Progress in Optics

, by Wolf, Emil

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The Wigner Distribution Function in Optics and Optoelectronics

D. Dragoman

Introduction

(1)

Light Propagation in Phase Space

(2)

Wigner Distribution Function

(7)

Properties

(2)

Examples

(1)

Transformation laws

(3)

Optical generation

(1)

Light Beam Characterization in First-Order Optical Systems with the Wigner Distribution Function

(7)

Transformation laws for the Wigner distribution function moments

(1)

Propagation invariants

(1)

Wigner distribution function transformation law and the beam energy variation

(1)

Comparison with other methods of beam characterization

(1)

Optical System Characterization with the Wigner Distribution Function

(6)

Characterization of aberrated optical Systems

(3)

Wigner Distribution Function Representation of the Coupling Efficiency

(6)

Completely coherent single mode sources and waveguides

(3)

Multimode, completely coherent sources and waveguides

(1)

Partially coherent single mode sources and waveguides

(1)

The Fractional Wigner Distribution Function

(6)

Properties of the fractional Wigner distribution function

(1)

Optical beam characterization in the near-field diffraction regime

(2)

Optical production of fractional Wigner distribution function

(1)

Optical Beam Characterization in Nonlinear Optical Systems

(6)

Soliton solution of the NLS equation

(2)

Complex Field Reconstruction from the Wigner Distribution Function

(5)

Wigner Distribution Function in Quantum Optics

(4)

Conclusions

(6)

References

(6)

Dispersion Relations and Phase Retrieval in Optical Spectroscopy

Kai-Erik Peiponen

Erik M. Vartiainen

Toshimitsu Asakura

Introduction

(3)

Kramers--Kronig Relations

(11)

Hilbert transforms

(2)

Kramers--Kronig relations in linear absorption spectroscopy

(3)

Kramers--Kronig relations in reflection spectroscopy

(2)

Dispersion relations in nonlinear optics

(4)

Phase Retrieval in Optical Spectroscopy

(13)

Phase retrieval using maximum entropy model

(1)

Maximum entropy model

(3)

Phase retrieval procedure

(4)

Phase retrieval in practice: examples

(1)

Reflection spectroscopy

(3)

Nonlinear optical spectroscopy

(3)

Sum Rules

(5)

Sum rules in linear optics

(1)

Complex refractive index

(3)

Complex reflectance

(1)

Sum rules in nonlinear optics

(1)

Conclusions

(6)

Acknowledgements

(1)

References

(5)

Spectra of Molecular Scattering of Light

I.L. Fabelinskii

Introduction

(2)

The Fluctuations of Thermodynamic Quantities

(3)

Spectra of Molecular Light Scattering Arising from Pressure Fluctuations δ&epsis;(P). Equilibrium Phenomena

102

(22)

Elastic thermal waves and emitter-generated acoustic waves

110

(2)

Hypersound velocity and absorption

112

(2)

Molecular light scattering spectrum and its intensity at low temperatures

114

(2)

Molecular light scattering spectra of gases

116

(3)

Molecular light scattering spectra in viscous liquids and glasses

119

(3)

Light scattering by a two media interface

122

(2)

Spectra of Molecular Light Scattering Arising from Pressure Fluctuations δ&epsis;(P). Some Nonequilibrium Phenomena

124

(8)

The influence of a steady temperature gradient on the light-scattering spectra

124

(5)

Phonon ``bottleneck'' in acoustic paramagnetic resonance

129

(1)

Amplification of hypersound waves in piezsemiconductors subjected to an external static electric field

130

(2)

Spectra of Molecular Light Scattering Arising from Isobaric Entropy Fluctuations δ&epsis;(S) and from Concentration Fluctuations δ&epsis;(C)

132

(19)

Central peak: thermal diffusivity and diffusion

132

(8)

Rayleigh line and concentration fluctuations correlation radii in a critical region

140

(2)

The investigation of acoustic peculiarities in the region of critical points of the guaiacol-glycerol solution

142

(6)

The Landau--Placzek relation

148

(3)

Spectra of Molecular Light Scattering Arising from Anisotropy Fluctuations δ&epsis;(ζik)

151

(26)

Spectrum of depolarized light scattered in liquids

151

(6)

Detection of the doublet structure of the spectrum

157

(12)

General and simplified equations describing the spectra of light scattered in liquids consisting of anisotropic molecules

169

(8)

About Some Problems

177

(12)

References

178

(11)

