Progress in Optics (eBook)

Front Cover 1
Progress in Optics, Volume XXIV 4
Copyright Page 5
Contents 14
Preface 12
Chapter I. MICRO FRESNEL LENSES 20
1. Introduction 22
2. Principles of Fresnel Lenses 24
3. Fabrication Techniques of Micro Fresnel Lenses 31
4. Fresnel Lenses Fabricated by Electron-beam Lithography 36
5. Waveguide Fresnel Lenses 45
6. Conclusion 54
References 55
Chapter II. DEPHASING-INDUCED COHERENT PHENOMENA 58
1. Introduction to Dephasing-Induced Coherence 60
2. Theoretical Treatment 64
3. Experimental results 86
4. Summary and Future Prospects 113
Acknowledgements 117
References 118
Chapter III. INTERFEROMETRY WITH LASERS 122
1. Introduction 124
2. Measurements of Length 129
3. Measurements of Changes in Optical Path Length 132
4. Detection of Gravitational Waves 137
5. Laser Doppler Interferometry 139
6. Laser-Feedback Interferometers 144
7. Optical Testing 146
8. Heterodyne Spatial Interferometry 151
9. Interferometric Sensors 157
10. Pulsed-Laser and Nonlinear Interferometers 163
11. Interferometric Measurements on Lasers 171
12. Conclusions 177
Acknowledgements 178
References 178
Chapter IV. UNSTABLE RESONATOR MODES 184
1. Introduction 186
2. General Formulation of the Transverse Mode Structure Properties 187
3. Passive Cavity Mode Structure Behavior 259
4. Active Cavity Mode Structure Behavior 349
5. Concluding Remarks 373
Acknowledgements 374
Appendix. Numerical Techniques and Sampling Criteria 374
References 397
Chapter V. INFORMATION PROCESSING WITH SPATIALLY INCOHERENT LIGHT 408
1. Introduction 410
2. Physical Approaches to Noncoherent Optical Processing 419
3. Bipolar and Complex-valued Spatial Signals 482
4. Applications of Incoherent Processing Systems 496
5. Concluding Remarks 521
Acknowledgment 522
References 522
AUTHOR INDEX 530
SUBJECT INDEX 542
CUMULATIVE INDEX, VOLUMES I—XXIV 546