Progress in Optics

The first volume of this text was published in 1961, only a few months after the invention of the laser. This event triggered a wealth of developments, many of which were reported in the 240 review articles which were published in this series since its inception. The present volume contains seven articles covering a wide range of subjects. The first article presents a review of various optical effects in spherical and circular micro-cavities capable of supporting high-Q resonant modes (commonly referred to as morphology-dependent resonances (MDRs) or whispering gallery modes (WGMs)). The second presents a comprehensive review of the theory and practice of optical disk data storage. Other articles include discussions on delay control systems for wideband phased array antennas, and quantum statistical properties of optical beams interacting in nonlinear couplers.

1: Nonlinear Optics in Microspheres

2: Principles of Optical Disk Data Storage

3: Ellipsometry of Thin Film Systems

4: Optical True-Time Delay Control Systems for Wideband Phased Array Antennas

5: Quantum statistics of nonlinear optical couplers

6: Quantum phase difference, phase measurements and stokes operators

7: Optical Solitons in Media with a Quadratic Nonlinearity

Author index for volume 41

Subject index for volume 41

Contents of previous volumes

Cumulative index—Volumes 1–41