Progress in Optics (eBook)

Front Cover 1
Progress in Optics, Volume VII 4
Copyright Page 5
Contents 10
PREFACE 8
CHAPTER I. MULTIPLE-BEAM INTERFERENCE AND NATURAL MODES IN OPEN RESONATORS 14
1. The Classical Concept of Multiple-Beam Interference 16
2. The Concept of Natural Modes 25
3. The Properties of Open Resonators 40
4. The Relation between Eigenmodes and Interference Effects 54
References 75
CHAPTER II. METHODS OF SYNTHESIS FOR DIELECTRIC MULTILAYER FILTERS 80
1. Introduction 82
2. Basic Theory 84
3. Survey of Special Methods 93
4. Approximate Methods of Synthesis 107
5. Exact Methods of Synthesis 116
6. Methods of Differential Correction 136
7. Apendices 139
References 149
CHAPTER III. ECHOES AT OPTICAL FREQUENCIES 152
1. Introduction 154
2. Theory of Spin Echoes and Photon Echoes 155
3. Experimental Observations 163
Acknowledgements 180
References 180
CHAPTER IV. IMAGE FORMATION WITH PARTIALLY COHERENT LIGHT 182
1. Introduction 184
2. Diffraction Theory of Image Formation 185
3. Concepts of the Theory of Partial Coherence 193
4. Image Formation with Partially Coherent Light 196
5. Image of a Two-Point Object 204
6. Image of a Sine Wave 215
7. Image of an Edge 225
8. Images of Other Objects 233
9. Conclusions 240
Acknowledgement 242
References 242
CHAPTER V. QUASI-CLASSICAL THEORY OF LASER RADIATION 244
1. Introduction 246
2. Approximate Theory of Generation and Amplification 247
3. Quasi-Classical Equations 257
4. Quasi-Classical Theory of Amplification 274
5. Quasi-Classical Theory of the Generator 294
References 308
CHAPTER VI. THE PHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE 312
1. Introduction 314
2. The Optical Properties of the Photographic Image 315
3. The Granularity 322
4. The Optical Transfer Function 338
5. Conclusion 368
Acknowledgement 369
References 369
CHAPTER VII. INTERACTION OF VERY INTENSE LIGHT WITH FREE ELECTRONS 372
1. Introduction 374
2. Electron in a Monochromatic External Field 381
3. Electron Reflection and Refraction 395
4. Photon-Electron Scattering 399
5. Scattering from Bound Systems 412
Appendix A. Coherent States in Quantum Field Theory 414
Appendix B. Feynman Diagrams in Intense-Field Electrodynamics 416
Acknowledgement 423
References 423
Author Index 429
Subject Index 436