Progress in Optics, Volume 67, highlights new advances, with this updated volume presenting interesting chapters on a variety of timely topics in the field. Each chapter is written by an international board of authors. The book contains five reviews of the latest developments in optics.
1. 1 Introduction - p. 2 2. 2 Design methods - p. 4 3. 3 Imaging applications - p. 50 4. 4 Nonimaging applications - p. 84 5. Acknowledgments - p. 118 6. References - p. 118 7. Chapter Two: Attosecond pulses and laser-driven electron dynamics - p. 125 8. Chapter Three: Quantum polarimetry - p. 185 9. Abstract - p. 185 10. 1 Introduction - p. 188 11. 2 Classical polarization - p. 187 12. 3 Quantum polarization - p. 210 13. 4 Quantum polarimetry from the perspective of quantum estimation theory - p. 232 14. 5 Evaluating classical intuitions in light of quantum polarimetry - p. 246 15. 6 Conclusions - p. 252 16. References - p. 252 17. Chapter Four: Young's interference experiment: Past, present, and future - p. 275 18. Abstract - p. 275 19. 1 Introduction - p. 277 20. 2 Life and work of Thomas Young - p. 276 21. 3 Young's interference experiment - p. 286 22. 4 Weak light - p. 289 23. 5 The wave-particle duality for massive particles - p. 304 24. 6 Optical coherence - p. 303 25. 7 Surface plasmons - p. 314 26. 8 Entanglement and duality - p. 324 27. 9 Multi-order interference and exotic paths - p. 327 28. 10 Singular optics - p. 331 29. 11 Conclusions - p. 337 30. References - p. 337 31. Author index - p. 343 32. Subject Index - p. 343 33. Cumulative index – volumes 1–67 - p. 343
Progress in Optics, Volume 67, highlights new advances, with this updated volume presenting interesting chapters on a variety of timely topics in the field. Each chapter is written by an international board of authors. The book contains five reviews of the latest developments in optics.
1. 1 Introduction - p. 2 2. 2 Design methods - p. 4 3. 3 Imaging applications - p. 50 4. 4 Nonimaging applications - p. 84 5. Acknowledgments - p. 118 6. References - p. 118 7. Chapter Two: Attosecond pulses and laser-driven electron dynamics - p. 125 8. Chapter Three: Quantum polarimetry - p. 185 9. Abstract - p. 185 10. 1 Introduction - p. 188 11. 2 Classical polarization - p. 187 12. 3 Quantum polarization - p. 210 13. 4 Quantum polarimetry from the perspective of quantum estimation theory - p. 232 14. 5 Evaluating classical intuitions in light of quantum polarimetry - p. 246 15. 6 Conclusions - p. 252 16. References - p. 252 17. Chapter Four: Young's interference experiment: Past, present, and future - p. 275 18. Abstract - p. 275 19. 1 Introduction - p. 277 20. 2 Life and work of Thomas Young - p. 276 21. 3 Young's interference experiment - p. 286 22. 4 Weak light - p. 289 23. 5 The wave-particle duality for massive particles - p. 304 24. 6 Optical coherence - p. 303 25. 7 Surface plasmons - p. 314 26. 8 Entanglement and duality - p. 324 27. 9 Multi-order interference and exotic paths - p. 327 28. 10 Singular optics - p. 331 29. 11 Conclusions - p. 337 30. References - p. 337 31. Author index - p. 343 32. Subject Index - p. 343 33. Cumulative index – volumes 1–67 - p. 343
