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Introduction to the theory of coherence and polarization of light / Emil Wolf.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2007.Description: xiv, 222 p. : ill. ; 26 cmISBN:
  • 9780521822114
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 535.2 23 W853
Contents:
1. Elementary coherence phenomena -- 2. Mathematical preliminaries -- 3. Second-order coherence phenomena in the space-time domain -- 4. Second-order coherence phenomena in the space-frequency domain -- 5. Radiation from sources of different states of coherence -- 6. Coherence effects in scattering -- 7. Higher-order coherence effects -- 8. Elementary theory of polarization of stochastic electromagnetic beams -- 9. Unified theory of polarization and coherence -- Appendices.
Summary: A unified treatment of coherence theory and polarization for graduate students and researchers in physics and engineering.
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

1. Elementary coherence phenomena --
2. Mathematical preliminaries --
3. Second-order coherence phenomena in the space-time domain --
4. Second-order coherence phenomena in the space-frequency domain --
5. Radiation from sources of different states of coherence --
6. Coherence effects in scattering --
7. Higher-order coherence effects --
8. Elementary theory of polarization of stochastic electromagnetic beams --
9. Unified theory of polarization and coherence --
Appendices.

A unified treatment of coherence theory and polarization for graduate students and researchers in physics and engineering.

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