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Progress in optics. Volume 47 /
In this volume, six review articles which cover a broad range of topics of current interest in modern optics are included. The first article by S. Saltiel, A.A. Sukhorukov and Y.S. Kivshar presents an overview of various types of parametric interactions in nonlinear optics which are associated with...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam ; Boston :
Elsevier,
2005.
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| Edición: | 1st ed. |
| Colección: | Progress in optics,
v. 47 |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; Progress in Optics, Volume 47; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1. Multistep parametric processes in nonlinear optics; 1. Introduction; 2. Single-phase-matched processes; 3. Multistep phase-matched interactions; 4. Phase matching for multistep cascading; 5. Multi-color parametric solitons; 6. Conclusions; Acknowledgements; References; Chapter 2. Modes of wave-chaotic dielectric resonators; 1. Introduction; 2. Failure of eikonal methods for generic dielectric resonators; 3. Ray dynamics for generic dielectric resonators; 4. Formulation of the resonance problem
- 5. Reduction of the Maxwell equations6. Scattering quantization
- philosophy and methodology; 7. Root-search strategy; 8. The Husimi-Poincare' projection technique for optical dielectric resonators; 9. Far-field distributions; 10. Mode classification: theory and experiment; 11. Conclusion; Acknowledgements; Appendix A: Numerical implementation issues; Appendix B: Lens transform; References; Chapter 3. Nonlinear and quantum optics of atomic and molecular fields; 1. Introduction; 2. Field quantization; 3. Quantum-degenerate atomic systems; 4. Collisions
- 5. Mean-field theory of Bose-Einstein condensation6. Degenerate Fermi gases; 7. Atomic solitons; 8. Four-wave mixing; 9. Three-wave mixing; 10. Outlook; Acknowledgements; Appendix A: Feshbach resonances; References; Chapter 4. Space-variant polarization manipulation; 1. Introduction; 2. Formation of space-variant polarization-state manipulations; 3. Geometrical phase in space-variant polarization-state manipulation; 4. Applications of space-variant polarization manipulation; 5. Concluding remarks; References; Chapter 5. Optical vortices and vortex solitons; 1. Introduction
- 2. Self-trapped vortices in Kerr-type media3. Composite spatial solitons with phase dislocations; 4. Multi-color vortex solitons; 5. Stabilization of vortex solitons; 6. Other optical beams carrying angular momentum; 7. Discrete vortices in two-dimensional lattices; 8. Links to vortices in other fields; 9. Concluding remarks; Acknowledgements; References; Chapter 6. Phase imaging and refractive index tomography for X-rays and visible rays,; 1. Introduction; 2. Properties of X-ray and visible ray; 3. Formation of intensity and phase images; 4. Phase imaging methods
- 5. Reference type interferometers6. Shearing type interferometers; 7. Refractive index tomography; 8. Discussion on interferometers and refractive index tomography; 9. Conclusion; Acknowledgement; References; Author index for Volume 47; Subject index for Volume 47; Contents of previous volumes; Cumulative index Volumes 1- 47