Contributors |
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Editors' Preface |
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Preface to Volume IV |
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Glossary and Fundamental Constants |
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Part 1. Properties |
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Chapter 1. Optical Properties of Water |
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1.2 Terminology, Notation, and Definitions |
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1.3 Radiometric Quantities Useful in Hydrologic Optics |
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1.4 Inherent Optical Properties |
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1.5 Apparent Optical Properties |
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1.6 The Optically Significant Constituents of Natural Waters |
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1.7 Particle Size Distributions |
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1.8 Electromagnetic Properties of Water |
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1.10 Measurement of Absorption |
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1.11 Absorption by Pure Sea Water |
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1.12 Absorption by Dissolved Organic Matter |
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1.13 Absorption by Phytoplankton |
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1.14 Absorption by Organic Detritus |
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1.15 Bio-Optical Models for Absorption |
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1.16 Measurement of Scattering |
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1.17 Scattering by Pure Water and by Pure Sea Water |
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1.18 Scattering by Particles |
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1.19 Wavelength Dependence of Scattering: Bio-Optical Models |
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1.21 Diffuse Attenuation and Jerlov Water Types |
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1.22 Irradiance Reflectance and Remote Sensing |
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1.23 Inelastic Scattering and Polarization |
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Chapter 2. Properties of Crystals and Glasses |
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William J. Tropf, Michael E. Thomas, and Eric W. Rogala |
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2.4 Properties of Materials |
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Chapter 3. Polymeric Optics |
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Chapter 4. Properties of Metals |
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Chapter 5. Optical Properties of Semiconductors |
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David G. Seiler, Stefan Zollner, Alain C. Diebold, and Paul M. Amirtharaj |
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5.4 Measurement Techniques |
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5.6 Summary and Conclusions |
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Chapter 6. Characterization and Use of Black Surfaces for Optical Systems |
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Stephen M. Pompea and Robert P Breault |
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6.2 Selection Process for Black Baffle Surfaces in Optical Systems |
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6.3 The Creation of Black Surfaces for Specific Applications |
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6.4 Environmental Degradationof Black Surfaces |
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6.5 Optical Characterization of Black Surfaces |
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6.6 Surfaces for Ultraviolet and Far-Infrared Applications |
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6.7 Survey of Surfaces with Optical Data |
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Chapter 7. Optical Properties of Films and Coatings |
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7.2 Theory and Design of Optical Thin-Film Coatings |
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7.3 Thin-Film Manufacturing Considerations |
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7.4 Measurements on Optical Coatings |
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7.5 Antireflection Coatings |
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7.6 Two-Material Periodic Multilayers Theory |
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7.7 Multilayer Reflectors-Experimental Results |
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7.8 Cutoff, Heat-Control, and Solar-Cell Cover Filters |
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7.9 Beam Splitters and Neutral Filters |
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7.10 Interference Polarizers and Polarizing Beam Splitters |
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7.12 High Performance Optical Multilayer Coatings |
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7.13 Multilayers for Two or Three Spectral Regions |
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7.15 Interference Filters with Low Reflection |
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7.16 Reflection Filters and Coatings |
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7.17 Special Purpose Coatings |
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Chapter 8. Fundamental Optical Properties of Solids |
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8.3 Propagation of Light in Solids |
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8.6 Free Electron Properties |
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8.7 Band Structures and Interband Transitions |
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Chapter 9. Photonic Bandgap Materials |
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9.4 Three-Dimensional Photonic Crystals |
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9.5 Microcavities in Three-Dimensional Photonic Crystals |
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9.6 Microcavities in Photonic Crystals with Two-Dimensional Periodicity |
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Part 2. Nonlinear Optics |
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Chapter 10. Nonlinear Optics |
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10.4 Material Considerations |
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Chapter 11. Coherent Optical Transients |
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Paul R. Berman and Duncan G. Steel |
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11.3 Optical Bloch Equations |
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11.4 Maxwell-Bloch Equations |
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11.5 Free Polarization Decay |
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11.7 Stimulated Photon Echo |
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11.8 Phase Conjugate Geometry and Optical Ramsey Fringes |
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11.9 Two-Photon Transitions and Atom Interferometry |
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11.10 Chirped Pulse Excitation |
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11.11 Experimental Considerations |
