Progress in optics. Volume 45 (2003)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by E. Wolf ; contributors V. Baby [and twelve others].
• Other Names: Wolf, Emil
• Contents: Front Cover; Progress in Optics, Volume 45; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1. Anamorphic beam shaping for laser and diffuse light; 1. Introduction; 2. Reflective techniques; 3. Refractive/diffractive techniques; 4. Adiabatic techniques; 5. Applications; 6. Summary; References; Chapter 2. Ultra-fast all-optical switching in optical networks; 1. Introduction; 2. Use of nonlinearities in an optical fiber for all-optical switching; 3. Interferometric SOA-based all-optical switches; 4. All-optical switches based on passive waveguides. 5. Demonstrations of all-optical switching in networks6. Conclusion; References; Chapter 3. Generation of dark hollow beams and their applications; 1. Introduction; 2. Definition of a dark hollow beam and its parameters; 3. Generation of dark hollow beams; 4. Classification of dark hollow beams; 5. Applications of DHBs in modem optics; 6. Applications of DHBs in atom optics; 7. Applications of DHBs in coherent matter-wave optics; 8. Summary and outlook; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 4. Two-photon lasers; 1. Introduction; 2. Two-photon processes. 3. Simple models of amplification and lasing4. Two-photon amplification and lasing; 5. The two-photon maser; 6. The dressed-state two-photon laser; 7. The Raman two-photon laser; 8. Quantum-statistical and nonlinear dynamical properties; 9. Future prospects; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 5. Nonradiating sources and other "invisible" objects; 1. Introduction; 2. Nonradiating sources; 3. The inverse source problem; 4. Nonscattering scatterers; 5. One-dimensional localized excitations; 6. Moving charge distributions and radiation reaction; 7. Conclusions; Acknowledgements; References. Chapter 6. Lasing in disordered media1. Introduction; 2. Random laser with incoherent feedback; 3. Random laser with coherent feedback -- Experiment; 4. Random laser with coherent feedback -- Theory; 5. Interplay of localization and amplification; 6. Applications of random lasers; Acknowledgment; References; Author index for Volume 45; Subject index for Volume 45; Contents of previous volumes; Cumulative index -- Volumes 1- 45.
• Publisher Details: Amsterdam New York : Elsevier
• Publication Date: 2003
• Extent: 1 online resource (xi, 411 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 535; Optics; Physics; Lasers; Optics; SCIENCE -- Physics -- Optics & Light; Optics; Physics; Optique; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780080930336; 0080930336
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.; Note: Print version record.
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