Progress in Optics (eBook)

Front Cover 1
Progress in Optics, Volume XII 4
Copyright Page 5
CONTENTS 12
CHAPTER I. SELF-FOCUSING, SELF-TRAPPING, AND SELF-PHASE MODULATION OF LASER BEAMS 18
1. Introduction 20
2. Physical Mechanisms of Nonlinear Polarization 29
3. Wave Propagation 42
4. Conclusions 65
References 67
CHAPTER II. SELF-INDUCED TRANSPARENCY 70
1. Introduction 72
2. Coherent Optical Pulse in a Two-Level Absorber 75
3. Experiments 93
4. Variations of SIT 103
References 116
CHAPTER III. MODULATION TECHNIQUES IN SPECTROMETRY 118
1. Introduction 120
2. Why Modulate a Spectrum? 122
3. Spectromodulators and Interferometers: Analogous Instruments 129
4. When should Spectral Modulation Techniques be used – and When should they not? 138
5. Theory of the Hadamard Transform Spectrometers 143
6. Spectrometric Imaging 154
7. A Survey of Binary-Encoded Multiplex Spectrometers 157
8. Some Practical Considerations in Comparing Interferometers and Spectromodulators 168
9. Some Unsolved Problems in Transform Spectrometry 169
10. Conclusions 171
Acknowledgments 171
Appendix A. Some Properties of Cyclic Codes for Hadamard-Transform Spectrometry 172
Appendix B. Cyclic Codes for Hadamard-Transform Spectrometry 174
Appendix C. Code Optimization 177
References 178
CHAPTER IV. INTERACTION OF LIGHT WITH MONOMOLECULAR DYE LAYERS 180
1. Introduction 182
2. Preparation of Monolayer Systems 183
3. Optical Properties of Cadmium-Arachidate Layers 191
4. Coherent Scattering at a Dye Monolayer 197
5. Standing Light Waves 207
6. Evanescent Light Waves 213
7. The Near Field of a Radiating Molecule 218
8. The Radiation Pattern of a Fluorescing Molecule in Front of a Mirror 225
9. Fluorescence Decay Time of a Molecule in Front of a Mirror 235
Appendix. Some Optical Properties of Uniaxial Crystals 245
Acknowledgments 248
References 248
CHAPTER V. THE PHASE TRANSITION CONCEPT AND COHERENCE IN ATOMIC EMISSION 252
1. Introduction 254
2. Mean Field Theory of Laser Media 261
3. Beyond the Mean Field Theory 273
4. Discrete Mode Spectra 282
5. Discrete Modes in Nonlinear Optics 291
Appendix I 299
Appendix II 301
6. Note added in proof 301
Acknowledgments 302
References 302
CHAPTER VI. BEAM-FOIL SPECTROSCOPY 306
1. Introduction 308
2. Spectral Line Shapes 309
3. Wavelength Studies and Energy-Level Schemes 311
4. Doubly-Excited Levels 323
5. Metastable One-Electron Levels 329
6. Mean-Life Measurements 331
7. Applications of Lifetime Data 342
8. Coherence and Alignment 344
9. Charge-State Identification 355
10. Conclusion 358
Acknowledgments 358
References 359
AUTHOR INDEX 364
SUBJECT INDEX 372
CUMULATIVE INDEX - VOLUMES I-XII 379