Singular Optics: More Ado about Nothing
Author : Mark R. Dennis
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File Size : 47,76 MB
Release : 2009
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Author : Mark R. Dennis
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Release : 2009
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Author : Tigran V. Shahbazyan
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 581 pages
File Size : 34,1 MB
Release : 2014-01-09
Category : Science
ISBN : 9400778058
This contributed volume summarizes recent theoretical developments in plasmonics and its applications in physics, chemistry, materials science, engineering, and medicine. It focuses on recent advances in several major areas of plasmonics including plasmon-enhanced spectroscopies, light scattering, many-body effects, nonlinear optics, and ultrafast dynamics. The theoretical and computational methods used in these investigations include electromagnetic calculations, density functional theory calculations, and nonequilibrium electron dynamics calculations. The book presents a comprehensive overview of these methods as well as their applications to various current problems of interest.
Author : Marat Samuilovich Soskin
Publisher : SPIE-International Society for Optical Engineering
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 15,2 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Science
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These papers were taken from a conference on singular optics. They address topics such as: paraxial beams of spinning light; diffraction catastrophes and wave caustics of multimode fibres; and visualization of the phase singularities in wavefront sensors.
Author : Marat Samuilovich Soskin
Publisher : SPIE-International Society for Optical Engineering
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 10,71 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Science
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Author : David Paganin
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 37,74 MB
Release : 2006-01-12
Category : Science
ISBN : 019152431X
This book gives a thorough treatment of the rapidly-expanding field of coherent x-ray optics, which has recently experienced something of a renaissance with the availability of third-generation synchrotron sources. It is the first book of its kind. The author begins with a treatment of the fundamentals of x-ray diffraction for both coherent and partially coherent radiation, together with the interactions of x-rays with matter. X-ray sources, optics elements and detectors are then discussed, with an emphasis on their role in coherent x-ray optics. Various facets of coherent x-ray imaging are then discussed, including holography, interferometry, self imaging, phase contrast and phase retrieval. Lastly, the foundations of the new field of singular x-ray optics are examined. Most topics are developed from first principles, with numerous references given to the contemporary research literature. This book will be useful to x-ray physicists and students, together with optical physicists and engineers who wish to learn more about the fascinating subject of coherent x-ray optics.
Author : J.F Nye
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 47,37 MB
Release : 1999-01-01
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780750306102
A new kind of optics has grown up during the last 25 years. Geometrical optics has been studied for centuries (the law of reflection was known to the ancient Greeks) and wave optics (heralded by Huygens' Treatise on Light) has been studied for more than 300 years. But in the mid 1970s it began to be understood that when natural processes focus light, as when sunlight is reflected from the sea at sunset, the light caustics that are produced have a systematic behavior previously unrecognized. Natural Focusing and Fine Structure of Light: Caustics and Wave Dislocations provides a definitive account of how classical optics has been reconstructed in a modern way by emphasizing the hierarchy of singularities that exists in light fields. The book discusses the singularities of geometrical optics and their systematization by catastrophe theory. It explores the diffraction patterns associated with caustics that are dominated by wave dislocations, line singularities of the phase, and analogous to crystal dislocations. The book is a perfect blend of mathematics and physics, combining theory, computer simulation, and beautiful experimental photographs of the phenomena studied.
Author : L. Allen
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 38,19 MB
Release : 2016-04-19
Category : Science
ISBN : 1482269015
Spin angular momentum of photons and the associated polarization of light has been known for many years. However, it is only over the last decade or so that physically realizable laboratory light beams have been used to study the orbital angular momentum of light. In many respects, orbital and spin angular momentum behave in a similar manner, but t
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Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 471 pages
File Size : 41,15 MB
Release : 2009-06-20
Category : Science
ISBN : 0080964176
In the forty-eight 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. The volumes in this series which have appeared up to now contain more than 300 review articles by distinguished research workers, which have become permanent records for many important developments. 3D optical microscopy Transformation optics and geometry of light Photorefractive solitons Stimulated scattering effects Optical vortices and polarization singularities Quantum feedforward control of light
Author : David L. Andrews
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 443 pages
File Size : 18,40 MB
Release : 2013
Category : Science
ISBN : 1107006341
The first comprehensive and authoritative coverage of the angular momentum of light, illustrating both its theoretical and applied aspects.
Author : Guillermo H. Kaufmann
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 17,18 MB
Release : 2011-01-25
Category : Science
ISBN : 3527633871
Speckle metrology includes various optical techniques that are based on the speckle fields generated by reflection from a rough surface or by transmission through a rough diffuser. These techniques have proven to be very useful in testing different materials in a non-destructive way. They have changed dramatically during the last years due to the development of modern optical components, with faster and more powerful digital computers, and novel data processing approaches. This most up-to-date overview of the topic describes new techniques developed in the field of speckle metrology over the last decade, as well as applications to experimental mechanics, material science, optical testing, and fringe analysis.