Introduction to the Theory of Coherence and Polarization of Light

ISBN-13: 9780521822114 / Angielski / Twarda / 2007 / 222 str.

Emil Wolf

Opis

A unified treatment of coherence theory and polarization for graduate students and researchers in physics and engineering.

Recenzje

'This book is a logical and clear account of the theory required to understand the link between polarisation and coherence which serves as its pièce de résistance - the elucidation of the subtle relations between coherence and polarisation.' Contemporary Physics

Spis treści

Preface; 1. Elementary coherence phenomena; 2. Mathematical preliminaries; 3. Second-order coherence phenomena in the space-time domain; 4. Second-order coherence phenomenon in the space-frequency domain; 5. Radiation from sources of different states of coherence; 6. Coherence effects in scattering; 7. Higher-order coherence effects; 8. Elementary theory of polarization of stochastic electromagnetic beams; 9. Unified theory of polarization and coherence; Appendices; Index.