List of Abbreviations ........................................ xxv
Part A Basic Principles and Materials
1 The Properties of Light
Richard F. Haglund ........................................... 3
1.1 Introduction and Historical Sketch ......................
1.2 Parameterization of Light ............................... 6
1.3 Physical Models of Light ................................ 9
1.4 Thermal and Nonthermal Light Sources ................... 15
1.5 Physical Properties of Light ........................... 17
1.6 Statistical Properties of Light ........................ 2k
1.7 Characteristics and Applications of Nonclassical
Light .................................................. 27
1.8 Summary ................................................ 30
References .................................................. 31
2 Geometrical Optics
Norbert Lindlein, Gerd Leuchs ............................... 35
2.1 The Basics and Limitations of Geometrical Optics ....... 36
2.2 Paraxial Geometrical Optics ............................ 42
2.3 Stops and Pupils ....................................... 62
2.4 Ray Tracing ............................................ 64
2.5 Aberrations ............................................ 70
2.6 Some Important Optical Instruments ..................... 74
References .................................................. 86
3 Wave Optics
Norbert Lindlein, Gerd Leuchs ............................... 89
3.1 Maxwell's Equations and the Wave Equation .............. 90
3.2 Polarization .......................................... 104
3.3 Interference .......................................... 110
3.4 Diffraction ........................................... 125
3.5 Gaussian Beams ........................................ 148
References ................................................. 159
4 Nonlinear Optics
Aleksei Zheltikov, Anne L'Huillier, Ferenc Krausz .......... 161
4.1 Nonlinear Polarization and Nonlinear
Susceptibilities
Aleksei Zheltikov ..................................... 163
4.2 Wave Aspects of Nonlinear Optics
Aleksei Zheltikov ..................................... 164
4.3 Second-Order Nonlinear Processes
Aleksei Zheltikov ..................................... 165
4.4 Third-Order Nonlinear Processes
Anne L'Huillier ....................................... 168
4.5 Ultrashort Light Pulses in a Resonant Two-Level
Medium: Self-Induced Transparency and the Pulse Area
Theorem
Ferenc Krausz ......................................... 182
4.6 Let There Be White Light: Supercontinuum Generation ... 189
4.7 Nonlinear Raman Spectroscopy .......................... 198
4.8 Waveguide Coherent Anti-Stokes Raman Scattering ....... 206
4.9 Nonlinear Spectroscopy with Photonic-Crystal-Fiber
Sources ............................................... 213
4.10 Surface Nonlinear Optics, Spectroscopy, and Imaging ... 221
4.11 High-Order Harmonic Generation ........................ 223
4.12 Attosecond Pulses: Measurement and Application ........ 231
References ................................................. 240
5 Optical Materials and Their Properties
Matthias Brinkmann, Joseph Hayden, Martin Letz, Steffen
Reichel, Carol Click, Wolfgang Mannstadt, Bianca
Schreder, Silke Wolff, Simone Ritter, Mark J. Davis,
Thomas E. Bauer, Hongwen Ren, Yun-Hsing Fan, Yvonne
Menke, Shin-Tson Wu, Klaus Bonrad, Eckhard Krätzig,
Karsten Buse, Roger A. Paquin .............................. 253
5.1 Interaction of Light with Optical Materials
Martin Letz, Steffen Reichel, Matthias Brinkmann,
Wolfgang Mannstadt .................................... 254
5.2 Optical Glass
Silke Wolff ........................................... 285
5.3 Colored Glasses
Simone Ritter ......................................... 294
5.4 Laser Glass
Joseph Hayden ......................................... 297
5.5 Glass-Ceramics for Optical Applications
Mark J. Davis ......................................... 304
5.6 Nonlinear Materials
Bianca Schreder ....................................... 311
5.7 Plastic Optics
Thomas E. Bauer ....................................... 321
5.8 Crystalline Optical Materials
Matthias Brinkmann, Wolfgang Mannstadt ................ 327
5.9 Transparent Ceramics
Yvonne Menke, Yun-Hsing Fan ........................... 332
5.10 Special Optical Materials
Klaus Bonrad, Karsten Buse, Eckhard Krätzig, Roger
A. Paquin, Hongwen Ren, Shin-Tson Wu, Wolfgang
