Progress in Optics
Elsevier (Publisher)
Published on 22. September 2011
430 pages
978-0-08-087987-1 (ISBN)
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Progress in Optics
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- Front Cover
- Progress in Optics, Volume VII
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- PREFACE
- CHAPTER I. MULTIPLE-BEAM INTERFERENCE AND NATURAL MODES IN OPEN RESONATORS
- 1. The Classical Concept of Multiple-Beam Interference
- 2. The Concept of Natural Modes
- 3. The Properties of Open Resonators
- 4. The Relation between Eigenmodes and Interference Effects
- References
- CHAPTER II. METHODS OF SYNTHESIS FOR DIELECTRIC MULTILAYER FILTERS
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Basic Theory
- 3. Survey of Special Methods
- 4. Approximate Methods of Synthesis
- 5. Exact Methods of Synthesis
- 6. Methods of Differential Correction
- 7. Apendices
- References
- CHAPTER III. ECHOES AT OPTICAL FREQUENCIES
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Theory of Spin Echoes and Photon Echoes
- 3. Experimental Observations
- Acknowledgements
- References
- CHAPTER IV. IMAGE FORMATION WITH PARTIALLY COHERENT LIGHT
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Diffraction Theory of Image Formation
- 3. Concepts of the Theory of Partial Coherence
- 4. Image Formation with Partially Coherent Light
- 5. Image of a Two-Point Object
- 6. Image of a Sine Wave
- 7. Image of an Edge
- 8. Images of Other Objects
- 9. Conclusions
- Acknowledgement
- References
- CHAPTER V. QUASI-CLASSICAL THEORY OF LASER RADIATION
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Approximate Theory of Generation and Amplification
- 3. Quasi-Classical Equations
- 4. Quasi-Classical Theory of Amplification
- 5. Quasi-Classical Theory of the Generator
- References
- CHAPTER VI. THE PHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE
- 1. Introduction
- 2. The Optical Properties of the Photographic Image
- 3. The Granularity
- 4. The Optical Transfer Function
- 5. Conclusion
- Acknowledgement
- References
- CHAPTER VII. INTERACTION OF VERY INTENSE LIGHT WITH FREE ELECTRONS
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Electron in a Monochromatic External Field
- 3. Electron Reflection and Refraction
- 4. Photon-Electron Scattering
- 5. Scattering from Bound Systems
- Appendix A. Coherent States in Quantum Field Theory
- Appendix B. Feynman Diagrams in Intense-Field Electrodynamics
- Acknowledgement
- References
- Author Index
- Subject Index
