Physics and Engineering of Graded-Index Media

"This book synthesises recent research developments in the growing field of graded-index media, presenting both the underlying physical principles behind optical propagation in these materials and important engineering applications. The text will be useful for graduate students and researchers working in optics, photonics and optical communications"--

List of contents

Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. Wave Propagation; 3. Focusing and Self-Imaging; 4. Dispersive Effects; 5. Nonlinear Optical Phenomena; 6. Effects of Loss or Gain; 7. Nonuniform GRIN Media; 8. Vortex Beams; 9. Photonic Spin-Orbit Coupling; 10. Photonic Crystals and Metamaterials; 11. Impact of Partial Coherence; Appendix A. Quantum Harmonic Oscillator; Appendix B. Fractional Fourier Transform; Appendix C. List of Acronyms; Index.

About the author

Govind P. Agrawal is James C. Wyant Professor of Optics at the University of Rochester. He is a Fellow of Optica, a Life Fellow of the IEEE, and a Distinguished Fellow of the Optical Society of India. He has been awarded the IEEE Photonics Society Quantum Electronics Award, the Riker University Award for Excellence in Graduate Teaching, the Esther Hoffman Beller Medal, the Max Born Award of Optica, and the Quantum Electronics Prize of the European Physical Society. He has also served as Editor-in-Chief for the Optica journal Advances in Optics and Photonics. He is author, with Malin Premaratne, of Theoretical Foundations of Nanoscale Quantum Devices (Cambridge University Press, 2021).

Product details

• Authors: Govind P Agrawal, Govind P. Agrawal, Govind P. (University of Rochester Agrawal
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.08.2023
• EAN: 9781009282079
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0928207-9
• No. of pages: 315
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Electricity, magnetism, optics; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Optics, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Electronics / General, SCIENCE / Physics / Optics & Light, MEDICAL / Diagnostic Imaging / General, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Telecommunications, Materials science, Optical physics, Applied optics, Medical imaging, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Materials Science / General, Electronics & Communications Engineering, Electronics and communications engineering