Progress in Optics (eBook)

Front Cover 1
Progress in Optics, Volume XX 4
Copyright Page 5
Contents 14
Preface 12
CHAPTER I. SOME NEW OPTICAL DESIGNS FOR ULTRA-VIOLET BIDIMENSIONAL DETECTION OF ASTRONOMICAL OBJECTS 20
1. Introduction 22
2. UV Photographic Surveys Using Wide Field Cameras 25
3. Average Field Telescopes 38
4. UV Space Telescopes of the Future 58
5. Conclusion 77
Acknowledgements 78
References 78
CHAPTER II. SHAPING AND ANALYSIS OF PICOSECOND LIGHT PULSES 82
Introduction 84
1. Framework for Scalar Description of Optical Pulses 85
2. Spatial and Temporal Pulse Filtering on Propagation and Diffraction 96
3. Time Shaping of Picosecond Optical Pulses 121
4. Optical Analysis of Picosecond Light Pulses 153
Acknowledgements 168
References 169
CHAPTER III. MULTI-PHOTON SCATTERING MOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY 174
1. Historical Developments and Outline of the Present Review 176
2. Nonlinear Molecular Raman Polarizabilities 185
3. Incoherent and Nonresonant Multi-Photon Scattering by Free Molecules 197
4. Linewidth Broadening in Quasi-Elastic Multi-Photon Scattering by Correlated Molecules 220
5. Cooperative Three-Photon Scattering 235
6. Raman Line Broadening in Multi-Photon Scattering (Classical Treatment) 245
7. Angular Distribution and Polarization States of Multi-Photon Scattered Light 252
8. Concluding Remarks, and Outlook 265
Acknowledgements 268
Appendix A. Irreducible Cartesian Tensors 269
Appendix B. Isotropic Averaging of Cartesian Tensors 270
References 273
CHAPTER IV. CULOUR HOLOGRAPHY 282
1. Introduction 284
2. Early Techniques for Colour Holography 287
3. Multicolour Rainbow Holograms 302
4. Volume Reflection Holograms: New Techniques 314
5. Pseudocolour Images 319
6. Achromatic Images 322
7. Applications of Colour Holography 326
8. Conclusions 340
Acknowledgements 340
References 340
CHAPTER V. GENERATION OF TUNABLE COHERENT VACUUM-ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION 344
1. Introduction 346
2. Theory 347
3. Experimental Results 368
4. Conclusion 396
References 396
AUTHOR INDEX 400
SUBJECT INDEX 410
CUMULATIVE INDEX – VOLUMES I–XX 414