Progress in Optics [Hardcover]

Progress in Optics, Volume 62, an ongoing series, contains more than 300 review articles by distinguished research workers that have become permanent records for many important developments. In this updated volume, users will find valuable updates on topics such as optical testing, the modern aspects of intensity interferometry with classical light, the generation of partially coherent beams, optical models and symmetries, and more. This book's contributions have become standard references in scientific articles, providing the state-of-the-art to researchers and practitioners who work in the field of optics.

• Contains comprehensive, in-depth reviews
• Includes contributions from leading authorities
• Informs and updates on all the latest developments in the field
• Presents timely and state-of-the-art reviews

1. Modern Aspects of Intensity Interferometry with Classical Light Tomohiro Shirai 2. Optical Testing Daniel Malacara-Hern?ndez and Daniel Malacara-Doblado 3. Generation of Partially Coherent Beams Yangjian Cai, Yahong, Chen, Jiayi Yu, Xianlong Liu and Lin Liu 4. Optical Models and Symmetries Kurt B. Wolf 5. Classical Coherence of Blackbody Radiation Kasimir Blomstedt, Ari T. Friberg and Tero Set?l?

Provides eminently readable review articles in the field of optics, with both fundamental and applied topics addressed

Taco D. Visser is a Professor of Physics at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. He has published more than one hundred papers on various topics in optics, such as scattering, diffraction, waveguides, coherence theory, singular optics and surface plasmon polaritions. Next to his theoretical work he is also actively engaged in experiments in nano-optics.