Soliton Communication Systems

Rene-Jean Essiambre

Govind P. Agrawal

Introduction

189

(1)

Optical Solitons in Fibers

190

(6)

Nonlinear Schrodinger equation

190

(2)

Soliton properties

192

(3)

Adiabatic perturbation theory

195

(1)

Soliton-Based Communication Systems

196

(5)

Information transmission with solitons

196

(2)

Loss compensation

198

(2)

Amplifier noise

200

(1)

Average-Soliton Regime

201

(16)

Evolution of the average soliton

201

(2)

Timing jitter

203

(1)

Gordon--Haus jitter

203

(1)

Polarization-mode dispersion jitter

204

(1)

Acoustic jitter

205

(1)

Soliton interaction

206

(3)

Soliton control

209

(1)

Optical bandpass filters

209

(2)

Synchronous modulators

211

(2)

Other techniques of soliton control

213

(1)

Experimental progress

214

(3)

Quasi-Adiabatic Regime

217

(4)

Distributed Amplification

221

(2)

Dispersion-Decreasing Fibers

223

(6)

Basic idea

223

(2)

Timing jitter

225

(2)

Optical phase conjugation

227

(2)

Dispersion Management

229

(6)

Dispersion compensation

229

(3)

Dispersion profiling

232

(3)

Channel Multiplexing

235

(11)

Wavelength-division multiplexing

235

(1)

Collision-induced frequency shifts

236

(1)

Limitations on WDM channels

237

(2)

Timing jitter

239

(3)

Dispersion management

242

(1)

Polarization multiplexing

243

(3)

Dark-Soliton Communication Systems

246

(13)

Dark-soliton characteristics

246

(1)

Dark-soliton advantages

247

(2)

List of Symbols

249

(4)

List of Acronyms

253

(1)

References

254

(5)

Local Fields in Linear and Nonlinear Optics of Mesoscopic Systems

Ole Keller

Introduction

259

(6)

Local Fields and Nonlocal Optics

265

(27)

Electromagnetic propagator approach

265

(4)

Electrodynamics within the framework of linear response theory

269

(5)

Local-field calculations in mesoscopic media

274

(7)

Retarded local-field interaction at distance: space and time-like couplings

281

(6)

Non-retarded self-field interaction

287

(5)

Local Fields in mesoscopic media with Strongly Localized Electron Orbitals

292

(13)

Short-and long-range interactions in electronically decoupled molecular systems

292

(3)

Optically dilute molecular systems; point-particle model

295

(4)

Mesoscopic media dominated by short-range interactions

299

(3)

Linear short-range interactions in two-level hydrogen-like (1s &nRarr; 2pz) systems

302

(3)

Local Field Electrodynamics in Quantum Wells and Thin Films

305

(19)

Single quantum wells with 2D Bloch and free-electron dynamics

305

(5)

Local-field resonances and eigenmodes

310

(7)

Non-retarded dynamics: self-field and scalar theories

317

(7)

2D Spatial Confinement of Light by Optical Phase Conjugation

324

(23)

Source field of a mesoscopic particle: attached and de-attached parts

324

(7)

Confinement by means of an ideal phase conjugator

331

(6)

Acknowledgements

337

(1)

References

337

(10)

Tunneling Times and Superluminality

Raymond Y. Chiao

Aephraim M. Steinberg

Introduction

347

(3)

A Brief History of Tunneling Times

350

(9)

Tunneling and Its Optical Analogs

359

(5)

Optical Experiments on Tunneling Times

364

(19)

Carniglia and Mandel's FTIR experiment

364

(1)

Absorptive media with anomalous dispersion

365

(2)

The Milwaukee group

367

(1)

The Florence group, part I

367

(1)

The Cologne group, part I

368

(1)

The Berkeley group

369

(5)

The Florence group, part II

374

(1)

The Cologne group, part II

375

(2)

The Vienna group

377

(1)

Deutsch and Golub's Larmor-clock experiment

378

(2)

Balcou and Dutriaux's FTIR experiment

380

(3)

New Theoretical Progress

383

(2)

Tunneling in De Broglie Optics

385

(2)

Superluminality and Inverted Atoms

387

(9)

Why Is Einstein Causality Not Violated?

396

(4)

Conclusion

400

(7)

Acknowledgments

401

(1)

Note Added in Proof

401

(1)

References

401

(6)

Author Index

407

(14)

Subject Index

421

(4)

Contents of Previous Volumes

425

(8)

Cumulative Index

433

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