Rayleigh scattering. Scattering and absorption by aerosols and
... ii) Particle is homogeneous (therefore it is characterized by a single refractive index m=n - ik at a given wavelength); NOTE: Mie theory requires the relative refractive index = refractive index of a particle/refractive index of a medium. But for air m is about 1, so one needs to know the refractiv ...
... ii) Particle is homogeneous (therefore it is characterized by a single refractive index m=n - ik at a given wavelength); NOTE: Mie theory requires the relative refractive index = refractive index of a particle/refractive index of a medium. But for air m is about 1, so one needs to know the refractiv ...
Optical Breakdown in Liquid Suspensions and Its Analytical
... shadows. A point (or collimated) light source is used for direct illumination of the transparent object under study. The phase of the diagnostic wave can be changed by warm air or other events that cause nonhomogeneity in the medium. This phase change causes shadows on the screen. Applications of sh ...
... shadows. A point (or collimated) light source is used for direct illumination of the transparent object under study. The phase of the diagnostic wave can be changed by warm air or other events that cause nonhomogeneity in the medium. This phase change causes shadows on the screen. Applications of sh ...
Measuring amplitude and phase in optical fields with
... 1.2 Scanning Near-field Optical Microscopy (SNOM) In order to get sub-wavelength resolution in optical fields, it is crucial to probe high spatial frequencies contained in evanescent waves. To access the evanescent waves, a probe has to be brought close to the surface. “Close” or “near” means smalle ...
... 1.2 Scanning Near-field Optical Microscopy (SNOM) In order to get sub-wavelength resolution in optical fields, it is crucial to probe high spatial frequencies contained in evanescent waves. To access the evanescent waves, a probe has to be brought close to the surface. “Close” or “near” means smalle ...
Why Did John Herschel Fail to Understand Polarization
... unless they be Bodies, can have a permanent Virtue in two of their Sides which is not in their other Sides’ (Newton, 1952, p. 374), using ‘side’ to undermine Huygens’s wave theory, which assumed light to be longitudinal vibrations and thus spatially symmetrical. Later Malus assumed that spatial asym ...
... unless they be Bodies, can have a permanent Virtue in two of their Sides which is not in their other Sides’ (Newton, 1952, p. 374), using ‘side’ to undermine Huygens’s wave theory, which assumed light to be longitudinal vibrations and thus spatially symmetrical. Later Malus assumed that spatial asym ...
Title Cross terms of the Wigner distribution function and aliasing in
... SFI Strategic Research Cluster in Solar Energy Conversion ...
... SFI Strategic Research Cluster in Solar Energy Conversion ...
Prospects for atom interferometry
... times smaller than wavelengths of visible light, making it di cult to detect eŒects related to this wave-like nature. Nevertheless, experimental evidence of matter waves came just three years later in 1927 when Davisson and Germer [5] demonstrated electron diŒraction from a crystal lattice. The wav ...
... times smaller than wavelengths of visible light, making it di cult to detect eŒects related to this wave-like nature. Nevertheless, experimental evidence of matter waves came just three years later in 1927 when Davisson and Germer [5] demonstrated electron diŒraction from a crystal lattice. The wav ...
Longitudinal polarization periodicity of unpolarized light passing
... In order to study the field transmitted by the DWD with a totally polarized input plane wave, we will consider separately two impinging plane waves, propagating along the z axis with uniform and linear polarization along the x and the y direction, respectively. In Fig. 1(b) the notations used in the ...
... In order to study the field transmitted by the DWD with a totally polarized input plane wave, we will consider separately two impinging plane waves, propagating along the z axis with uniform and linear polarization along the x and the y direction, respectively. In Fig. 1(b) the notations used in the ...
Chapter 2 - Handbook of Optics
... summarized in Table 1. For conditions between these values, an intermediate value of the intensity results. Since both the OPD and the phase difference increase with the integer m , the absolute value of m is called the order of interference. As we move from one bright fringe to an adjacent bright f ...
... summarized in Table 1. For conditions between these values, an intermediate value of the intensity results. Since both the OPD and the phase difference increase with the integer m , the absolute value of m is called the order of interference. As we move from one bright fringe to an adjacent bright f ...
Part 2 . Physical Optics
... summarized in Table 1. For conditions between these values, an intermediate value of the intensity results. Since both the OPD and the phase difference increase with the integer m , the absolute value of m is called the order of interference. As we move from one bright fringe to an adjacent bright f ...
... summarized in Table 1. For conditions between these values, an intermediate value of the intensity results. Since both the OPD and the phase difference increase with the integer m , the absolute value of m is called the order of interference. As we move from one bright fringe to an adjacent bright f ...
Symbolic computation and solitons of the nonlinear Schro¨dinger
... Remark: (1) When setting C1 = 0, M(z) = 0, the Theorems 1–2 [17] and Theorems 1–2 [18] can be reproduced by our solutions (11) and (12); (2) When setting M(z) = 0, the solutions obtained in [23] can also be recovered by selecting arbitrary functions and arbitrary constants suitably; (3) The solution ...
... Remark: (1) When setting C1 = 0, M(z) = 0, the Theorems 1–2 [17] and Theorems 1–2 [18] can be reproduced by our solutions (11) and (12); (2) When setting M(z) = 0, the solutions obtained in [23] can also be recovered by selecting arbitrary functions and arbitrary constants suitably; (3) The solution ...
