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Progress in optics. Volume 54 /

In the almost fifty years that have gone by 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...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Wolf, Emil (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: [Place of publication not identified] : Elsevier Science, 2009.
Colección:Progress in Optics.
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  • Front cover; Half title page; Editorial advisory board; Title page; Copyright page; Preface; Contents; Chapter 1. Propagation-Invariant Optical Fields; 1. Introduction; 2. Scalar Fields; 3. Electromagnetic Fields; 4. Partially Coherent Fields; 5. Polychromatic and Pulsed Localized Waves; 6. Propagation Through Lens Systems; 7. Generation Methods; 8. Applications; 9. Conclusions; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 2. Theoretical Tools for Quantum Optics in Structured Media; 1. Introduction; 2. Exact and Approximate Solutions for System Plus Reservoir
  • 3. Master Equations: Deterministic Approaches4. Master Equations: Stochastic Approaches; 5. Concluding Remarks; Acknowledgements; References; Chapter 3. Polarization and Coherence Optics: Historical Perspective, Status, and Future Directions; 1. Introduction; 2. From Bartholinus (1669) to Stokes (1852); 3. From Stokes (1852) to Poincar�e (1892); 4. From Poincar�e (1892) to Wolf (1954); 5. From Wolf (1954) to Wolf (2007); 6. Summary and Prospects; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 4. Optical Quantum Computation; 1. Introduction; 2. Optical Qubits; 3. Universal Optical Quantum Gate Sets
  • 4. Cluster States5. Fault Tolerance; 6. Experimental Demonstrations; 7. Auxiliary Components; 8. Conclusion and Summary; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 5. Science and Engineering of Photonic Crystals; 1. Introduction; 2. Pursuit of the 3D PBG; 3. Eigenmode Symmetry and Transmittance; 4. Defect Modes and Waveguides; 5. PC Slab; 6. Cavity QED with PC; 7. Band Edge Enhancement; 8. Concluding Remarks; References; Chapter 6. The Mathematical Theory of Laser Beam-Splitting Gratings; 1. Introduction; 2. The Basic Mathematical Problem; 3. An Upper Bound on the Efficiency; 4. Two Beam Splitting
  • 5. Dammann Gratings6. One Dimensional Continuous Gratings; 7. Two Dimensional Fourier Series; 8. Two Dimensional Beam Splitting; 9. Summary; Acknowledgements; Appendix A; Appendix B; References; Author index for volume 54; Subject Index for Volume 54; Contents of Previous Volumes; Cumulative Index
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