Progress in Optics

In the fourty-six years that have gone by since the first volume of Progress in Optics was published, optics has become one of the most dynamic fields of science. The volumes in this series which have appeared up to now contain nearly 300 review articles by distinguished research workers, which have become permanent records for many important developments.

Historical OverviewAttosecond Laser PulsesHistory of Conical RefractionParticle Concept of LightField Quantization in OpticsHistory of Near-Field OpticsHistory of TunnelingInfluence of Young's Interference Experiment on Development of Statistical opticsPlanck, Photon Statistics and Bose-Einstein Condensation

1. From Millisecond to Attosecond Laser Pulses, N. Bloembergen
2. Conical Diffraction: Hamilton’s Diabolical point at the Heart of Crystal Optics, M. Berry
and M.R. Jeffrey
3. Historical Papers on the Particle Concept of Light, O. Keller
4. Field Quantization in Optics, P. Milonni
5. The History of Near-Field Optics, L. Novotny
6. Light Tunneling, H.M. Nussenzveig
7. The Influence of Young’s Interference Experiment on the Development of Statistical Optics, E. Wolf
8. Planck, Photon Statistics, and Bose-Einstein Condensation, D.M. Greenberger, N. Erez, M.O. Scully, A.A. Svidzinsky and S. Zubairy
Author index for Volume 50
Subject index for Volume 50
Contents of previous volumes
Cumulative index - Volumes 1-50