Mannstadt, Joseph Hayden, Yun-Hsing Fan ............... 344
5.11 Selected Data
Martin Letz, Steffen Reichel, Carol Click, Matthias
Brinkmann ............................................. 376
References ................................................. 382
6 Thin Film Optical Coatings
Detlev Ristau, Henrik Ehlers ............................... 401
6.1 Theory of Optical Coatings ............................ 402
6.2 Production of Optical Coatings ........................ 406
6.3 Quality Parameters of Optical Coatings ................ 416
6.4 Summary and Outlook ................................... 420
References ................................................. 421
Part В Fabrication and Properties of Optical Components
7 Optical Design and Stray Light Concepts and Principles
Robert P. Breault, Mary Turner ............................. 427
7.1 The Design Process .................................... 427
7.2 Design Parameters ..................................... 430
7.3 Stray Light Design Analysis ........................... 438
7.4 The Basic Equation of Radiation Transfer .............. 440
7.5 Conclusion ............................................ 444
Further Reading ............................................ 444
8 Advanced Optical Components
Robert Brunner, Malte Hagemann, Steffen Reichel, Kiyoshi
Asakawa, Enrico Geißler, Dietrich Martin, Bernhard
Messerschmidt, Kazuo Ohtaka, Elisabeth Soergel, Matthias
Brinkmann, Kuon Inoue ...................................... 447
8.1 Refractive Microoptics
Robert Brunner ........................................ 447
8.2 Diffractive Optical Elements
Robert Brunner ........................................ 454
8.3 Computer-Generated Holograms
Malte Hagemann, Steffen Reichel, Matthias Brinkmann ... 462
8.4 Subwavelength Structured Elements
Robert Brunner ........................................ 473
8.5 Electrooptic Modulators
Enrico Geißler ........................................ 480
8.6 Acoustooptic Modulator
Bernhard Messerschmidt ................................ 484
8.7 Gradient Index Optical Components
Bernhard Messerschmidt ................................ 486
8.8 Variable Optical Components
Dietrich Martin ....................................... 496
8.9 Periodically Poled Nonlinear Optical Components
Elisabeth Soergel ..................................... 507
8.10 Photonic Crystals
Kiyoshi Asakawa, Kazuo Ohtaka, Kuon Inoue ............. 511
References ................................................. 529
9 Optical Detectors
Bernd Tabbert, Alexander Goushcha .......................... 543
9.1 Photodetector Types, Detection Regimes, and General
Figures of Merit ...................................... 545
9.2 Semiconductor Photoconductors ......................... 550
9.3 Semiconductor Photodiodes ............................. 552
9.4 QWIP .................................................. 568
9.5 QDIP .................................................. 570
9.6 Metal-Semiconductor (Schottky Barrier) and Metal-
Semiconductor-Metal Photodiodes ....................... 571
9.7 Detectors with Intrinsic Amplification ................ 573
9.8 Detectors with Intrinsic Amplification:
Phototransistors ...................................... 580
9.9 Charge Transfer Detectors ............................. 582
9.10 Photoemissive Detectors ............................... 589
9.11 Thermal Detectors ..................................... 592
9.12 Imaging Systems ....................................... 598
9.13 Photography ........................................... 600
9.14 Recent Advances in Optical Detectors .................. 605
References ................................................. 614
Part С Coherent and Incoherent Light Sources
10 Incoherent Light Sources
Dietrich Bertram, Matthias Born, Thomas Jüstel ............. 623
10.1 Incandescent Lamps ................................... 623
10.2 Gas Discharge Lamps .................................. 624
10.3 Solid-State Light Sources ............................ 632
10.4 General Light-Source Survey .......................... 639
References ................................................. 639
11 Lasers and Coherent Light Sources
Orazio Svelto, Stefano Longhi, Giuseppe Delia Valle,
Günter Huber, Stefan Kück, Markus Pollnau, Hartmut
Hillmer, Thomas Kusserow, Rainer Engelbrecht, Frank
Rohlfing, Jeffrey Kaiser, Ralf Malz, Gerd Marowsky,
Klaus Mann, Peter Simon, Charles K. Rhodes, Frank J.
