Progress in Optics (eBook)

Front Cover 1
Progress in Optics, Volume XVI 4
Copyright Page 5
CONTENTS 12
PREFACE 10
CHAPTER I. LASER SELECTIVE PHOTOPHYSICS AND PHOTOCHEMISTRY 18
1. Introduction 20
2. General Conceptions 21
3. Elementary Selective Photoprocesses 27
4. Classification of Laser Photophysical and Photochemical Methods 33
5. Photophysical Methods of Isotope Separation 38
6. Photochemical Methods of Isotope Separation 58
7. Purification of Materials at Atomic-Molecular Level 63
8. Selective Laser Biochemistry 67
9. Selective Detection of Nuclei, Atoms and Molecules 72
10. Spatial Localization of Molecular Bonds 79
References 82
CHAPTER II. RECENT ADVANCES IN PHASE PROFILES GENERATION 88
1. Introduction 90
2. Principles and Techniques Used in Phase Profiles Generation 91
3. Optical Material for Phase Information Storage 113
4. Phase Profiles Applications — Current and Future Prospects 123
Conclusion 130
Acknowledgements 131
Complementary References 131
References 133
CHAPTER III. COMPUTER-GENERATED HOLOGRAMS: TECHNIQUES AND APPLICATIONS 136
1. Introduction 138
2. Techniques for Making Computer-Generated Holograms 143
3. Quantizations in Computer-Generated Holograms 185
4. Applications of Computer-Generated Holograms 190
5. Summary and Comments 244
References 246
CHAPTER IV. SPECKLE INTERFEROMETRY 250
1. Introduction 252
2. Laser Speckle Characteristics 253
3. Interference of Laser Speckle 257
4. Direct Observation Speckle Interferometry 260
5. Interferometry Based upon Speckle Correlation 263
6. Special Purpose Correlation Interferometers 266
7. Electronic Speckle Pattern Interferometry 276
8. Intederence Effects with Recorded Speckle Patterns 283
9. Speckle Photography 285
10. Further Techniques of Speckle Photography 289
11. Applications of Speckle Photography in Metrology 295
12. "White Light" Speckle Photography 298
13. Measurement of Surface Roughness by Speckle Interferometry 300
14. Conclusions 302
References 303
CHAPTER V. DEFORMATION INVARIANT, SPACE-VARIANT OPTICAL PATTERN RECOGNITION 306
1. Introduction 308
2. Space-Variant Optical Processing 313
3. Scale-Invariant Space-Variant Optical Processor 319
4. Applications of Scale Invariant Systems 331
5. Rotational Invariant Space-Variant Systems 349
6. Multiple Invariant Space-Variant Processors 362
7. Summary and Conclusion 371
Acknowledgements 372
References 372
CHAPTER VI. LIGHT EMISSION FROM HIGH-CURRENT SURFACE-SPARK DISCHARGES 374
1. Introduction 376
2. Channel Development and Gasdynamics 379
3. Radiative Properties 387
4. Applications 406
5. Concluding Remarks 423
Acknowledgements 424
References 425
CHAPTER VII. SEMICLASSICAL RADIATION THEORY WITHIN A QUANTUM- MECHANICAL FRAMEWORK 430
1. Introduction 432
2. Description of Semiclassical Theories 433
3. Simple Example of Field-Atoms Interaction 436
4. Discussion of the Semiclassical Theories 443
5. Classical Limit of Quantum-Mechanical Radiation Theory 451
References 464
AUTHOR INDEX 466
SUBJECT INDEX 475
CUMULATIVE INDEX – VOLUMES I—XVI 478