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Coherent Optics

Fundamentals and Applications

Authors:

  1. Werner Lauterborn

    1. Drittes Physikalisches Institut, Universität Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany

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  2. Thomas Kurz

    1. Drittes Physikalisches Institut, Universität Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany

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  • Numerous examples and exercises with solutions
  • Fundamentals and modern applications of this field in one concise book
  • All chapters have been revised
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Advanced Texts in Physics (ADTP)

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XIII
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  2. History of Optics

    • Werner Lauterborn, Thomas Kurz
    Pages 1-8

  3. The Main Areas of Optics

    • Werner Lauterborn, Thomas Kurz
    Pages 9-13

  4. Fundamentals of Wave Optics

    • Werner Lauterborn, Thomas Kurz
    Pages 15-34

  5. Coherence

    • Werner Lauterborn, Thomas Kurz
    Pages 35-60

  6. Multiple-Beam Interference

    • Werner Lauterborn, Thomas Kurz
    Pages 61-76

  7. Speckles

    • Werner Lauterborn, Thomas Kurz
    Pages 77-99

  8. Holography

    • Werner Lauterborn, Thomas Kurz
    Pages 101-134

  9. Interferometry

    • Werner Lauterborn, Thomas Kurz
    Pages 135-147

  10. Fourier Optics

    • Werner Lauterborn, Thomas Kurz
    Pages 149-180

  11. The Laser

    • Werner Lauterborn, Thomas Kurz
    Pages 181-207

  12. Ultrafast Optics

    • Werner Lauterborn, Thomas Kurz
    Pages 209-238

  13. Nonlinear Optics

    • Werner Lauterborn, Thomas Kurz
    Pages 239-266

  14. Fiber Optics

    • Werner Lauterborn, Thomas Kurz
    Pages 267-286

  15. Back Matter

    Pages 287-346
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About this book

Since the advent of the laser, coherent optics has developed at an ever increasing pace. There is no doubt about the reason. Coherent light, with its properties so different from the light we are surrounded by, lends itself to numerous applications in science, technology, and life. The bandwidth of coherent optics reaches from holography and interferometry, with its gravitational wave detectors, to the CD player for music, movies, and computers; from the laser scalpel, which allows surgical cutting in the interior of the eye without destruction of the layers penetrated in front of it, to optical information and data processing with its great impact on society. According to its importance, the foundations of coherent optics should be conveyed to students of natural sciences as early as possible to better prepare them for their future careers as physicists or engineers. The present book tries to serve this need: to promote the foundations of coherent optics. Special attention is paid to a thorough presentation of the fundamentals. This should enable the reader to follow the contemporary literature from a firm basis. The wealth of material, of course, makes necessary a restriction of the topics included. Therefore, from the main areas of optics, wave optics and the classical description oflight is given most ofthe space available. The book starts with a quick trip through the history of physics from the viewpoint of optics.
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Drittes Physikalisches Institut, Universität Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany

    Werner Lauterborn, Thomas Kurz

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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Coherent Optics

  • Book Subtitle: Fundamentals and Applications

  • Authors: Werner Lauterborn, Thomas Kurz

  • Series Title: Advanced Texts in Physics

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-05273-0

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2003

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-43933-2Published: 27 November 2002

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-07877-4Published: 09 December 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-662-05273-0Published: 09 March 2013

  • Series ISSN: 1439-2674

  • Edition Number: 2

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 346

  • Topics: Optics, Lasers, Photonics, Optical Devices, Quantum Optics

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