Evanescent Waves From Newtonian Optics to Atomic Optics [Hardcover]

Evanescent waves play a growing role in many different areas, such as guided optics, optical-fiber couplers, integrated optical elements, internal reflection spectroscopy, atom optics, dark-field microscopy, scanning tunneling optical microscopy, microaperture microscopy, and apertureless microscopies. This book describes the near field of an object through the role of the evanescent field in these areas of research. Intended as a reference for scientists and as an introduction at the graduate level.

Evanescent waves play a growing role in many different areas such as guided optics, optical-fiber couplers, integrated optical elements, internal reflection spectroscopy, atom optics, dark-field microscopy, scanning tunneling optical microscopy, microaperture microscopy, and apertureless microscopies. This book describes the near field of an object through the role of the evanescent field in these areas of research. It is intended as a reference for scientists and as an introduction at the graduate level.I. The Evanescent Field.- 1. Total Internal Reflection.- 1.1 The Electromagnetic Field at Total Internal Reflection.- 1.1.1 Snells Law.- 1.1.2 Analysis of Total Internal Reflection on the Basis of Maxwells Equations.- 1.1.3 Components of the Electric Field in the Second Medium in the z = 0 Plane.- 1.2 Flux of the Poynting Vector Associated with the Evanescent Field.- 1.3 Shifts of the Beams at Total Internal Reflection.- 1.4 Frustrated Total Internal Reflection.- 1.5 Resonant Tunneling Effect.- 1.6 Conclusion.- 2. Diffraction from an Aperture and Dipolar Radiation.- 2.1 Analysis of the Propagation of Light Through an Aperture.- 2.2 Diffraction of Light from a Circular Aperture.- 2.2.1 Diffraction from an Aperture in an Infinitely Thin Plane.- 2.2.2 Diffraction from a Circular Aperture in a Thick Screen.- 2.3 Coupling Between Several Apertures.- 2.4 Dipolar Emission.- 2.4.1 Expression of the Dipolar Field.- 2.4.2 Energy Emitted by a Dipole.- 2.5 Dipolló3