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Chapter 12. Photorefractive Materials and Devices |
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Mark Cronin-Golomb and Marvin Klein |
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Chapter 13. Optical Limiting |
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13.2 Basic Principles of Passive Optical Limiting |
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13.3 Examples of Passive Optical Limiting in Specific Materials |
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Chapter 14. Electromagnetically Induced Transparency |
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Jonathan P. Marangos and Thomas Halfmann |
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14.3 Coherence in Two- and Three-Level Atomic Systems |
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14.4 The Basic Physical Concept of Electromagnetically Induced Transparency |
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14.5 Manipulation of Optical Properties by Electromagnetically Induced Transparency |
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14.6 Electromagnetically Induced Transparency, Driven by Pulsed Lasers |
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14.7 Steady State Electromagnetically Induced Transparency, Driven by CW Lasers |
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14.8 Gain without Inversion and Lasing without Inversion |
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14.9 Manipulation of the Index of Refraction in Dressed Atoms |
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14.10 Pulse Propagation Effects |
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14.11 Ultraslow Light Pulses |
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14.12 Nonlinear Optical Frequency Conversion |
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14.13 Nonlinear Optics at Maximal Atomic Coherence |
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14.14 Nonlinear Optics at the Few Photon Level |
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14.15 Electromagnetically Induced Transparency in Solids |
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Chapter 15. Stimulated Raman and Brillouin Scattering |
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John Reintjes and Mark Bashkansky |
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15.3 Stimulated Brillouin Scattering |
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15.5 Additional References |
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Chapter 16. Third-Order Optical Nonlinearities |
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Mansoor Sheik-Bahae and Michael P. Hasselbeck |
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16.2 Quantum Mechanical Picture |
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16.3 Nonlinear Absorption and Nonlinear Refraction |
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16.4 Kramers-Kronig Dispersion Relations |
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16.6 Third-Harmonic Generation |
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16.7 Stimulated Scattering |
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16.8 Two-Photon Absorption |
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16.9 Effective Third-Order Nonlinearities; Cascaded Processes |
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16.10 Effective Third-Order Nonlinearities; Cascaded Processes |
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16.11 Propagation Effects |
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16.12 Common Experimental Techniques and Applications |
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Chapter 17. Continuous-Wave Optical Parametric Oscillators |
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17.2 Continuous-Wave Optical Parametric Oscillators |
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Chapter 18. Nonlinear Optical Processes for Ultrashort Pulse Generation |
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Uwe Siegner and Ursula Keller |
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18.4 Saturable Absorbers: Macroscopic Description |
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18.6 Semiconductor Ultrafast Nonlinearities: Microscopic Processes |
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Chapter 19. Laser-Induced Damage to Optical Materials |
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19.4 Package-Induced Damage |
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19.5 Nonlinear Optical Effects |
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19.7 Fundamental Mechanisms |
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19.8 Progress in Measurements of Critical NLO Parameters |
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Part 3. Quantum and Molecular Optics |
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Chapter 20. Laser Cooling and Trapping of Atoms |
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Harold J. Metcalf and Peter van der Straten |
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20.2 General Properties Concerning Laser Cooling |
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20.3 Theoretical Description |
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20.4 Slowing Atomic Beams |
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20.6 Cooling Below the Doppler Limit |
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20.7 Trapping of Neutral Atoms |
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Chapter 21. Strong Field Physics |
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21.2 Introduction and History |
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21.3 Laser Technology Used in Strong Field Physics |
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21.4 Strong Field Interactions with Single Electrons |
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21.5 Strong Field Interactions with Atoms |
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21.6 Strong Field Interactions with Molecules |
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21.7 Strong Field Nonlinear Optics in Gases |
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21.8 Strong Field Interactions with Clusters |
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21.9 Strong Field Physics in Underdense Plasmas |
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21.10 Strong Field Physics at Surfaces of Overdense Plasmas |
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21.11 Applications of Strong Field Interactions with Plasmas |
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Chapter 22. Slow Light Propagation in Atomic and Photonic Media |
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22.4 Bandwidth Limitations in Atomic Schemes |
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22.6 Slow Light in Optical Fibers |
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Chapter 23. Quantum Entanglement in Optical Interferometry |
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Hwang Lee, Christoph F. Wildfeuer, Sean D. Huver, and Jonathan P. Dowling |
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23.4 "Digital" Approaches |
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23.7 Toward Quantum Remote Sensing |
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Index |
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