Progress in Optics
Elsevier (Publisher)
Published on 21. September 2011
361 pages
978-0-08-087975-8 (ISBN)
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Progress in Optics
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- Front Cover
- Progress in Optics, Volume XII
- Copyright Page
- CONTENTS
- CHAPTER I. SELF-FOCUSING, SELF-TRAPPING, AND SELF-PHASE MODULATION OF LASER BEAMS
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Physical Mechanisms of Nonlinear Polarization
- 3. Wave Propagation
- 4. Conclusions
- References
- CHAPTER II. SELF-INDUCED TRANSPARENCY
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Coherent Optical Pulse in a Two-Level Absorber
- 3. Experiments
- 4. Variations of SIT
- References
- CHAPTER III. MODULATION TECHNIQUES IN SPECTROMETRY
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Why Modulate a Spectrum?
- 3. Spectromodulators and Interferometers: Analogous Instruments
- 4. When should Spectral Modulation Techniques be used - and When should they not?
- 5. Theory of the Hadamard Transform Spectrometers
- 6. Spectrometric Imaging
- 7. A Survey of Binary-Encoded Multiplex Spectrometers
- 8. Some Practical Considerations in Comparing Interferometers and Spectromodulators
- 9. Some Unsolved Problems in Transform Spectrometry
- 10. Conclusions
- Acknowledgments
- Appendix A. Some Properties of Cyclic Codes for Hadamard-Transform Spectrometry
- Appendix B. Cyclic Codes for Hadamard-Transform Spectrometry
- Appendix C. Code Optimization
- References
- CHAPTER IV. INTERACTION OF LIGHT WITH MONOMOLECULAR DYE LAYERS
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Preparation of Monolayer Systems
- 3. Optical Properties of Cadmium-Arachidate Layers
- 4. Coherent Scattering at a Dye Monolayer
- 5. Standing Light Waves
- 6. Evanescent Light Waves
- 7. The Near Field of a Radiating Molecule
- 8. The Radiation Pattern of a Fluorescing Molecule in Front of a Mirror
- 9. Fluorescence Decay Time of a Molecule in Front of a Mirror
- Appendix. Some Optical Properties of Uniaxial Crystals
- Acknowledgments
- References
- CHAPTER V. THE PHASE TRANSITION CONCEPT AND COHERENCE IN ATOMIC EMISSION
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Mean Field Theory of Laser Media
- 3. Beyond the Mean Field Theory
- 4. Discrete Mode Spectra
- 5. Discrete Modes in Nonlinear Optics
- Appendix I
- Appendix II
- 6. Note added in proof
- Acknowledgments
- References
- CHAPTER VI. BEAM-FOIL SPECTROSCOPY
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Spectral Line Shapes
- 3. Wavelength Studies and Energy-Level Schemes
- 4. Doubly-Excited Levels
- 5. Metastable One-Electron Levels
- 6. Mean-Life Measurements
- 7. Applications of Lifetime Data
- 8. Coherence and Alignment
- 9. Charge-State Identification
- 10. Conclusion
- Acknowledgments
- References
- AUTHOR INDEX
- SUBJECT INDEX
- CUMULATIVE INDEX - VOLUMES I-XII
