Progress in Optics (eBook)

Emil Wolf (Herausgeber)

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2005 | 1. Auflage
392 Seiten
Elsevier Science (Verlag)
978-0-08-087981-9 (ISBN)

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In the thirty-seven 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. At the time of inception of this series, the first lasers were only just becoming operational, holography was in its infancy, subjects such as fiber optics, integrated optics and optoelectronics did not exist and quantum optics was the domain of only a few physicists. The term photonics had not yet been coined. Today these fields are flourishing and have become areas of specialisation for many science and engineering students and numerous research workers and engineers throughout the world. Some of the advances in these fields have been recognized by awarding Nobel prizes to seven physicists in the last twenty years. The volumes in this series which have appeared up to now contain nearly 190 review articles by distinguished research workers, which have become permanent records for many important developments. They have helped optical scientists and optical engineers to stay abreast of their fields. There is no sign that developments in optics are slowing down or becoming less interesting. We confidently expect that, just like their predecessors, future volumes of Progress in Optics will faithfully record the most important advances that are being made in optics and related fields.

Inhalt

Front Cover 1
Progress in Optics, Volume 48 4
Copyright Page 5
Contents 8
Preface 6
Chapter 1. Laboratory post-engineering of microstructured optical fibresh 12
1. Introduction 14
2. Microstructured optical fibers: a brief review 15
3. Transverse MOFs 18
4.Tapered MOFs 23
5. Microfluidic MOFs 33
6. Microfluidic interferometer 40
7. Conclusion 43
References 43
Chapter 2. Optical solitons in random media 46
1. Introduction 48
2. The main equations 52
3. Solitons in random single-mode fibers 57
4. Dispersion-managed solitons under random perturbations 73
5. Randomly birefringent fibers 84
6. Solitons in random quadratic media 90
7. Spatial solitons in random waveguides 94
8. Two-dimensional solitons in random media 103
9. Conclusion 104
Acknowledgements 105
Appendix A: The inverse scattering transform for the nonlinear Schrodinger equation 106
Appendix B: The inverse scattering transform for the Manakov system 110
References 114
Chapter 3. Curved diffractive optical elements: Design and applications 118
1. Introduction 120
2. Spherical/cylindrical CDOEs for imaging and Fourier transform 123
3. Spherical/cylindrical CDOEs for concentration of diffuse light on flat targets 132
4. Uniform collimation and ideal concentration for arbitrary source and target shapes 136
5. CDOEs for controlling the geometrical apodization factor 147
6. Curved gratings for spectroscopy 152
7. CDOEs for optical coordinate transformations 154
8. Summary 157
References 158
Chapter 4. The geometric phase 160
1. Introduction 162
2. The geometric phase in optics 162
3. The geometric phase with single photons 179
4. The geometric phase with photon pairs 182
5. The Pancharatnam phase as a geometric phase 184
6. The Pancharatnam phase with white light 186
7. Achromatic phase shifters 188
8. Switchable achromatic phase shifters 192
9. Polarization interferometers 193
10. White-light phase-shifting interferometry 195
11. Stellar interferometry 203
12. Nulling interferometry 205
Conclusions 208
References 209
Chapter 5. Synchronization and communication with chaotic laser systems 214
1. Introduction 216
2. Synchronization of chaotic lasers 231
3. Communication with chaotic lasers 284
4. Summary 335
Acknowledgements 338
References 339
Author index for Volume 48 354
Subject index for Volume 48 366
Contents of previous volumes 370
Cumulative index – Volumes 1–48 380

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 27.10.2005
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Gesundheitsfachberufe
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Pflege
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Optik
• Themenwelt: Technik
• ISBN-10: 0-08-087981-0 / 0080879810
• ISBN-13: 978-0-08-087981-9 / 9780080879819