Progress in Optics (eBook)

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2011 | 1. Auflage
305 Seiten
Elsevier Science (Verlag)
978-0-08-087976-5 (ISBN)

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Progress in Optics Volume 13

Inhalt

Front Cover 1
Progress in Optics, Volume XIII 4
Copyright Page 5
CONTENTS 12
PREFACE 10
CHAPTER I. ON THE VALIDITY OF KIRCHHOFF'S LAW OF HEAT RADIATION FOR A BODY IN A NONEQUILIBRIUM ENVIRONMENT 16
1. Introduction 18
2. Fundamental Laws and Definitions 19
3. Stimulated Emission Treated as Negative Absorption 24
4. Stimulated Emission not Considered as Negative Absorption 32
5. Some Experimental Results 37
6. Conclusions 38
7. Acknowledgements 39
References 39
CHAPTER II. THE CASE FOR AND AGAINST SEMICLASSICAL RADIATION THEORY 42
1. Introduction 44
2. The Photoelectric Effect 45
3. Relation between Semiclassical Theories of Photodetection and Q.E.D. 54
4. Spontaneous Emission of Light according to Neoclassical Theory 58
5. Resonance Fluorescence 65
6. Fluorescence Effects in Multi-Level Atoms 67
7. Polarization Correlations in an Atomic Cascade 69
8. Momentum Transfer Experiments 74
9. Interference Experiments 76
10. Conclusion 80
References 81
CHAPTER III. OBJECTIVE AND SUBJECTIVE SPHERICAL ABERRATION MEASUREMENTS OF THE HUMAN EYE 84
1. Introduction 86
2. The Anatomy of the Optical Elements of the Eye 87
3. The Basic Concepts of Spherical Aberration 91
4. Historical Introduction to the Measurement of the Spherical Aberration of the Eye 92
5. Subjective Aberration Measurements of the Eye 94
6. Objective Aberration Measurements of the Eye 101
7. Conclusions 104
References 105
CHAPTER IV. INTERFEROMETRIC TESTING OF SMOOTH SURFACES 108
1. Introduction 110
2. RelativeTesting by Comparing Two Surfaces 111
3. Absolute Testing by Comparing Several Surfaces 133
4. Comparing a Surface with Itself 155
5. Comparing a Surface with a Hologram 161
6. Some Systematic Sources of Error and Limits of Measurement 172
References 177
Supplementary Notes Added in Proof 181
CHAPTER V. SELF FOCUSING OF LASER BEAMS IN PLASMAS AND SEMICONDUCTORS 184
1. Introduction 186
2. Phenomenological Theory of Field Dependent Dielectric Constant 190
3. Kinetic Theory of Field Dependent Dielectric Constant 218
4. Steady State Self Focusing of EM Beams in Plasmas 228
5. Nonsteady State Self Focusing 253
6. Growth of Instability 264
7. Experimental Investigations on Self Focusing 276
References 277
CHAPTER VI. APLANATISM AND ISOPLANATISM 282
1. Introduction 284
2. The Abbe Sine Condition 286
3. Axial Isoplanatism 288
4. Isoplanatism with no Axis of Symmetry 298
5. Isoplanatism in Holography 304
References 306
Addendum 307
AUTHOR INDEX 308
SUBJECT INDEX 314
CUMULATIVE INDEX – VOLUMES I–XIII 319

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 21.9.2011
• Mitarbeit: Herausgeber (Serie): Emil Wolf
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Optik
• Themenwelt: Technik
• ISBN-10: 0-08-087976-4 / 0080879764
• ISBN-13: 978-0-08-087976-5 / 9780080879765