Progress in Optics, Volume 65: A Tribute to Emil Wolf, provides the latest release in a series that presents an overview of the state-of-the-art in optics research. In this update, readers will find timely chapters on Specular mirror interferometer, Maximum Likelihood Estimation in the Context of an Optical Measurement, Surface Plasmons, The Development of Coherence Theory, and much more.
1. 1 Introduction - p. page_106 2. 2 Surface-wave impacts on thermal field coherence - p. page_108 3. 3 Surface-plasmonic impacts on optical beam coherence - p. page_117 4. 4 Partially coherent evanescent wave fields - p. page_128 5. 5 Partially coherent surface plasmon polariton fields - p. page_140 6. 6 Concluding remarks - p. page_165 7. Acknowledgments - p. page_166 8. Chapter Six: Specular mirror interferometer - p. page_172 9. Abstract - p. page_174 10. Dedication - p. page_174 11. 1 Introduction - p. page_175 12. 2 MZI vs SMI - p. page_179 13. 3 Operator description - p. page_189 14. 4 Conclusions - p. page_196 15. Appendix A Momentum transfer by a moving mirror - p. page_197 16. Appendix B Proper time difference in an atom interferometer - p. page_198 17. Appendix C Trajectories and dynamical phases - p. page_201 18. Appendix D Aspects of a specular mirror - p. page_208 19. Appendix E Transformation of operators - p. page_222 20. Acknowledgments - p. page_226 21. Chapter Seven: Maximum likelihood estimation in the context of an optical measurement - p. page_229 22. Abstract - p. page_232 23. Foreword - p. page_232 24. 1 Introduction - p. page_234 25. 2 Overview of MLE: Likelihood, Fisher information, and the Cramér–Rao bound - p. page_236 26. 3 MLE formalism for an optical measurement - p. page_241 27. 4 Comparison to Bayesian statistics - p. page_243 28. 5 Off-null and weak measurements - p. page_245 29. 6 One-parameter optical MLE examples - p. page_249 30. 7 Two-parameter optical MLE examples - p. page_273 31. 8 Concluding remarks - p. page_300 32. Appendix Mathematica code - p. page_302 33. Acknowledgments - p. page_308 34. Chapter Eight: Partially polarized light and complementarity in quantum mechanics - p. page_311 35. Abstract - p. page_313 36. 1 Introduction - p. page_314 37. 2 Interference and polarization in classical optics - p. page_316 38. 3 Interference in quantum mechanics - p. page_326 39. 4 Optical polarization in quantum mechanics - p. page_337 40. 5 Experimental verification - p. page_339 41. 6 Summary and conclusions - p. page_343 42. Acknowledgments - p. page_344 43. Chapter Nine: Acousto-optic imaging in random media - p. page_346 44. Abstract - p. page_347 45. 1 Introduction - p. page_347 46. 2 Acousto-optic effect in random media - p. page_349 47. 3 Incoherent imaging - p. page_360 48. 4 Coherent imaging - p. page_362 49. 5 Bioluminescence imaging - p. page_368 50. 6 Inverse transport - p. page_372 51. Appendix - p. page_378 52. Acknowledgments - p. page_379 53. Author Index - p. page_381 54. Subject Index - p. page_395 55. Cumulative index – volumes 1–65 - p. page_405
Progress in Optics, Volume 65: A Tribute to Emil Wolf, provides the latest release in a series that presents an overview of the state-of-the-art in optics research. In this update, readers will find timely chapters on Specular mirror interferometer, Maximum Likelihood Estimation in the Context of an Optical Measurement, Surface Plasmons, The Development of Coherence Theory, and much more.
1. 1 Introduction - p. page_106 2. 2 Surface-wave impacts on thermal field coherence - p. page_108 3. 3 Surface-plasmonic impacts on optical beam coherence - p. page_117 4. 4 Partially coherent evanescent wave fields - p. page_128 5. 5 Partially coherent surface plasmon polariton fields - p. page_140 6. 6 Concluding remarks - p. page_165 7. Acknowledgments - p. page_166 8. Chapter Six: Specular mirror interferometer - p. page_172 9. Abstract - p. page_174 10. Dedication - p. page_174 11. 1 Introduction - p. page_175 12. 2 MZI vs SMI - p. page_179 13. 3 Operator description - p. page_189 14. 4 Conclusions - p. page_196 15. Appendix A Momentum transfer by a moving mirror - p. page_197 16. Appendix B Proper time difference in an atom interferometer - p. page_198 17. Appendix C Trajectories and dynamical phases - p. page_201 18. Appendix D Aspects of a specular mirror - p. page_208 19. Appendix E Transformation of operators - p. page_222 20. Acknowledgments - p. page_226 21. Chapter Seven: Maximum likelihood estimation in the context of an optical measurement - p. page_229 22. Abstract - p. page_232 23. Foreword - p. page_232 24. 1 Introduction - p. page_234 25. 2 Overview of MLE: Likelihood, Fisher information, and the Cramér–Rao bound - p. page_236 26. 3 MLE formalism for an optical measurement - p. page_241 27. 4 Comparison to Bayesian statistics - p. page_243 28. 5 Off-null and weak measurements - p. page_245 29. 6 One-parameter optical MLE examples - p. page_249 30. 7 Two-parameter optical MLE examples - p. page_273 31. 8 Concluding remarks - p. page_300 32. Appendix Mathematica code - p. page_302 33. Acknowledgments - p. page_308 34. Chapter Eight: Partially polarized light and complementarity in quantum mechanics - p. page_311 35. Abstract - p. page_313 36. 1 Introduction - p. page_314 37. 2 Interference and polarization in classical optics - p. page_316 38. 3 Interference in quantum mechanics - p. page_326 39. 4 Optical polarization in quantum mechanics - p. page_337 40. 5 Experimental verification - p. page_339 41. 6 Summary and conclusions - p. page_343 42. Acknowledgments - p. page_344 43. Chapter Nine: Acousto-optic imaging in random media - p. page_346 44. Abstract - p. page_347 45. 1 Introduction - p. page_347 46. 2 Acousto-optic effect in random media - p. page_349 47. 3 Incoherent imaging - p. page_360 48. 4 Coherent imaging - p. page_362 49. 5 Bioluminescence imaging - p. page_368 50. 6 Inverse transport - p. page_372 51. Appendix - p. page_378 52. Acknowledgments - p. page_379 53. Author Index - p. page_381 54. Subject Index - p. page_395 55. Cumulative index – volumes 1–65 - p. page_405
