aspects of modern coherence theory are studied in quantum optics. The theory of partial coherence was awoken in the 1930s due to work by Pieter Hendrik van...

Coherence theory may refer to Coherence theory (optics), the study of optical effects arising from partially coherent electromagnetic radiation Coherence...

studied in the sub-branch of coherence theory. Physical optics is also the name of an approximation commonly used in optics, electrical engineering and...

Optical Coherence and Quantum Optics. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-41711-2. Arvind Marathay (1982). Elements of Optical Coherence Theory. John...

Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is a high-resolution imaging technique with most of its applications in medicine and biology. OCT uses coherent near-infrared...

In quantum optics, correlation functions are used to characterize the statistical and coherence properties – the ability of waves to interfere – of electromagnetic...

Principles of Optics, colloquially known as Born and Wolf, is an optics textbook written by Max Born and Emil Wolf that was initially published in 1959...

indices of refraction (list) Information theory Integrated optics Interference Interferometry Inverse problem in optics Inverse-square law Iridescence International...

Quantum Optics. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 052152735X. The Nobel Prize in Physics 2005 L. Mandel, E. Wolf Optical Coherence and Quantum Optics (Cambridge...

physical optics, including diffraction, coherence properties of optical fields, spectroscopy of partially coherent radiation, and the theory of direct...

plane wave, as actually both devices turn reduced temporal coherence or spatial coherence, respectively, of the beam into decoherence of its polarization...

physics, coherence length is the propagation distance over which a coherent wave (e.g. an electromagnetic wave) maintains a specified degree of coherence. Wave...

Fourier optics is the study of classical optics using Fourier transforms (FTs), in which the waveform being considered is regarded as made up of a combination...

Optics began with the development of lenses by the ancient Egyptians and Mesopotamians, followed by theories on light and vision developed by ancient Greek...

Descartes's theory of light is regarded as the start of modern physical optics. Pierre Gassendi (1592–1655), an atomist, proposed a particle theory of light...

physicists Pieter Hendrik van Cittert and Frits Zernike, is a formula in coherence theory that states that under certain conditions the Fourier transform of...

Academy of Sciences.) Born, Max; Wolf, Emil (1980). Principles of optics: electromagnetic theory of propagation, interference and diffraction of light (6 ed...

Leonard Ornstein Coherence theory Fourier optics Live cell imaging Optical aberration Phase-contrast X-ray imaging Physical optics Tolansky, S. (1967)...

color centers. Biomedical optics Coherence theory Fiber optics Quantum optics Laser physics Polarization Non-linear optics Laser-based nuclear fusion...

are significant. Important applications of quantum theory include quantum chemistry, quantum optics, quantum computing, superconducting magnets, light-emitting...

also have high temporal coherence, which permits them to emit light with a very narrow frequency spectrum. Temporal coherence can also be used to produce...

Lamb Award for Laser Science and Quantum Optics, "for pioneering contributions to the theory of coherence phenomena ranging from super-radiance to ultra-cold...

physics Quantum field theory Quantum optics Quantum amplifier Electromagnetic field Degree of coherence Glauber multiple scattering theory Quantum states of...

nanometers and a few centimeters. It is often used as an alternative name for coherence scanning interferometry in the context of areal surface topography instrumentation...

packets of matter waves. Coherence The visibility of diffraction features using an optical theory approach depends on the beam coherence, which at the quantum...

Nobel Prize in Physics "for his contribution to the quantum theory of optical coherence", with the other half shared by John L. Hall and Theodor W. Hänsch...

Coherence and Quantum Optics (Cambridge 1995) L. Mandel, E. Wolf Optical Coherence and Quantum Optics (Cambridge 1995) R. Loudon The Quantum Theory of...

techniques for nano-optical measurements, diffractive optics, low-coherence interferometry, optical coherence tomography, and near-field microscopy. Research...

ray may be present. Mie scattering theory has no upper size limitation, and converges to the limit of geometric optics for large particles. A modern formulation...

problem". Gbur does research on the merging of singular optics with optical coherence theory. This work is aimed at improving free-space optical communications...