Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in
Book cover

Coherent Optics pp 9–13Cite as

The Main Areas of Optics

  • Chapter

  • 299 Accesses

Abstract

Optical phenomena may be divided into four main areas: geometrical optics, wave optics, quantum optics, and statistical optics. In this book we will mainly discuss wave optics.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution.

Chapter
USD   29.95
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
eBook
USD   74.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Purchases are for personal use only

Learn about institutional subscriptions

Preview

Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.

Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.

References

  1. T. Sauter, W. Neuhauser, R. Blatt, P. E. Toschek: “ Observation of Quantum Jumps ”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 57, 1696–1698 (1986)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  2. J. C. Bergquist, R. G. Hulet, W M. Itano, D. J. Wineland: “ Observation of Quantum Jumps in a Single Atom ”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 57, 1699–1702 (1986)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  3. R. Hanbury Brown, R. Q. Twiss: “ Correlation between photons in two coherent beams of light ”, Nature 177, 27–29 (1956)

    Article  Google Scholar 

Additional Reading

  • Goodman, J. W: Statistical Optics ( Wiley, New York 1985 )

    Google Scholar 

  • Hecht, E.: Optics, 2nd edn. ( Addison-Wesley, Reading, Mass. 1987 )

    Google Scholar 

  • Jenkins, F. A., H. E. White: Fundamentals of Optics ( McGraw-Hill, New York 1976 )

    Google Scholar 

  • Loudon, R.: The Quantum Theory of Light ( Clarendon, Oxford 1983 )

    Google Scholar 

  • Louisell, W. H.: Quantum Statistical Properties of Radiation ( Wiley, New York 1973 )

    Google Scholar 

  • Meystre, P., M. Sargent III: Elements of Quantum Optics (Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg 1991 )

    Google Scholar 

  • Wolf, E. (Ed.): Progress in Optics, Vol. I to Vol. XXX (North-Holland, Amsterdam 1961 to 1994 )

    Google Scholar 

  • Young, M.: Optics and Lasers, 4th edn. ( Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York 1993 )

    Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Drittes Physikalisches Institut, Universität Göttingen, Bürgerstrasse 42-44, D-37073, Göttingen, Germany

    Professor Dr. Werner Lauterborn, Dr. rer. nat. Thomas Kurz & Dipl.-Phys. Martin Wiesenfeldt

Authors
  1. Professor Dr. Werner Lauterborn
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Dr. rer. nat. Thomas Kurz
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. Dipl.-Phys. Martin Wiesenfeldt
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

Copyright information

© 1995 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg

About this chapter

Cite this chapter

Lauterborn, W., Kurz, T., Wiesenfeldt, M. (1995). The Main Areas of Optics. In: Coherent Optics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-03144-5_2

Download citation

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-03144-5_2

  • Publisher Name: Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg

  • Print ISBN: 978-3-662-03146-9

  • Online ISBN: 978-3-662-03144-5

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Search

Navigation