Duarte, Annette Borsutzky, Johannes A. L'huillier,
Markus W. Sigrist, Helen Wächter, Evgeny Saldin,
Evgeny Schneidmiller, Mikhail Yurkov, Roland Sauerbrey,
Joachim Hein, Michele Gianella, Jürgen Helmcke, Katsumi
Midorikawa, Fritz Riehle, Steffen Steinberg, Hans Brand .... 641
11.1 Principles of Lasers
Orazio Svelto, Stefano Longhi, Giuseppe Delia Valle .. 642
11.2 Solid-State Lasers
Günter Huber, Stefan Kück, Markus Pollnau ............ 672
11.3 Semiconductor Lasers
Hartmut Hillmer, Thomas Kusserow ..................... 757
11.4 Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Lasers
Hans Brand, Rainer Engelbrecht, Frank Rohlfing ....... 792
11.5 Ion Lasers
Jeffrey Kaiser ....................................... 814
11.6 The HeNe Laser
Ralf Malz, Steffen Steinberg ......................... 823
11.7 Ultraviolet Lasers: Excimers, Fluorine (F2), and
Nitrogen (N2)
Gerd Marowsky, Peter Simon, Klaus Mann, Charles
K. Rhodes ............................................ 832
11.8 Dye Lasers
Frank J. Duarte ...................................... 852
11.9 Optical Parametric Oscillators
Annette Borsutzky, Johannes A. L'huillier ............ 863
11.10 Generation of Coherent Mid-Infrared Radiation
by Difference-Frequency Mixing
Markus W. Sigrist, Helen Wächter, Michele
Gianella ............................................. 883
11.11 Free-Electron Lasers
Evgeny Saldin, Evgeny Schneidmiller, Mikhail
Yurkov ............................................... 902
11.12 X-ray and EUV Sources
Katsumi Midorikawa ................................... 908
11.13 Generation of Ultrahigh Light Intensities and
Relativistic Laser-Matter Interaction
Roland Sauerbrey, Joachim Hein ....................... 916
11.14 Frequency Stabilization of Lasers
Jürgen Helmcke, Fritz Riehle ......................... 931
12 Short and Ultrashort Laser Pulses
Matthias Wollenhaupt, Andreas Assion, Thomas Baumert ...... 1047
12.1 Linear Properties of Ultrashort Light Pulses ........ 1048
12.2 Generation of Femtosecond Laser Pulses via Mode
Locking ............................................. 1069
12.3 Measurement Techniques for Femtosecond Laser
Pulses .............................................. 1072
References ................................................ 1089
Part D Selected Applications and Special Fields
13 Optical and Spectroscopic Techniques
Sune Svanberg, Wolfgang Demtroder ........................ 1097
13.1 Stationary Methods
Wolfgang Demtroder ................................. 1097
13.2 Time-Resolved Methods
Wolfgang Demtroder ................................. 1125
13.3 Lidar
Sune Svanberg ...................................... 1146
References ............................................... 1163
14 Optical Fibers
Ajoy Ghatak, K. Thyagarajan .............................. 1171
14.1 Some Historical Remarks ............................ 1171
14.2 The Optical Fiber .................................. 1172
14.3 Attenuation in Optical Fibers ...................... 1173
14.4 Modes of a Step-Index Fiber ........................ 1174
14.5 Single-Mode Fibers ................................. 1177
14.6 Ray Analysis of a Multimode Optical Fiber .......... 1178
14.7 Pulse Dispersion in Optical Fibers ................. 1180
14.8 Fiber Gratings ..................................... 1187
14.9 Fiber Optic Couplers ............................... 1192
14.10 Erbium Doped Fiber Amplifier (EDFA) ................ 1195
14.11 Raman Fiber Amplifier (RFA) ........................ 1199
14.12 Nonlinear Effects in Optical Fibers ................ 1201
14.13 Microstructured Fibers ............................. 1206
References ............................................... 1207
15 Integrated Optics
Reinhard März, Christoph Wächter ......................... 1209
15.1 Introduction ....................................... 1210
15.2 Waveguide Theory ................................... 1212
15.3 Building Blocks of Integrated Optics ............... 1224
15.4 Integrated Optical Circuits ........................ 1235
15.5 Integrated Optical Technology Platforms ............ 1241
References ............................................... 1248
16 Interferometry
Michael Totzeck .......................................... 1255
16.1 Interference of Light .............................. 1255
16.2 Types of Interferometers ........................... 1259
16.3 Quantitative Phase Measurement ..................... 1273
References ............................................... 1282
17 Frequency Combs
Theodor W. Hänsch, Nathalie Picqué ....................... 1285
17.1 The Frequency Comb Principle ....................... 1285
17.2 Frequency Comb Generator Technology ................ 1287
17.3 Applications of Frequency Combs .................... 1292
17.4 Conclusion ......................................... 1300
References ............................................... 1300
18 Quantum Optics
Gerard Milburn ........................................... 1305
