David S Simon

A Guided Tour of Light Beams (Second Edition) (eBook, ePUB)

From lasers to optical knots

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

In the past few decades, a wide range of exotic types of light beams have been discovered with unusual properties such as the ability to bend around corners, to reconstruct themselves after disruption by obstacles, or the ability to guide particles along desired trajectories. This book provides an introductory overview of these novel light beams. It covers the basic physics and optics, as well as discussing new cutting-edge applications to which they give rise in science, technology, and medicine.

Following a short introduction, the book covers topics such as optical propagation, Gaussian beams and lasers, orbital angular momentum and Laguerre-Gauss beams, Bessel and Airy beams, as well as other variations on the theme of optical beams. Later chapters focus on entangled beams, pin-like beams, and optical propagation through turbulence, before concluding with a discussion of the new frontiers in the field.

The book is an ideal guide for undergraduate students, beginning graduate students, or researchers who are not experts in this field.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Institute of Physics Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 145
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. November 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780750334679
• Artikelnr.: 60654773

Autorenporträt

David S Simon is a professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Stonehill College in Easton, MA, and a visiting researcher at Boston University. After earning a BS from The Ohio State University, he obtained PhDs in physics and electrical engineering from Johns Hopkins and Boston University. His research is primarily in the area of quantum optics.