Wolf Progress in Optics

1. Auflage 2000
ISBN: 978-0-08-096291-7
Verlag: Elsevier Science & Techn.
Format: PDF
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The publication of volume forty of Progress in Optics marks a significant milestone. Volume one was published in 1961, a year after the invention of the laser, an event which triggered a wealth of new and exciting developments. Many of them have been reported in the 234 review articles published in this series since its inception.The present volume contains six review articles on a variety of subjects of current research interests. The first is concerned with polarimetric optical fibers and sensors, and reviews the main efforts and achievements in this field within the last two decades.The second article presents a review of recent researches on digital optical computing. After introducing the basic concepts needed for understanding the developments in this field, some feasibility experiments as well as software studies are discussed.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Wolf, Emil

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Front Cover;1
2;Progress in Optics, Volume XL;4
3;Copyright Page;5
4;Contents;8
5;Preface;6
6;CHAPTER I. POLARIMETRIC OPTICAL FIBERS AND SENSORS;16
6.1;1. Introduction;18
6.2;2. Polarization Phenomena in Optical Fibers;19
6.3;3. Birefringence in Optical Fibers;37
6.4;4. Deformation Effects in Highly Birefringent Fibers;43
6.5;5. Application of Polarization Effects;67
6.6;6. Conclusions and Future Perspectives;84
6.7;Acknowledgements;85
6.8;References;85
7;CHAPTER II. DIGITAL OPTICAL COMPUTING;92
7.1;1. Introduction;94
7.2;2. Basic Concepts;94
7.3;3. Logic Gates;98
7.4;4. Methods for Logic Construction;103
7.5;5. Demonstration Systems;108
7.6;6. Software Research;116
7.7;7. Further Directions;125
7.8;8. Conclusion;125
7.9;References;126
8;CHAPTER III. CONTINUOUS MEASUREMENTS IN QUANTUM OPTICS;130
8.1;1. Introduction;133
8.2;2. The Mandel and Srinivas–Davies Approaches to Modeling Photodetection;136
8.3;3. Reversibility and Irreversibility of Photocounting;150
8.4;4. Models of Continuous Measurement;163
8.5;5. Probability-density Functional for Quantum Photodetection Processes;184
8.6;6. Quasicontinuous Schemes of Photodetection;188
8.7;7. Special States of an Optical Mode by Means of Continuous and Nearly Continuous Measurements on this Mode;197
8.8;8. Production of Correlated Photons;200
8.9;9. Conditional Generation of Special States Using Ideal State Reduction of Entangled Fields;204
8.10;10. Special States of One or Two Optical Modes by Means of Continuous Measurement on a Different Mode;241
8.11;11. Eigenvalue Problems for Intelligent States Generated in Ideal and Continuous Measurements;256
8.12;12. Conclusion;272
8.13;Acknowledgements;273
8.14;Appendix A. Superoperator-valued Measure and Related Concepts;273
8.15;Appendix B. Itô’s Calculus Without Itô’s Differential;276
8.16;References;277
9;CHAPTER IV. OPTICAL SYSTEMS WITH IMPROVED RESOLVING POWER;286
9.1;1. Introduction;288
9.2;2. The Space–Bandwidth Product (SW) As a Tool for Super Resolution Studies;290
9.3;3. Super Resolution as SW Adaptation;297
9.4;4. Super Resolution Based on Temporal Constraints;308
9.5;5. The Generalized Wigner Function for the Analysis of Super-Resolution Systems;327
9.6;6. Super Resolution for Objects With Finite Size;335
9.7;7. Wavelength-Multiplexing Super Resolution;344
9.8;8. Conclusions;353
9.9;List of Abbreviations and Symbols;354
9.10;Acknowledgements;354
9.11;References;355
10;CHAPTER V. DIFFRACTIVE OPTICS: ELECTROMAGNETIC APPROACH;358
10.1;1. Introduction;360
10.2;2. Some Resonance-Domain Effects;361
10.3;3. Electromagnetic Theory of Gratings;364
10.4;4. Linear Gratings Operating in First-Order Mode;374
10.5;5. Linear Gratings Operating in Zeroth-Order Mode;379
10.6;6. Modulated Gratings Operating in First-Order Mode;386
10.7;7. Modulated Gratings Operating in Zeroth-Order Mode;389
10.8;8. Gratings Operating in Multi-Order Mode;392
10.9;9. Conclusions;398
10.10;References;399
11;CHAPTER VI. SPECTROSCOPY IN POLYCHROMATIC FIELDS;404
11.1;1. Introduction;406
11.2;2. Subharmonic Resonances;409
11.3;3. Theoretical Methods;413
11.4;4. Bichromatic Fields;424
11.5;5. Polychromatic Fields,P=3;446
11.6;Acknowledgments;453
11.7;References;454
12;Author Index ;458
13;Subject Index;472
14;Contents of Previous Volumes;476
15;Cumulative Index;486