Progress in Optics, Volume 68 highlights new advances in the field of optics, with this updated volume presenting interesting chapters on a variety of timely topics in the field. Chapters in this release include Nonlinear Optical Polarimetry with application in biomicroscopy, Single-photon Sources, Introduction to Tensor Networks and Matrix Product States with Applications in Cavity and Waveguide Quantum Electrodynamics, Rotated frames, Phase retrieval, and more. Each chapter is written by an international board of authors who review the latest developments in optics.
1. 1 Introduction - p. 68 2. 2 Model Hamiltonian - p. 70 3. 3 Dissipative time evolution - p. 72 4. 4 Single-photon wavepackets - p. 74 5. 5 Two-photon wavepackets - p. 78 6. 6 Three-photon wavepackets - p. 80 7. 7 Narrow-bandwidth case and extension to N-photon FSME - p. 85 8. 8 Example: Two-level quantum emitter - p. 85 9. 9 Summary and discussion - p. 93 10. References - p. 98 11. Chapter Three: Phase recovery with intensity and polarization correlation - p. 101 12. Abstract - p. 101 13. 1 Introduction - p. 102 14. 2 Phase in optics - p. 104 15. 3 Optics with random light - p. 135 16. 4 Phase recovery with polarization correlation - p. 166 17. 5 Holography with unpolarized light - p. 181 18. 6 Conclusions - p. 180 19. References - p. 180 20. Chapter Four: Spatially structured light fields and their propagation manipulation - p. 191 21. Chapter Five: Incoherent interference - p. 253 22. Abstract - p. 253 23. 1 Introduction - p. 254 24. 2 Incoherent holography - p. 259 25. 3 Second-order interference (two-photon interference) - p. 263 26. 4 First-order incoherent interference - p. 295 27. 5 Nonlocal double-slit interference - p. 315 28. 6 Summary - p. 322 29. Acknowledgment - p. 323 30. References - p. 323 31. Chapter Six: Fabry–Perot cavities made easy - p. 329 32. Abstract - p. 329 33. 1 Introduction - p. 330 34. 2 Normalized fields and their boundary conditions in the FP cavity - p. 333 35. 3 The Maxwell–Bloch equations for a Fabry–Perot cavity - p. 335 36. 4 The traveling wave formalism - p. 337 37. 5 The set of modal equations - p. 337 38. 6 The single-mode stationary solutions - p. 344 39. 7 The linearized equations - p. 345 40. 8 The resonant case: Amplitude and phase instabilities - p. 345 41. 9 Low threshold instabilities in the limit of adiabatic elimination of the atomic polarization - p. 345 42. 10 Self-pulsing in the case of adiabatic elimination of both atomic variables - p. 352 43. 11 The effective semiconductor Maxwell–Bloch equations (ESMBEs) for a doubled Fabry–Perot cavity - p. 368 44. 12 Complete picture of the adiabatic elimination of the material variables - p. 374 45. 13 Complete picture of the adiabatic elimination of the material polarization for ultra-fast semiconductor lasers - p. 373 46. 14 The Lugiato–Lefever equation for the Fabry–Perot cavity - p. 378 47. Appendix - p. 377 48. References - p. 377 49. Author index - p. 380 50. Subject index - p. 380 51. Cumulative index—volumes 1–68☆ - p. 380
Progress in Optics, Volume 68 highlights new advances in the field of optics, with this updated volume presenting interesting chapters on a variety of timely topics in the field. Chapters in this release include Nonlinear Optical Polarimetry with application in biomicroscopy, Single-photon Sources, Introduction to Tensor Networks and Matrix Product States with Applications in Cavity and Waveguide Quantum Electrodynamics, Rotated frames, Phase retrieval, and more. Each chapter is written by an international board of authors who review the latest developments in optics.
1. 1 Introduction - p. 68 2. 2 Model Hamiltonian - p. 70 3. 3 Dissipative time evolution - p. 72 4. 4 Single-photon wavepackets - p. 74 5. 5 Two-photon wavepackets - p. 78 6. 6 Three-photon wavepackets - p. 80 7. 7 Narrow-bandwidth case and extension to N-photon FSME - p. 85 8. 8 Example: Two-level quantum emitter - p. 85 9. 9 Summary and discussion - p. 93 10. References - p. 98 11. Chapter Three: Phase recovery with intensity and polarization correlation - p. 101 12. Abstract - p. 101 13. 1 Introduction - p. 102 14. 2 Phase in optics - p. 104 15. 3 Optics with random light - p. 135 16. 4 Phase recovery with polarization correlation - p. 166 17. 5 Holography with unpolarized light - p. 181 18. 6 Conclusions - p. 180 19. References - p. 180 20. Chapter Four: Spatially structured light fields and their propagation manipulation - p. 191 21. Chapter Five: Incoherent interference - p. 253 22. Abstract - p. 253 23. 1 Introduction - p. 254 24. 2 Incoherent holography - p. 259 25. 3 Second-order interference (two-photon interference) - p. 263 26. 4 First-order incoherent interference - p. 295 27. 5 Nonlocal double-slit interference - p. 315 28. 6 Summary - p. 322 29. Acknowledgment - p. 323 30. References - p. 323 31. Chapter Six: Fabry–Perot cavities made easy - p. 329 32. Abstract - p. 329 33. 1 Introduction - p. 330 34. 2 Normalized fields and their boundary conditions in the FP cavity - p. 333 35. 3 The Maxwell–Bloch equations for a Fabry–Perot cavity - p. 335 36. 4 The traveling wave formalism - p. 337 37. 5 The set of modal equations - p. 337 38. 6 The single-mode stationary solutions - p. 344 39. 7 The linearized equations - p. 345 40. 8 The resonant case: Amplitude and phase instabilities - p. 345 41. 9 Low threshold instabilities in the limit of adiabatic elimination of the atomic polarization - p. 345 42. 10 Self-pulsing in the case of adiabatic elimination of both atomic variables - p. 352 43. 11 The effective semiconductor Maxwell–Bloch equations (ESMBEs) for a doubled Fabry–Perot cavity - p. 368 44. 12 Complete picture of the adiabatic elimination of the material variables - p. 374 45. 13 Complete picture of the adiabatic elimination of the material polarization for ultra-fast semiconductor lasers - p. 373 46. 14 The Lugiato–Lefever equation for the Fabry–Perot cavity - p. 378 47. Appendix - p. 377 48. References - p. 377 49. Author index - p. 380 50. Subject index - p. 380 51. Cumulative index—volumes 1–68☆ - p. 380
