Progress in Optics
- 1 Edición, Volumen 56 - 23 de noviembre de 2011
- Última edición
- Editor: Emil Wolf
- Idioma: Inglés
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 appear… Leer más
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Descripción
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 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.
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Puntos claves
- Comprehensive, in-depth reviews
- Edited by the leading authority in the field
- Q1 in Thomson JCR ranking
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De interès para
Researchers, professors, (post) graduate students, Academic and corporate libraries in the field of optics
Índice
Índice
Preface
1. Space-Time Analogies in Optics
1. Introduction
2. Ultrashort Light Pulse Propagation in Dispersive Homogeneous Media
3. First-Order Approximation: Space-Time Analogy
4. Elements and their Implementations
5. Coherent Ultra-High-Speed Optical Systems and their Applications
6. Temporal Optics in the Noncoherent Regime
7. Temporal Optics in the Two-Photon Regime
8. Conclusions
Acknowledgments
2. Unconventional Polarization States
1. Introduction
2. Superposition Principles and Interferometric Methods
3. Direct Methods
4. Generalized Beam-Like Polarization States
5. Nonparaxial Propagation and Focusing
6. Surfaces, Edges, and Particles
7. Unconventional Polarization States in Nonlinear Optics
8. Partially Coherent Polarization Vortices
9. Summary and Acknowledgments
3. Quantum Scissors – Finite-Dimensional States Engineering
1. Introduction
2. Finite-Dimensional Quantum States
3. Linear Quantum Scissors
4. Nonlinear Quantum Scissors
Summary
4. Polarization and Spectral Properties of Biphotons
1. Introduction
2. Biphotons and How to Produce Them
3. Measurements on Biphotons
4. Spectral Properties
5. Polarization Properties
6. Beyond Biphotons
7. Conclusion
Acknowledgments
5. Engineering Nonlinear Optic Sources of Photonic Entanglement
1. Introduction
2. Quantum Nonlinear Optics
3. Spontaneous Parametric Down Conversion
4. Four-Wave Mixing
5. Quantum Technologies
6. Conclusions
Acknowledgements
Author Index for Volume 56
Subject Index for Volume 56
Contents of Previous Volumes
Cumulative Index – Volumes 1–56
1. Space-Time Analogies in Optics
1. Introduction
2. Ultrashort Light Pulse Propagation in Dispersive Homogeneous Media
3. First-Order Approximation: Space-Time Analogy
4. Elements and their Implementations
5. Coherent Ultra-High-Speed Optical Systems and their Applications
6. Temporal Optics in the Noncoherent Regime
7. Temporal Optics in the Two-Photon Regime
8. Conclusions
Acknowledgments
2. Unconventional Polarization States
1. Introduction
2. Superposition Principles and Interferometric Methods
3. Direct Methods
4. Generalized Beam-Like Polarization States
5. Nonparaxial Propagation and Focusing
6. Surfaces, Edges, and Particles
7. Unconventional Polarization States in Nonlinear Optics
8. Partially Coherent Polarization Vortices
9. Summary and Acknowledgments
3. Quantum Scissors – Finite-Dimensional States Engineering
1. Introduction
2. Finite-Dimensional Quantum States
3. Linear Quantum Scissors
4. Nonlinear Quantum Scissors
Summary
4. Polarization and Spectral Properties of Biphotons
1. Introduction
2. Biphotons and How to Produce Them
3. Measurements on Biphotons
4. Spectral Properties
5. Polarization Properties
6. Beyond Biphotons
7. Conclusion
Acknowledgments
5. Engineering Nonlinear Optic Sources of Photonic Entanglement
1. Introduction
2. Quantum Nonlinear Optics
3. Spontaneous Parametric Down Conversion
4. Four-Wave Mixing
5. Quantum Technologies
6. Conclusions
Acknowledgements
Author Index for Volume 56
Subject Index for Volume 56
Contents of Previous Volumes
Cumulative Index – Volumes 1–56
Reseñas
Reseñas
"No volume of Progress in Optics needs a long review: you just need to know that a new one has appeared and to make sure your librarian has a standing order."—APPLIED OPTICS
Detalles del producto
Detalles del producto
- Edición: 1
- Última edición
- Volumen: 56
- Publicado: 13 de diciembre de 2011
- Idioma: Inglés
Sobre el editor
Sobre el editor
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Emil Wolf
Professor Wolf works at the University of Rochester, NY, USA
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