Light propagation in linear optical media. ([2014])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Glen D. Gillen and Katharina Gillen, Shekhar Guha.
• Other Names: Gillen, Glen D, 1972-; Gillen, Katharina, 1977-; Guha, Shekhar
• Contents: Electromagnetic Fields and Origin of Light; Introduction; Electric Fields; Magnetic Fields; Electromagnetism; Vector and Scalar Potentials; Hertz Vector Potential; Radiation from an Orbiting Charge; Poynting Vector; Radiation from a Classical Atom; A Quantum Mechanical Interlude; Units and Dimensions; ; Electromagnetic Waves in Linear Media; Maxwell’s Equations in Linear Media; Electromagnetic Waves in Linear Source-Free Media; Maxwell’s Equations in Vacuum; Plane Waves; Polarization States of Light; Spherical Waves; ; Light Propagation in Anisotropic Crystals; Introduction; Vectors Associated with Light Propagation; Anisotropic Media; Light Propagation in an Anisotropic Crystal; Characteristics of the Slow and Fast Waves in a Biaxial Crystal; Double Refraction and Optic Axes; Propagation along the Principal Axes and Along the Principal Planes; Uniaxial Crystals; Propagation Equation in Presence of Walk-Off; ; Wave Propagation across the Interface of Two Homogeneous Media; Reflection and Refraction at a Planar Interface; Fresnel Reflection and Transmission Coefficients; Reflection and Refraction at an Interface Not Normal to a Cartesian Axis; ; Light Propagation in a Dielectric Waveguide; Conditions for Guided Waves; Field Amplitudes for Guided Waves; ; Paraxial Propagation of Gaussian Beams; Introduction; TEM00 Gaussian Beam Propagation and Parameters; ABCD Matrix Treatment of Gaussian Beam Propagation; Higher-Order Gaussian Beams; Azimuthal and Radial Polarization; M2 Parameter; ; Scalar and Vector Diffraction Theories; Scalar Diffraction Theories; Comparison of Scalar Diffraction Model Calculations; Verification of Snell’s Laws Using Diffraction; Vector Diffraction Theories; Hertz Vector Diffraction Theory (HVDT); Kirchhoff Vector Diffraction Theory (KVDT); Analytical On-Axis Expressions and Calculations; Power Transmission Function; ; Calculations for Plane Waves Incident Upon Various Apertures; Beam Distributions in the Aperture Plane, Circular Aperture; Beam Distributions beyond the Aperture Plane for a Circular Aperture; The Longitudinal Component of the Electric Field, Ez; Beam Distributions in the Aperture Plane, Elliptical Aperture; Beam Distributions beyond the Aperture Plane for a Elliptical Aperture; Beam Distributions in the Aperture Plane for a Square Aperture; Beam Distributions beyond the Aperture Plane for a Square Aperture; ; Vector Diffraction across a Curved Interface; Introduction; Theoretical Setup, Case 1 vs. Case 2; Vector Diffraction Theory at a Spherical Surface, Case 1; Normalization and Simplification, Case 1; Calculation of Electromagnetic Fields and Poynting Vectors, Case 1; Summary, Case 1; Introduction, Case 2; Theoretical Setup, Case 2; Theory, Case 2; Normal Incidence Calculations, Case 2; Spherical Aberration, Case 2; Off-Axis Focusing and Coma, Case 2; ; Diffraction of Gaussian Beams; Gaussian Hertz Vector Diffraction Theory, GHVDT; Validation of GHVDT; Calculations of Clipped Gaussian Beams Using GHVDT; Longitudinal Field Component in the Unperturbed Paraxial Approximation; Gaussian Beam Propagation Using Luneberg’s Vector Diffraction Theory; Analytical Model for Clipped Gaussian Beams; Calculations and Measurements for Clipped Gaussian Beams; ; Trapping Cold Atoms with Laser Light; Introduction to Trapping Atoms Using Light Fields; Optical Dipole Trapping Potential Energy; Diffracted Light Just beyond a Circular Aperture; Projection of Diffraction Patterns; Polarization-Dependent Atomic Dipole Traps; ; Appendix: Complex Phase Notation, Engineer’s vs. Physicist’s; Sinusoidal Waves; Complex Notation Using Euler’s Formulas; Engineer’s vs. Physicist’s Notation; Use of Engineer’s and Physicist’s Complex Notation in This Book; Some Commonly Used Electrodynamics and Optics Books
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2014
• Extent: 1 online resource (xviii, 370 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 535/.32; Light -- Transmission; Electromagnetic waves; Electromagnetic waves; Light -- Transmission
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 1482210959; 9781482210958
• Related ISBNs: 9781482210941; 1482210940
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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