Coherent Optics: Fundamentals and Applications

✍ Scribed by Professor Dr. Werner Lauterborn, Dr. rer. nat. Thomas Kurz (auth.)

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
• Year: 2003
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 352
• Series: Advanced Texts in Physics
• Edition: 2
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This updated and enlarged new edition presents a comprehensive and dedicated overview of the fundamentals and modern applications of coherent optics.
Starting with the basic principles of coherence, the authors give detailed insights into the theory and applications of interferometry, holography, Fourier optics, and nonlinear optical phenomena. Especially, the chapters on current topics in nonlinear optics provide an understanding of modern implementations. Numerous examples and exercises with complete solutions help the readers to deepen their knowledge.
This completely revised edition is intended for advanced students and active scientists working in this field.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages I-XIII
History of Optics....Pages 1-8
The Main Areas of Optics....Pages 9-13
Fundamentals of Wave Optics....Pages 15-34
Coherence....Pages 35-60
Multiple-Beam Interference....Pages 61-76
Speckles....Pages 77-99
Holography....Pages 101-134
Interferometry....Pages 135-147
Fourier Optics....Pages 149-180
The Laser....Pages 181-207
Ultrafast Optics....Pages 209-238
Nonlinear Optics....Pages 239-266
Fiber Optics....Pages 267-286
Back Matter....Pages 287-346

✦ Subjects

Laser Technology, Photonics;Quantum Optics