This book presents most of the important papers of Emil Wolf, published over half-a century. It covers chiefly diffraction theory (especially the analysis of the focal region), the theory of direct and inverse scattering, phase-space methods in quantum mechanics, the foundation of radiometry, phase conjugation and coherence theory. Several papers which have become classics of the optical literature are included, such as those on Wolf's rigorous formulation of the theory of partial coherence and partial polarization, the introduction of diffraction tomography, and his discovery of correlation-induced shifts of spectral lines (often called the Wolf effect). There are also papers dealing with the historical development of optics and some review articles.
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Any reader engaged in the study of optics will find material of interest here. -- Optics & Photonics News
The book will help to find original papers more easily than through a complicated search in old journals. -- Optik, 2003 --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
The book will help to find original papers more easily than through a complicated search in old journals. -- Optik, 2003 --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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The majority of the papers in this Section (1.1 - 1.4, 1.8, 1.9) are concerned with the structure of focused fields. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
boundary diffraction wave, generalized radiant emittance, generalized structure function, generalized radiance, traditional radiometry, stationary optical fields, laser resonator modes, dielectric susceptibility fluctuations, statistical wave theory, spectral degree, ordinary function theory, angular spectrum amplitude, optical coherence theory, complete spatial coherence, electromagnetic multipole fields, nonradiating sources, angular spectrum representation, spectral coherence, extinction theorem, radiometric model, geometrical focus, mutual coherence function, spatially incoherent source, illustrating the notation, optics cone Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, University of Rochester, Emil Wolf, Department of Physics, Max Born, Optical Society of America, Institute of Optics, Nuovo Cimento, Christiaan Huygens, Army Research Office, Pergamon Press, Plenum Press, Department of Energy, Physics Letters, Thomas Young, Albert Einstein, National Science Foundation, Academic Press, Cambridge University Press, Elsevier Science, Optica Acta, Olivia Newton-John, University of Manchester, Bad Pyrmont, Dennis Gabor New!
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boundary diffraction wave, generalized radiant emittance, generalized structure function, generalized radiance, traditional radiometry, stationary optical fields, laser resonator modes, dielectric susceptibility fluctuations, statistical wave theory, spectral degree, ordinary function theory, angular spectrum amplitude, optical coherence theory, complete spatial coherence, electromagnetic multipole fields, nonradiating sources, angular spectrum representation, spectral coherence, extinction theorem, radiometric model, geometrical focus, mutual coherence function, spatially incoherent source, illustrating the notation, optics cone Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, University of Rochester, Emil Wolf, Department of Physics, Max Born, Optical Society of America, Institute of Optics, Nuovo Cimento, Christiaan Huygens, Army Research Office, Pergamon Press, Plenum Press, Department of Energy, Physics Letters, Thomas Young, Albert Einstein, National Science Foundation, Academic Press, Cambridge University Press, Elsevier Science, Optica Acta, Olivia Newton-John, University of Manchester, Bad Pyrmont, Dennis Gabor New!
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- Principles of Optics: Electromagnetic Theory of Propagation, Interference and Diffraction of Light by Max Born on 36 pages
- Coherence and Quantum Optics: Proceedings of the Third Rochester Conference on Coherence and Quantum Optics held at the University of Rochester, June 21-23, 1972 by L. Mandel on 20 pages
- Progress in Optics, Vol. 27 by Author Unknown on 7 pages
- Optical Coherence and Quantum Optics by Leonard Mandel on 6 pages
- Quantum Mechanics: v. 1 by Albert Messiah on 4 pages
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