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A guided tour of light beams
Title statement A guided tour of light beams : from lasers to optical knots / David S. Simon. [elektronický zdroj] Publication San Rafael [California] (40 Oak Drive, San Rafael, CA, 94903, USA) : Morgan & Claypool Publishers, [2016] Distribution Bristol [England] (Temple Circus, Temple Way, Bristol BS1 6HG, UK) : IOP Publishing, [2016] Phys.des. 1 online resource (various pagings) : illustrations (some color). ISBN 9781681744377 (online) 9781681744391 mobi Edition [IOP release 3] IOP concise physics, ISSN 2053-2571 Note "Version: 20161101"--Title page verso. "A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso. Internal Bibliographies/Indexes Note Includes bibliographical references. Contents Preface -- 1. Introduction : from death rays to smartphones Content note 2. Optical propagation -- 2.1. Electromagnetic fields -- 2.2. Helmholtz equation and wave optics. 3. Gaussian beams and lasers -- 3.1. Lasers -- 3.2. Gaussian beams -- 3.3. Coherent and squeezed states -- 3.4. Optical tweezers. 4. Orbital angular momentum and Laguerre-Gauss beams -- 4.1. Polarization and angular momentum in optics -- 4.2. Generation and detection of Laguerre-Gauss beams -- 4.3. Optical spanners and micropumps -- 4.4. Harnessing OAM for measurement. 5. Bessel beams, self-healing, and diffraction-free propagation -- 5.1. Bessel beams -- 5.2. Optical petal structures -- 5.3. More non-diffracting beams : Mathieu beams -- 5.4. Optical tractor beams and conveyor belts -- 5.5. Trojan states -- 5.6. Localized waves. 6. Airy beams and self-acceleration -- 6.1. Airy beams -- 6.2. Self-accelerating beams and optical boomerangs -- 6.3. Applications. 7. Further variations -- 7.1. Separable solutions -- 7.2. Hermite-Gauss beams -- 7.3. Ince-Gauss beams -- 7.4. Parabolic beams -- 7.5. Elegant beams -- 7.6. Lorentz beams. 8. Entangled beams -- 8.1. Separability and entanglement -- 8.2. Creating entanglement -- 8.3. Applications of entangled beams. 9. Optical knots and links -- 9.1. From knotted vortex atoms to knotted light -- 9.2. Knotted vortex lines. 10. Conclusion -- Appendix. Mathematical reference. Notes to Availability Přístup pouze pro oprávněné uživatele Audience Advanced undergraduates in physics, chemistry, or engineering. Note Způsob přístupu: World Wide Web.. Požadavky na systém: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Another responsib. Morgan & Claypool Publishers, Institute of Physics (Great Britain), Subj. Headings Lasers. * Optics. * Light. * Laser Physics. * Laser Technology and Holography. * Applied Physics. * SCIENCE / Physics / Optics & Light. * TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Lasers & Photonics. Form, Genre elektronické knihy electronic books Country Kalifornie Language angličtina Document kind Electronic books URL Plný text pro studenty a zaměstnance UPOL 
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From science fiction death rays to supermarket scanners, lasers have become deeply embedded in our daily lives and our culture. But in recent decades the standard laser beam has evolved into an array of more specialized light beams with a variety of strange and counterintuitive properties. Some of them have the ability to reconstruct themselves after disruption by an obstacle, while others can bend in complicated shapes or rotate like a corkscrew. These unusual optical effects open new and exciting possibilities for science and technology. For example, they make possible microscopic tractor beams that pull objects toward the source of the light, and they allow the trapping and manipulation of individual molecules to construct specially-tailored nanostructures for engineering or medical use. It has even been found that beams of light can produce lines of darkness that can be tied in knots. This book is an introductory survey of these specialized light beams and their scientific applications, at a level suitable for undergraduates with a basic knowledge of optics and quantum mechanics. It provides a unified treatment of the subject, collecting together in textbook form for the first time many topics currently found only in the original research literature.
Preface -- 1. Introduction : from death rays to smartphones2. Optical propagation -- 2.1. Electromagnetic fields -- 2.2. Helmholtz equation and wave optics3. Gaussian beams and lasers -- 3.1. Lasers -- 3.2. Gaussian beams -- 3.3. Coherent and squeezed states -- 3.4. Optical tweezers4. Orbital angular momentum and Laguerre-Gauss beams -- 4.1. Polarization and angular momentum in optics -- 4.2. Generation and detection of Laguerre-Gauss beams -- 4.3. Optical spanners and micropumps -- 4.4. Harnessing OAM for measurement5. Bessel beams, self-healing, and diffraction-free propagation -- 5.1. Bessel beams -- 5.2. Optical petal structures -- 5.3. More non-diffracting beams : Mathieu beams -- 5.4. Optical tractor beams and conveyor belts -- 5.5. Trojan states -- 5.6. Localized waves6. Airy beams and self-acceleration -- 6.1. Airy beams -- 6.2. Self-accelerating beams and optical boomerangs -- 6.3. Applications7. Further variations -- 7.1. Separable solutions -- 7.2. Hermite-Gauss beams -- 7.3. Ince-Gauss beams -- 7.4. Parabolic beams -- 7.5. Elegant beams -- 7.6. Lorentz beams8. Entangled beams -- 8.1. Separability and entanglement -- 8.2. Creating entanglement -- 8.3. Applications of entangled beams9. Optical knots and links -- 9.1. From knotted vortex atoms to knotted light -- 9.2. Knotted vortex lines10. Conclusion -- Appendix. Mathematical reference.
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