18.1 Quantum Fields ..................................... 1305
18.2 States of Light .................................... 1307
18.3 Measurement ........................................ 1310
18.4 Dissipation and Noise .............................. 1313
18.5 Ion Traps .......................................... 1318
18.6 Quantum Optomechanics .............................. 1322
18.7 Quantum Communication and Computation .............. 1324
References ............................................... 1331
19 Nanooptics
Motoichi Ohtsu ........................................... 1335
19.1 Basics ............................................. 1335
19.2 Principles of Nanophotonics ........................ 1336
19.3 Nanophotonic Devices ............................... 1338
19.4 Nanophotonic Fabrication ........................... 1344
19.5 Nanophotonic Energy Conversion ..................... 1350
19.6 Hierarchy in Nanophotonics and Its Applications .... 1353
19.7 Industrial Applications of Nanophotonics ........... 1354
19.8 Summary ............................................ 1355
References ............................................... 1355
20 Optics Far Beyond the Diffraction Limit
Christoph Cremer ......................................... 1359
20.1 Basic Principles ................................... 1361
20.2 Nanoscale Imaging Applications ..................... 1384
References ............................................... 1393
21 Ultrafast THz Photonics and Applications
Daniel R. Grischkowsky ................................... 1399
21.1 Guided-Wave THz Photonics .......................... 1401
21.2 Freely Propagating Wave THz Photonics .............. 1416
References ............................................... 1452
22 X-Ray Optics
Christian G. Schroer, Bruno Lengeier ..................... 1461
22.1 Interaction of X-rays with Matter .................. 1462
22.2 X-ray Optical Components ........................... 1464
22.3 Characterizing X-ray Nanobeams ..................... 1471
References ............................................... 1472
23 Radiation and Optics in the Atmosphere
Ulrich Platt, Klaus Pfeilsticker, Michael Vollmer ........ 1475
23.1 Radiation Transport in the Earth's Atmosphere
Ulrich Platt, Klaus Pfeilsticker ................... 1476
23.2 The Radiation Transport Equation ................... 1480
23.3 Aerosols and Clouds ................................ 1482
23.4 Radiation and Climate .............................. 1484
23.5 Applied Radiation Transport: Remote Sensing of
Atmospheric Properties ............................. 1487
23.6 Overview of Optical Phenomena in the Atmosphere
Michael Vollmer .................................... 1493
23.7 Characteristics of Light Scattering by Molecules
and Particles for Atmospheric Optics ............... 1493
23.8 Pure Air and Clear Sky Phenomena ................... 1496
23.9 Phenomena Due to Hydrometeors ...................... 1498
23.10 Phenomena Due to Ice Crystals: Halos .............. 1503
23.11 Sun and Sky ....................................... 1505
23.12 Clouds, Visibility, and Miscellaneous ............. 1508
References ............................................... 1510
24 Holography and Optical Storage
Mirco Imlau, Martin Fally, Geoffrey W. Burr, Glenn T.
Sincerbox ................................................ 1519
24.1 Introduction and History
Martin Fally ....................................... 1520
24.2 Principles of Holography
Geoffrey W. Burr ................................... 1521
24.3 Applications of Holography
Geoffrey W. Burr ................................... 1531
24.4 Summary and Outlook
Geoffrey W. Burr ................................... 1538
24.5 Optical Data Storage
Mirco Imlau, Glenn T. Sincerbox .................... 1538
24.6 Approaches to Increased Areal Density .............. 1540
24.7 Volumetric Optical Recording ....................... 1543
24.8 Conclusion ......................................... 1555
References ............................................... 1556
25 Laser Safety
Hans-Dieter Reidenbach ................................... 1569
25.1 Historical Remarks ................................. 1570
25.2 Biological Interactions and Effects ................ 1571
25.3 Maximum Permissible Exposure ....................... 1578
25.4 International Standards and Regulations ............ 1588
25.5 Laser Hazard Categories and Laser Classes .......... 1589
25.6 Protective Measures ................................ 1591
25.7 Special Recommendations ............................ 1597
References ............................................... 1598
Acknowledgements ............................................. 1601
About the Authors ............................................ 1603
Detailed Contents ............................................ 1623
Subject Index ................................................ 1645
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