Progress in Optics (eBook)

Front Cover 1
Progress in Optics, Volume XVII 4
Copyright Page 5
Contents 12
Preface 10
CHAPTER I. HETERODYNE HOLOGRAPHIC INTERFEROMETRY 16
1. Introduction 18
2. Interferometry with Diffusely Scattering Surfaces 22
3. Two-Reference-Beam Holographic Interferometry 33
4. Experimental Realization and Results 60
5. Applications 75
References 97
CHAPTER II. DOPPLER-FREE MULTIPHOTON SPECTROSCOPY 100
1. Introduction 102
2. Calculation of Intensities, Lineshapes and Light-Shifts 104
3. Two-Photon Experiments in a Stationary Regime 135
4. Transient Processes Involving Two-photon Excitation 151
5. Three-Photon Doppler-Free Transitions in Sodium 163
6. Conclusions 166
Appendix I: Remarks on the Choice of Gauge 167
Appendix II: Calculation of the Energy Absorbed by One Atom 169
References 173
CHAPTER III. THE MUTUAL DEPENDENCE BETWEEN COHERENCE PROPERTIES OF LIGHT AND NONLINEAR OPTICAL PROCESSES 178
1. Introduction 180
2. Coherence Properties of Light 180
3. One-Photon Processes 199
4. Multi-Photon Absorption 211
5. Two-Photon Emission and Two-Photon Lasing Process 230
6. Parametric Amplification and Frequency Conversion 232
7. Stimulated Raman Scattering 244
References 247
CHAPTER IV. MICHELSON STELLAR INTERFEROMETRY 254
1. Introduction 256
2. The Modern Michelson Stellar Interferometer 258
3. The Basic Theory of the Michelson Stellar Interferometer 262
4. The Effects of Atmospheric Turbulence on a Michelson Stellar Interferometer 270
5. The Tilt Correcting Servo System 279
6. Summary and Discussion 283
Appendix A: The Photon Counting Statistics 285
Appendix B: The Angle of Arrival Spectrum 288
Acknowledgement 291
References 291
CHAPTER V. SELF-FOCUSING MEDIA WITH VARIABLE INDEX OF REFRACTION 294
Preface 296
1. Introduction 298
2. Focusing Inhomogeneous Media with Central Symmetry 303
3. Focusing Laminated Inhomogeneous Cylindrical Medium 312
4. Flat Laminated Inhomogeneous Focusing Media 326
5. Experiments 336
6. Methods for the Calculation of Inhomogeneous Focusing Media 339
7. Quasi-Regular Cylindrical Inhomogeneous Media 347
8. Conclusion 357
References 358
AUTHOR INDEX 362
SUBJECT INDEX 370
CUMULATIVE INDEX–VOLUMES I–XVII 374