436 KB - The Photonic Systems Group
... are not yet sufficient for field deployment. Fortunately, it has been found that ordinary fibers could compensate each other for the intra-channel Kerr nonlinear effects without the help of OPC. The intra-channel nonlinear effects, namely, nonlinear interactions among optical pulses within the same ...
... are not yet sufficient for field deployment. Fortunately, it has been found that ordinary fibers could compensate each other for the intra-channel Kerr nonlinear effects without the help of OPC. The intra-channel nonlinear effects, namely, nonlinear interactions among optical pulses within the same ...
Simple 3-D characterization of ultrashort laser pulses
... essential information for any laser pulse applications that require precision. Although many instruments quantify the temporal profile of ultrashort laser pulses, they are generally limited to space-averaged measurement. In this work, we present an extremely simple technique to characterize the spat ...
... essential information for any laser pulse applications that require precision. Although many instruments quantify the temporal profile of ultrashort laser pulses, they are generally limited to space-averaged measurement. In this work, we present an extremely simple technique to characterize the spat ...
Journal of Nonlinear Optical - Research School of Physics and
... of the lattice depth and periodicity in real time will provide an ideal system for experimental studies of fundamental physical phenomena. 2.1. Optically-induced one- and two-dimensional lattices A great opportunity for controlling the lattice parameters was offered by the idea of optically-induced l ...
... of the lattice depth and periodicity in real time will provide an ideal system for experimental studies of fundamental physical phenomena. 2.1. Optically-induced one- and two-dimensional lattices A great opportunity for controlling the lattice parameters was offered by the idea of optically-induced l ...
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... In the area of complex media electromagnetics, another communication problem exists–the communication between the specialists in optics, who have been doing research on optically active crystals for decades, and the microwave engineers and specialists in electromagnetic theory, who became interested ...
... In the area of complex media electromagnetics, another communication problem exists–the communication between the specialists in optics, who have been doing research on optically active crystals for decades, and the microwave engineers and specialists in electromagnetic theory, who became interested ...
A Tunable Fabry-Perot-Interferometer for 3
... supported by a solid thick silicon (Si) rim. This combination provides for high reflectance over a wide wavelength range but the transmittance in the narrow design bandwidth of interest 3 is limited to about 20 % due to the absorption of the Ag layers 4. In the infrared, tunable FPI’s based on diele ...
... supported by a solid thick silicon (Si) rim. This combination provides for high reflectance over a wide wavelength range but the transmittance in the narrow design bandwidth of interest 3 is limited to about 20 % due to the absorption of the Ag layers 4. In the infrared, tunable FPI’s based on diele ...
NONLINEAR SCATTERING EFFECTS IN OPTICAL FIBERS
... The fiber sensors are capable of sensing the temperature and strain over long distances [17, 18]. Whenever there is change in temperature or strain, the refractive index of silica changes in response to such variations. This change produces change in Brillouin shift. By registering the change in Bril ...
... The fiber sensors are capable of sensing the temperature and strain over long distances [17, 18]. Whenever there is change in temperature or strain, the refractive index of silica changes in response to such variations. This change produces change in Brillouin shift. By registering the change in Bril ...
V.90-3-James H. Cole, Clay Kirkendall, Anthony Dandridge, Gary
... composite material and that the lower Young’s modulus and large cross sectional area of the coating allows greater expansion than the glass fiber and “pulls” the fiber along. Of course this requires good bonding between the optical fiber and the coating. Figure 5 summarizes the Navy’s history of the ...
... composite material and that the lower Young’s modulus and large cross sectional area of the coating allows greater expansion than the glass fiber and “pulls” the fiber along. Of course this requires good bonding between the optical fiber and the coating. Figure 5 summarizes the Navy’s history of the ...
1 - Foundation for Research and Technology
... extended the Finite Difference Time Domain (FDTD) code to lossy and to dispersive materials, we developed an inversion of the scattering data procedure, which enables to extract effective parameters (ε and μ) from the transmission data for chiral metamaterials, and we pursued the Microwave Studio, a ...
... extended the Finite Difference Time Domain (FDTD) code to lossy and to dispersive materials, we developed an inversion of the scattering data procedure, which enables to extract effective parameters (ε and μ) from the transmission data for chiral metamaterials, and we pursued the Microwave Studio, a ...
Quantum Optics Devices
... B (in the case of free space) are the variables describing the state of the system completely. More specifically, each point in the volume of interest has six scalar variables, and the state of the system is determined by describing each of these six field components at each point in space. However, ...
... B (in the case of free space) are the variables describing the state of the system completely. More specifically, each point in the volume of interest has six scalar variables, and the state of the system is determined by describing each of these six field components at each point in space. However, ...
Aero-Optical Environment Around a Cylindrical Turret with a Flat
... the Gladstone-Dale constant. If a collimated laser beam is propagated through this variable index-of-refraction field, different regions of the beam are advanced while other regions are retarded, resulting in an aberrated beam. The disruption of laser energy from the ideal diffraction limited patter ...
... the Gladstone-Dale constant. If a collimated laser beam is propagated through this variable index-of-refraction field, different regions of the beam are advanced while other regions are retarded, resulting in an aberrated beam. The disruption of laser energy from the ideal diffraction limited patter ...