Progress in Optics (eBook)

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1992 | 1. Auflage
375 Seiten
Elsevier Science (Verlag)
978-0-08-096289-4 (ISBN)

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Progress in Optics Volume 30

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Confirming the fact that optics continues to be a highly active field of research where many interesting developments are currently taking place, the latest volume in this renowned series presents five review articles by well-known experts, on topics of current interest in optics. The first article concerns quantum fluctuations, a phenomenon encountered directly or indirectly in all optical measurements. Such fluctuations set limits to attainable accuracy with which measurements can be made. In recent years theoretical as well as experimental research has demonstrated that limitations arising from quantum fluctuations can sometimes be circumvented to some extent. These developments are of importance from the standpoint of basic physics as well as in connection with technological applications, such as noise reduction in communication systems. The second article deals with correlation holographic interferometry and speckle photography, paying special attention to the effects of random variation of surface microstructure on the contrast of interference fringes. The article which follows covers an important subject in the broad area of wave propagation in random media, namely wave localization. This phenomenon is a subtle manifestation of interference of multiply scattered waves and provides information about important properties of disordered systems. The article considers mainly localization in one-dimensional systems, which elucidate some of the underlying physics. The fourth article discusses an important nonlinear phenomenon, namely soliton propagation in fibres. Solitons are pulses which can propagate over long distances without change in shape. Because of their considerable stability, they are of particular interest for communication systems. The concluding article presents the theory and describes experiments on elementary quantum systems in the context of cavity quantum optics. Such experiments are providing deeper understanding of the interaction of light with matter and give new insights into the foundations of quantum mechanics.

Inhalt

Front Cover 1
Progress in Optics, Volume XXX 4
Copyright Page 5
Contents 16
Preface 14
CHAPTER I. QUANTUM FLUCTUATIONS IN OPTICAL SYSTEMS 22
§ 1. Introduction 24
§ 2. Techniques for Quantum Noise Reduction 31
§ 3. Applications of Squeezed Light 43
§ 4. Theory of Quantum Noise in Optics 54
§ 5. Squeezed-State Generation by Parametric Interaction 75
Appendix. Semiclassical Representations of the Field 93
Acknowledgements 102
References 102
CHAPTER II. CORRELATION HOLOGRAPHIC AND SPECKLE INTERFEROMETRY 108
§ 1. Introduction 110
§ 2. Fringe Contrast in Holographic Interferometry and Speckle Photography as Related to a Change in Surface Microrelief 111
§ 3. Mechanics of Contact Interaction 124
§ 4. Corrosion, Erosion and Wear Processes 142
§ 5. Conclusions 154
References 155
CHAPTER III. LOCALIZATION OF WAVES IN MEDIA WITH ONE-DIMENSIONAL DISORDER 158
§ 1. Introduction 160
§ 2. Statistical Properties of Physical Quantities in Random Media 164
§ 3. One-dimensional Localization 169
§ 4. Waves in Randomly Layered Media 191
§ 5. Conclusions 220
Acknowledgement 221
References 221
CHAPTER IV. THEORETICAL FOUNDATION OF OPTICAL-SOLITON CONCEPT IN FIBERS 226
Introduction 228
§ 1. Solitons in Optics 228
§ 2. Optial Solitons in Fibers 242
§ 3. Guiding Center Soliton 252
Acknowledgements 270
Appendix A. Inverse Scattering Transform and N-Soliton Solutions 270
Appendix B. Calculus on Infinite-Dimensional Spaces of Differential Polynomials 274
References 279
CHAPTER V. CAVITY QUANTUM OPTICS AND THE QUANTUM MEASUREMENT PROCESS 282
§ 1. Introduction 284
§ 2. Jaynes–Cummings Model 286
§ 3. Cavity QED 292
§ 4. The Micromaser 307
§ 5. Quantum Measurements 322
§ 6. Quantum Non-demolition Measurements 333
§ 7. Macroscopic Superpositions 342
§ 8. Separated Fields 357
§ 9. Outlook: Mechanical Effects 362
Acknowledgements 372
References 372
Author Index 378
Subject Index 386
Cumulative Index, Volumes I–XXX 390

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 26.6.1992
• Mitarbeit: Herausgeber (Serie): Emil Wolf
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Optik
• Themenwelt: Technik
• ISBN-10: 0-08-096289-0 / 0080962890
• ISBN-13: 978-0-08-096289-4 / 9780080962894