CHAPTER VI. HAMILTONIAN THEORY OF BEAM MODE PROPAGATION
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Geometrical Optics Fields
- 3. Wave Optics and Wave Mechanics
- 4. Complex Ray Representation of Gaussian Beams
- 5. Systems with Non-Uniform Losses
- 6. Mode-Generating Systems
- 7. Non-Orthogonal Optical Systems
- 8. Anisotropic Media
- 9. The Scalar Wave Equation
- 10. Hamiltonian Optics
- 11. Properties of the Point-Eikonal
- 12. Beam Modes
- 13. Conclusion
- References
- CHAPTER VII. GRADIENT INDEX LENSES
- 1. Historical Background
- 2. Recent Developments
- 3. Ray Tracing
- 4. Lens Design
- 5. GRIN Rods
- 6. Conclusions
- References
- AUTHOR INDEX
- SUBJECT INDEX
- CUMULATIVE INDEX - VOLUMES I-XI
