Progress in optics. Volume 42 (2001)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by E. Wolf ; contributors N. Davidson [and fourteen others].
• Other Names: Wolf, Emil
• Contents: Front Cover; Progress in Optics, Volume 42; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1. Quanta and information; Introduction; 1. The quantum concept; 2. Information; 3. Quantum information; 4. The problem of decoherence; 5. Conclusions; Acknowledgements; References; Chapter 2. Optical solitons in periodic media with resonant and off-resonant nonlinearities; 1. Introduction; 2. Solitons in Bragg gratings with cubic and quadratic nonlinearities; 3. Self-induced transparency (SIT) in uniform media and thin films; 4. SIT in resonantly absorbing Bragg reflectors (RABR): the model. 5. Bright solitons in RABR6. Dark solitons in RABR; 7. Light bullets (spatiotemporal solitons); 8. Experimental prospects and conclusions; Abbreviations; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 3. Quantum Zeno and inverse quantum Zeno effects.; 1. Introduction; 2. Two-level systems and Bloch vector; 3. Pulsed observation; 4. Dynamical quantum Zeno effect; 5. Continuous observation; 6. Novel definition of quantum Zeno effect; 7. Zeno effects in down-conversion processes; 8. Genuine unstable systems and Zeno effects; 9. Three-level system in a laser field; 10. Concluding remarks; Acknowledgments. 1. Introduction: practical optical tests of Bell inequalities2. Two-photon interferometry with type-I phase-matched SPDC; 3. Two-photon interferometry with type-II SPDC; 4. Higher multiple-photon entanglement; References; Chapter 6. Transverse mode shaping and selection in laser resonators.; 1. Introduction; 2. Transverse modes; 3. Intra-cavity elements and resonator configurations; 4. Properties of the laser output beams; 5. Concluding remarks; Acknowledgements; References; Author Index for Volume 42; Subject Index for Volume 42; Contents of Previous Volumes; Cumulative Index, Volumes 1-42.
• Publisher Details: Amsterdam New York : Elsevier
• Publication Date: 2001
• Extent: 1 online resource (xi, 424 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 535; Optics; Physics; Optics; Quantum optics; SCIENCE -- Physics -- Optics & Light; Optics; Physics; Optique; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780080929859; 0080929850
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.; Note: Print version record.
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