Progress in Optics (eBook)

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1994 | 1. Auflage
493 Seiten
Elsevier Science (Verlag)
978-0-08-087992-5 (ISBN)

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Progress in Optics Volume 33

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This volume contains six review articles dealing with topics of current research interest in optics and in related fields. The first article deals with the so-called embedding method, which has found useful applications in the study of wave propagation in random media. The second article presents a review of an interesting class of non-linear optical phenomena which have their origin in the dependence of the complex dielectric constant of some media on the light intensity. These phenomena which include self-focusing, self-trapping and self-modulation have found many applications, for example in fibre optics devices, signal processing and computer technology. The next article is concerned with gap solitons which are electromagnetic field structures which can exist in nonlinear media that have periodic variation in their linear optical properties, with periodicities of the order of the wavelength of light. Both qualitative and quantitative descriptions of gap solitons are presented and some experimental schemes for their detection in the laboratory are discussed. The fourth article describes methods for the determination of optical phase from phase-modulated images. These methods have found applications in plasma diagnostics, in connection with flow characterisation and in the design of new optical instruments. The final article reviews developments relating to imaging, through turbulence in the atmosphere. It looks at the state-of-the-art of our understanding of this subject and discusses the most important methods that are presently employed to compensate for image distortion caused by atmospheric turbulence.

Inhalt

Front Cover 1
Progress in Optics, Volume XXXIII 4
Copyright Page 5
Contents 8
CHAPTER I. THE IMBEDDING METHOD IN STATISTICAL BOUNDARY-VALUE WAVE PROBLEMS 14
1. Introduction 16
2. Multidimensional Stationary Problems 19
3. Plane Waves in Layered Random Media 30
4. Multidimensional Wave Problems in Layered Random Media 82
Acknowledgements 99
Appendix 99
A. Statistical Description of Dynamical Systems 99
B. Dynamical Properties of the Wiener and Lognormal Random Processes 111
C. Fundamental Solutions of Wave Problems 128
D. Factorization of the Wave Equation in a Layered Medium 131
References 134
CHAPTER II. QUANTUM STATISTICS OF DISSIPATIVE NONLINEAR OSCILLATORS 142
1. Introduction 144
2. Dissipative Third-Order Nonlinear Oscillator 145
3. Higher-Order Nonlinear Oscillators 197
4. Coupled Dissipative Third-Order Nonlinear Oscillators 198
5. Use of a Kerr Medium for Generation and Detection of Nonclassical States 207
Acknowledgement 211
References 211
CHAPTER III. GAP SOLITONS 216
1. Introduction 218
2. Qualitative Description 221
3. Coupled-Mode Theory 225
4. Stationary Solutions 230
5. Solitary-Wave Solutions 238
6. Multiple Scales 243
7. Discussion of Analytic Results 250
8. Numerical Results 252
9. The Coupling Problem 257
10. Experimental Geometries 266
11. Outlook 269
Acknowledgements 271
References 272
CHAPTER IV. DIRECT SPATIAL RECONSTRUCTION OF OPTICAL PHASE FROM PHASE- MODULATED IMAGES 274
1. Introduction 276
2. Direct Spatial Reconstruction of Optical Phase (DSROP) from Fringe Patterns 278
3. Direct Spatial Reconstruction of Optical Phase (DSROP) from More General Phase-Modulated Images 294
4. Direct Spatial Reconstruction of Optical Phase (DSROP) for Time- and Space-Phase-Modulated Images 307
5. An Overview of DSROP Methods. Range of Measurement, Accuracy and Speed 311
6. Applications of the Methods of DSROP 315
7. Concluding Remarks 324
Acknowledgements 326
References 326
CHAPTER V. IMAGING THROUGH TURBULENCE IN THE ATMOSPHERE 332
1. Introduction 334
2. Propagation of Light Through the Atmosphere 343
3. Imaging of Objects in the Turbulent Atmosphere 371
References 396
CHAPTER VI. DIGITAL HALFTONING: SYNTHESIS OF BINARY IMAGES 402
1. Introduction and Trends 404
2. The Quantization Part of an Image-Processing System 407
3. Spectral Characteristics of Binarization Techniques 413
4. Analysis of Halftone Procedures with Excessive Resolution 436
5. Halftone Procedures with Restricted Resolution below Sampling Raster 455
6. Halftone Resolution in Excess of Sampling Raster 469
7. System Considerations of Image Quantization Gain in Importance 473
Acknowledgements 474
References 474
Author Index 478
Subject Index 488
Contents of Previous Volumes 492
Cumulative Index 500

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 16.11.1994
• Mitarbeit: Herausgeber (Serie): Emil Wolf
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Optik
• Themenwelt: Technik
• ISBN-10: 0-08-087992-6 / 0080879926
• ISBN-13: 978-0-08-087992-5 / 9780080879925