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书名：光的相干与偏振理论导论(英文影印版)

定价：41.00元

作者： 沃尔夫（E. Wolf）

出版社：北京大学出版社

出版日期：2014-08-01

ISBN：9787301245484

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页码：240

版次：1

装帧：平装

开本：16开

商品重量：0.4kg

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光的相干和偏振是光学中重要的现象，其应用也极为广泛。《光的相干与偏振理论导论（英文影印版）》的作者是国际光学界的学者，在相关的研究取中取得过突破性的进展。也正是因为作者的贡献，本书能够以统一处理方法研究光的相干与偏振这两种现象。对于光通信、光学成像等领域的研究者及研究生，乃至对此领域感兴趣的读者来说，本书是不可多得的读物。

内容提要

所有的光场都是涨落的，有些光场的涨落很小，例如许多激光器输出的光；有些光场的涨落相当大，例如从热光源辐射的光。描述涨落光场的基础理论是相干理论。部分偏振现象就是涨落的重要表现。实际上，相干理论所能处理的问题不仅限于涨落。与常规的处理方法不同，相干理论是依据可观测量描述光场，并解释这些可观测量，例如光的光谱以及它在传输中如何变化的。
　　《光的相干与偏振理论导论（英文影印版）》给出了光的相干与偏振现象的统一处理方法。适合光通信、激光光束在光纤中和通过湍流大气传输、光学成像，尤其在显微镜成像（例如医学诊断）的物理界和工程界的研究者阅读。

目录

Preface page xi
1. Elementary coherence phenomena 1
1.1 Interference and statistical similarity 1
1.2 Temporal coherence and the coherence time 4
1.3 Spatial coherence and the coherence area 5
1.4 The coherence volume 8
Problems 10
2. Mathematical preliminaries 11
2.1 Elementary concepts of the theory of random processes 11
2.2 Ergodicity 17
2.3 Complex representatioof a real signal and the envelope
of a narrow-band signal 19
2.4 The autocorrelatioand the cross-correlatiofunctions 22
2.4.1 The autocorrelatiofunctioof a finite sum of periodic
ponents with random amplitudes 24
2.5 The spectral density and the Wiener-Khintchine theorem 25
Problems 29
3. Second-order coherence phenomena ithe space-time domai31
3.1 Interference law for stationary optical fields. The mutual
coherence functioand the plex degree of coherence 31
3.2 Generatioof spatial coherence from aincoherent source.
The vaCittert-Zernike theorem 37
3.3 Illustrative examples 46
3.3.1 Michelson's method for measuring stellar diameters 46
3.3.2 Michelson's method for determining energy distribution
ispectral lines 51
3.4 Propagatioof the mutual intensity 54
3.5 Wave equations for the propagatioof mutual coherence ifree space 56
Problems 58
4. Second-order coherence phenomena ithe space-frequency domai60
4.1 Coherent-mode representatioand the cross-spectral density
as a correlatiofunctio60
4.2 The spectral interference law and the spectral degree of coherence 63
4.3 Aillustrative example: spectral changes ointerference 69
4.4 Interference of narrow-band light 73
Problems 76
5. Radiatiofrom sources of different states of coherence 79
5.1 Fields generated by sources with different coherence properties 79
5.2 Correlations and the spectral density ithe far field 81
5.3 Radiatiofrom some model sources 88
5.3.1 Schell-model sources 88
5.3.2 Quasi-homogeneous sources 90
5.4 Sources of different states of spatial coherence which generate
identical distributions of the radiant intensity 95
5.5 Coherence properties of Lambertiasources 97
5.6 Spectral changes opropagation. The scaling law 102
Problems 108
6. Coherence effects iscattering 111
6.1 Scattering of a monochromatic plane wave oa deterministic medium 111
6.2 Scattering of partially coherent waves oa deterministic medium 115
6.3 Scattering orandom media 118
6.3.1 General formulas 118
6.3.2 Examples 121
6.3.3 Scattering oa quasi-homogeneous medium 123
Problems 127
7. Higher-order coherence effects 129
7.1 Introductio129
7.2 Intensity interferometry with radio waves 131
7.3 The Hanbury Brown-Twiss effect and intensity interferometry with light 134
7.4 Einstein's formula for energy fluctuations iblackbody radiation
and the wave-particle duality 140
7.5 Mandel's theory of photoelectric detectioof light fluctuations 143
7.5.1 Mandel's formula for photocount statistics 143
7.5.2 The variance of counts from a single photodetector 145
7.5.3 Correlatiobetweecount fluctuations from two detectors 147
7.6 Determinatioof statistical properties of light from photocount
measurements 149
Problems 151
8. Elementary theory of polarizatioof stochastic electromagic beams 154
8.1 The 2 _ 2 equal-time correlatiomatrix of a quasi-monochromatic
electromagic beam 154
8.2 Polarized, unpolarized and partially polarized light. The degree
of polarizatio158
8.2.1 Completely polarized light 158
8.2.2 Natural (unpolarized) light 160
8.2.3 Partially polarized light and the degree of polarizatio161
8.2.4 The geometrical significance of plete polarization. The Stokes
parameters of pletely polarized light. The Poincaré sphere 165
Problems 171
9. Unified theory of polarizatioand coherence 174
9.1 The 2 _ 2 cross-spectral density matrix of a stochastic
electromagic beam 174
9.2 The spectral interference law, the spectral degree of coherence
and the spectral degree of polarizatioof stochastic
electromagic beams 175
9.3 Determinatioof the cross-spectral density matrix from experiments 179
9.4 Changes irandom electromagic beams opropagatio181
9.4.1 Propagatioof the cross-spectral density matrix of a stochastic
electromagic beam - general formulas 181
9.4.2 Propagatioof the cross-spectral density matrix of an
electromagic GaussiaSchell-model beam 183
9.4.3 Examples of correlation-induced changes istochastic
electromagic beams opropagatio186
9.4.4 Coherence-induced changes of the degree of polarization
iYoung's interference experiment 191
9.5 Generalized Stokes parameters 194
Problems 197
Appendices 202
I Cells of phase space and the degeneracy parameter 202
(a) Cells of phase space of a quasi-monochromatic light wave (Sectio1.4) 202
(b) Cells of phase space of radiatioia cavity (Sections 7.4 and 7.5) 204
(c) The degeneracy parameter 206
II Derivatioof Mandel's formula for photocount statistics
208
III The degree of polarizatioof aelectromagic Gaussian
Schell-model source 210
IV Some important probability distributions 212
(a) The binomial (or Bernoulli) distributioand some of its limiting cases 212
(b) The Bose-Einsteidistributio214
Author index 216
Subject index 220

作者介绍

(美) 沃尔夫（E. Wolf），美国罗彻斯特大学教授。

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