Progress in Optics (eBook)

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2003 | 1. Auflage
410 Seiten
Elsevier Science (Verlag)
978-0-08-093033-6 (ISBN)

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Progress in Optics Volume 45

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A volume in the Progress in Optics series, the papers in this book cover a range of topics, including: anamorphic beam shaping for laser and diffuse light; ultra-fast all-optical switching in optical networks; generation of dark hollow beams and their application; and two-photon lasers.

Inhalt

Front Cover 1
Progress in Optics, Volume 45 4
Copyright Page 5
Contents 8
Preface 6
Chapter 1. Anamorphic beam shaping for laser and diffuse light 14
1. Introduction 16
2. Reflective techniques 20
3. Refractive/diffractive techniques 33
4. Adiabatic techniques 49
5. Applications 57
6. Summary 63
References 63
Chapter 2. Ultra-fast all-optical switching in optical networks 66
1. Introduction 68
2. Use of nonlinearities in an optical fiber for all-optical switching 74
3. Interferometric SOA-based all-optical switches 84
4. All-optical switches based on passive waveguides 106
5. Demonstrations of all-optical switching in networks 107
6. Conclusion 124
References 127
Chapter 3. Generation of dark hollow beams and their applications 132
1. Introduction 134
2. Definition of a dark hollow beam and its parameters 135
3. Generation of dark hollow beams 136
4. Classification of dark hollow beams 171
5. Applications of DHBs in modem optics 178
6. Applications of DHBs in atom optics 186
7. Applications of DHBs in coherent matter-wave optics 201
8. Summary and outlook 209
Acknowledgments 212
References 212
Chapter 4. Two-photon lasers 218
1. Introduction 220
2. Two-photon processes 223
3. Simple models of amplification and lasing 231
4. Two-photon amplification and lasing 244
5. The two-photon maser 248
6. The dressed-state two-photon laser 252
7. The Raman two-photon laser 264
8. Quantum-statistical and nonlinear dynamical properties 273
9. Future prospects 280
Acknowledgments 280
References 281
Chapter 5. Nonradiating sources and other “invisible” objects 286
1. Introduction 288
2. Nonradiating sources 290
3. The inverse source problem 304
4. Nonscattering scatterers 310
5. One-dimensional localized excitations 316
6. Moving charge distributions and radiation reaction 319
7. Conclusions 324
Acknowledgements 324
References 325
Chapter 6. Lasing in disordered media 330
1. Introduction 332
2. Random laser with incoherent feedback 333
3. Random laser with coherent feedback – Experiment 345
4. Random laser with coherent feedback – Theory 371
5. Interplay of localization and amplification 375
6. Applications of random lasers 377
Acknowledgment 379
References 380
Author index for Volume 45 384
Subject index for Volume 45 400
Contents of previous volumes 404
Cumulative index – Volumes 1– 45 414

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.7.2003
• Mitarbeit: Herausgeber (Serie): Emil Wolf
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Optik
• Themenwelt: Technik
• ISBN-10: 0-08-093033-6 / 0080930336
• ISBN-13: 978-0-08-093033-6 / 9780080930336