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Laser Beam Propagation - Generation and Propagation of Customized Light (Paperback)
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Laser Beam Propagation - Generation and Propagation of Customized Light (Paperback)
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How do laser beams propagate? Innovative discoveries involving
laser beams and their propagation properties are at the heart of
Laser Beam Propagation: Generation and Propagation of Customized
Light. This book captures the essence of laser beam propagation.
Divided into three parts, it explores the fundamentals of how laser
beams propagate, and provides novel methods to describe and
characterize general laser beams. Part one covers the physical
optics approach to the propagation of optical waves, the concept of
plane waves, the mathematical description of diffraction and
Gaussian optics, and adapting the concepts to the single photon
level. The book explains the parallels between the paraxial
propagation of light beams and the Schroedinger equation in quantum
mechanics, and delves into the description of paraxial optics by
means of state vectors and operators. It also discusses classical
optics and quantum entanglement. Part two focuses on the
application of modal decomposition to the characterization of laser
beams, and provides a characterization of time domain pulses. It
discusses tools for the temporal characterization of laser beams,
the generation of arbitrary laser beams with digital holograms, and
the use of spatial light modulators to display reconfigurable
digital holograms capable of modifying and shaping laser beams. It
also covers various techniques and the control of the polarization
properties of light. Part three defines the most commonly generated
shaped light, flat-top beams, outlining their propagation rules as
well as the means to create them in the laboratory. It also
highlights Helmholtz-Gauss beams, vector beams, and low coherence
laser beams. The text presents the concepts of coherence theory and
applies this to the propagation of low coherence optical fields. It
also considers the recent developments in orbital angular momentum
carrying fields, touches on basics properties, definitions and
applications, and brings together the classical and quantum
concepts of spatial modes of light.
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