Progress in Optics

by Wolf

• ISBN13: 9780444533500
• ISBN10: 0444533508
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-05-06
• Publisher: Elsevier Science

Summary

In the fourty-seven years that have gone by since the first volume of Progress in Optics was published, optics has become one of the most dynamic fields of science. The volumes in this series which have appeared up to now contain more than 300 review articles by distinguished research workers, which have become permanent records for many important developments. - Backscattering and Anderson localization of light - Advances in oliton manipulation in optical lattices - Fundamental quantum noise in optical amplification - Invisibility cloaks

Table of Contents

Preface	p. v
Coherent Backscattering and Anderson Localization of Light Christ of M. Aegerter and Georg Maret	p. 1
Introduction	p. 1
Instances of Enhanced Backscattering	p. 3
Coherent Backscattering	p. 4
Theoretical Predictions	p. 5
Experiments on Coherent Backscattering	p. 10
Colloidal Suspensions and Turbid Powders	p. 11
The Influence of a Magnetic Field	p. 21
Cold Atoms	p. 24
Other Types of Waves	p. 27
The Transition to Strong Localization	p. 30
Low-dimensional Systems	p. 30
Static Measurements	p. 34
Time-resolved Measurements	p. 45
Conclusions and Outlook	p. 56
Acknowledgements	p. 57
References	p. 57
Soliton Shape and Mobility Control in Optical Lattices Yaroslav V. Kartashov, Victor A. Vysloukh and Lluis Torner	p. 63
Introduction	p. 64
Nonlinear Materials	p. 66
Diffraction Control in Optical Lattices	p. 69
Bloch Waves	p. 69
One-and Two-dimensional Waveguide Arrays	p. 71
AM and FM Transversely Modulated Lattices and Arrays	p. 72
Longitudinally Modulated Lattices and Waveguide Arrays	p. 74
Optically-induced Lattices	p. 76
Optical Lattices Induced by Interference Patterns	p. 76
Nondiffracting Linear Beams	p. 78
Mathematical Models of Wave Propagation	p. 79
One-dimensional Lattice Solitons	p. 83
Fundamental Solitons	p. 84
Beam Shaping and Mobility Control	p. 86
Multipole Solitons and Solition Trains	p. 88
Gap Solitons	p. 88
Vector Solitons	p. 90
Soliton Steering in Dynamical Lattices	p. 91
Lattice Solitons in Nonlocal Nonlinear Media	p. 92
Two-dimensional Lattice Solitons	p. 94
Fundamental Solitons	p. 95
Multipole Solitons	p. 98
Gap Solitons	p. 100
Vector Solitons	p. 101
Vortex Solitons	p. 102
Topological Soliton Dragging	p. 105
Solitons in Bessel Lattices	p. 108
Rotary and Vortex Solitons in Radially Symmetric Bessel Lattices	p. 108
Multipole and Vortex Solitons in Azimuthally Modulated Bessel Lattices	p. 113
Soliton Wires and Networks	p. 115
Mathieu and Parabolic Optical Lattices	p. 115
Three-dimensional Lattice Solitons	p. 116
Nonlinear Lattices and Soliton Arrays	p. 119
Soliton Arrays and Pixels	p. 120
Nonlinear Periodic Lattices	p. 121
Defect Modes and Random Lattices	p. 125
Defect Modes in Waveguide Arrays and Optically-induced Lattices	p. 125
Anderson Localization	p. 128
Soliton Percolation	p. 129
Concluding Remarks	p. 130
Acknowledgements	p. 132
References	p. 132
Signal and Quantum Noise in Optical Communications and Cryptography Philippe Gallion, Francisco Mendieta and Shifeng Jiang	p. 149
Introduction	p. 150
Quantum and Thermal Noises	p. 150
Limit of the Semi-classical Approach for Quantum Noise	p. 151
New Trends in Optical Communication Engineering	p. 152
Chapter Objective and Organization	p. 153
Basic Concepts of Quantum Optics	p. 155
Quantum Description of Optical Fields	p. 156
Quantum States of Optical Fields	p. 161
Quantum Probability Distributions	p. 165
Engineering Description of Quantum Noise	p. 170
Non-commutating Quadrature Measurements and Quantum State Distinguishability	p. 177
Non Commutating Quadrature Measurements	p. 178
Quantum Detection	p. 184
Symmetrical Coherent States	p. 185
Open Loop Quantum Receivers	p. 187
Feedback Quantum Receivers	p. 189
Optical Amplification	p. 190
Minimum Output Additive Noise	p. 191
Attenuation and Amplification Noises	p. 194
Quantum Langevin Approach	p. 196
Equivalent Lumped Amplifier Noise Factor	p. 199
Pre-amplified Optical System Applications	p. 199
Technical Noise and Impairment in Optical Amplification	p. 202
Linear and Phase-Sensitive Amplification	p. 202
Optical Amplification Sensitivity	p. 203
Single Quadrature Homodyne Detection	p. 204
Quantum Theory of Homodyne Detection	p. 207
Second Order Momentum and Signal to Noise Ratio	p. 210
Comparison with the Classical Approach Result	p. 211
Coherent Optical System Applications	p. 212
Application to Cryptography	p. 217
Technical Noise and Impairment in Homodyne Detection	p. 220
In-phase and Quadrature Measurements	p. 226
Phase Estimation with Classical Signals	p. 227
Phase Estimation with Quantum Signals	p. 229
Heterodyne Detection	p. 231
I-Q Measurements	p. 233
Suppressed Carrier Phase Estimation	p. 234
In-phase and Quadrature Measurements Applications	p. 236
Conclusion	p. 238
Acknowledgments	p. 244
Appendix	p. 245
General Quantum Field Input-Output Relations	p. 245
Abbreviation Index	p. 247
Notation Index	p. 249
References	p. 251
Invisibility Cloaking by Coordinate Transformation Min Yan, Wei Yan and Min Qiu	p. 261
Introduction	p. 261
Coordinate Transformation in Electromagnetism	p. 262
Principle and Construction of Invisibility Cloaks	p. 266
Arbitrarily-shaped Invisibility Cloaks	p. 268
Outer Boundary of Cloak	p. 269
Inner Boundary of Cloak	p. 270
Cylindrical Invisibility Cloak	p. 274
Approximate Ideal Cylindrical Cloak	p. 277
Material Simplification	p. 282
Spherical Invisibility Cloak	p. 295
Other Related Works and Some Practical Issues	p. 299
Conclusion	p. 300
Acknowledgment	p. 301
References	p. 301
Author Index for Volume 52	p. 305
Subject Index for Volume 52	p. 317
Contents of Previous Volumes	p. 321
Cumulative Index - Volumes 1-52	p. 333
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