Progress in Optics (eBook)

Front Cover 1
Progress in Optics, Volume IX 4
Copyright Page 5
CONTENTS 12
PREFACE 10
CHAPTER I. GAS LASERS AND THEIR APPLICATION TO PRECISE LENGTH MEASUREMENTS 18
1. Introduction 20
2. Related Topics 21
3. Power Output Versus Frequency 23
4. Present Status of Experimental Work 34
5. Acknowledgements 46
References 46
CHAPTER II. PICOSECOND LASER PULSES 48
1. Introduction 50
2. Basic Q-Switching Principles 52
3. Generation of Picosecond Laser Pulses 54
4. Measurement Techniques for Picosecond Laser Pulses 74
References 87
CHAPTER III. OPTICAL PROPAGATION THROUGH THE TURBULENT ATMOSPHERE 90
1. Introduction 92
2. Turbulence in the Atmosphere 94
3. Spectra for Amplitude and Phase Fluctuations 99
4. Comparison between Theory and Experiment 109
5. Renormalization Methods 117
6. Extensions of the Plane Wave Results 121
7. Applications 133
References 136
CHAPTER IV. SYNTHESIS OF OPTICAL BIREFRINGENT NETWORKS 140
1. Introduction 142
2. Synthesis Procedures 153
3. Experimental Results 185
4. Application of Synthesis Procedures to Electro-Optic Networks 187
Acknowledgments 190
Appendix A 190
Appendix B 192
Appendix C 193
References 194
CHAPTER V. MODE LOCKING IN GAS LASERS 196
1. Introduction 198
2. Forced Locking 200
3. Self-Locking 229
4. Conclusions 249
References 250
CHAPTER VI. CRYSTAL OPTICS WITH SPATIAL DISPERSION 252
1. Introduction 254
2. Equations of the Electromagnetic Field, Tensors eij(w,k) e -ij (w,k), Dispersion Law for Normal Waves in Crystals 258
3. Dependence of Tensor eij(W,k) on the Wave Vector k in the Optical Band 269
4. Spatial Dispersion Effects in Crystals 276
Conclusion 295
References 296
CHAPTER VII. APPLICATIONS OF OPTICAL METHODS IN THE DIFFRACTION THEORY OF ELASTIC WAVES 298
1. Introduction 300
2. Kirchhoff's Diffraction Theory 301
3. Huygens' Principle for Elastic Media 303
4. Properties of the Screem and the Problem of Edge Integrals 307
5. The Young-Rubinowicz Interpretation in Kirchhoff's Diffraction Theory of Elastic Waves 309
6. Tensor Potential of Elastic Waves 310
7. Fresnel Diffraction of Elastic Waves 314
8. Fraunhofer Diffraction of Elastic Waves 321
9. Conclusion 326
References 326
CHAPTER VIII. EVALUATION, DESIGN AND EXTRAPOLATION METHODS FOR OPTICAL SIGNALS, BASED ON USE OF THE PROLATE FUNCTIONS 328
1. Introduction 330
2. Mathematical Properties of the Linear Prolate Functions 337
3. Numerical Calculation of the .n and .n(x) 351
4. Mathematical Properties of the Circular Prolate Functions 354
5. Numerical Calculation of the .N,s and FN,a(r) 364
6. Applications 366
7. Acknowledgements 422
References 423
AUTHOR INDEX 425
SUBJECT INDEX 428