Progress in Optics (eBook)

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2011 | 1. Auflage
392 Seiten
Elsevier Science (Verlag)
978-0-08-096235-1 (ISBN)

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Progress in Optics Volume 10

Inhalt

Front Cover 1
Progress in Optics, Volume X 4
Copyright Page 5
Contents 12
Preface 10
Part I. Bandwidth Compression of Optical Images 18
Chapter 1. Introduction 20
Chapter 2. Channel Coding 23
Chapter 3. Image Digitization 28
Chapter 4. Redundancy Reduction 33
Chapter 5. Interpolative Coding 35
Chapter 6. Predictive Coding 37
Chapter 7. Run-Length Coding 39
Chapter 8. Reducing Quantization Noise 41
Chapter 9. Dual-Mode Coding 47
Chapter 10. Transformational Coding 50
Chapter 11. Coding of Motion Pictures 54
Chapter 12. Coding of Color Pictures 55
Chapter 13. Some Practical Considerations 56
Chapter 14. Comments on Image Quality 57
Chapter 15. Concluding Remarks 58
Acknowledgement 58
References 59
Part II. The Use of Image Tubes as Shutters 62
Chapter 1. Introduction 64
Chapter 2. Image Tube Components 66
Chapter 3. Electron-Optical Systems 69
Chapter 4. Image Intensification 72
Chapter 5. Early Applications of Image Tubes to High Speed Photography 75
Chapter 6. Image Tubes Designed for Use as Shutters 77
Chapter 7. Deflection Shutters 81
Chapter 8. Grid Controlled Image Tubes 88
Chapter 9. The Use of Conventional Image Intensifiers as High Speed Shutters 92
Chapter 10. Storage Methods 93
Chapter 11. Biplanar Image Tubes 98
Chapter 12. Multichannel Systems 99
References 101
Part III. Tools of Theoretical Quantum Optics 106
Chapter 1. Introduction 108
Chapter 2. Density Matrix Theory 112
Chapter 3. Green's Function Theory 121
Chapter 4. Quantum Noise Operator Theory 130
Appendix I 137
Appendix II 140
Appendix III 144
Appendix IV 146
References 152
Part IV. Field Correctors for Astronomical Telescopes 154
Chapter 1. Introduction 156
Chapter 2. Newtonian Telescope Correctors 156
Chapter 3. Ritchey-Chrctien Telescope Prime Focus Correctors 166
Chapter 4. Secondary Focus Correctors 177
References 180
Part V. Optical Absorption Strength of Defects in Insulators 182
Chapter 1. Introduction 184
Chapter 2. Smakula's Classical Treatment of Defect Absorption 186
Chapter 3. Decoupling of Defect and Host and the ƒ-Sum Rule 189
Chapter 4. Cross Section, Smakula's Equation, and Effective Masses 195
Chapter 5. Local Field Corrections 200
Chapter 6. Absorption Strengths of Color Centers in Alkali Halides 222
Chapter 7. Summary 239
Acknowledgements 241
References 241
Part VI. Elastooptic Light Modulation and Deflection 246
Chapter 1. Introduction 248
Chapter 2. Phenomenological Theory of Elastooptics 249
Chapter 3. Materials for Elastiooptic Devices 257
Chapter 4. Classification of Elastooptic Modulators and Deflectors. General Criteria 261
Chapter 5. Refractive and Birefringence Light Deflection 265
Chapter 6. Diffractive Light Deflection 269
Chapter 7. Piezoelectric Transducers for Diffraction Light Deflectors 284
Chapter 8. Areas of Application 292
Chapter 9. Outlooks and Conclusion 295
Acknowledgments 296
Bibliography 296
Part VII. Quantum Detection Theory 306
Chapter 1. Detection Theory 308
Chapter 2. Detection Theory in Quantum Mechanics 318
Chapter 3. Detection of a Coherent Signal 325
Chapter 4. Modal Decomposition of Aperture Fields 347
Chapter 5. Detection of Incoherent Light 351
Chapter 6. Estimation Theory 376
Acknowledgment 385
References 385
Author Index 388
Subject Index 396
Cumulative Index of Authors 409

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 21.9.2011
• Mitarbeit: Herausgeber (Serie): Emil Wolf
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Optik
• Themenwelt: Technik
• ISBN-10: 0-08-096235-1 / 0080962351
• ISBN-13: 978-0-08-096235-1 / 9780080962351