Scattering And Diffraction In Physical Optics (2Nd Edition) - Softcover

Nieto Vesperinas, Manuel

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9812563407 ISBN 13: 9789812563408

Publisher: Wspc, 2006

Synopsis

This book presents a comprehensive tutorial on propagation, diffraction and scattering problems from the basic principles of physical optics. Beginning with the fundamental differential and integral equations for wavefields, the text presents an exhaustive discussion on the extinction theorem as a non-local boundary condition; this has been extensively employed for the rigorous solution of scattering and diffraction problems. There is also an in-depth presentation of the topic of scattering from rough surfaces, in particular the phenomenon of enhanced backscattering, as well as a detailed development of the angular spectrum representation of fields leading to questions on non-diffraction beams. Of key interest in near field optical microscopy and nanooptics, the S-matrix theory based on the angular spectrum for propagating components and the recently discovered properties of the S-matrix for evanescent components of wavefields are considered. In addition, the book deals with the healing effect of phase conjugation on waves, and focuses on some applications concerning the relationship with time reversal. Readers will also find discussions on image recovery from partial information data (phase problems and super-resolution problems), as well as a chapter on the fundamentals of near field optical microscopy techniques, including the hot topic of propagation in negative index media.

About this title

From the Publisher

Written to serve graduate students and researchers in physical optics, a field that has undergone important advances in recent years. Essential constituents are the basic theoretical elements and their conceptual applications. A path of progressive levels is followed, covering topics of current research and giving, at the end of each chapter, some problems that either reinforce the concepts or illustrate them by introducing the reader to questions of actual basic investigation.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wspc
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 9812563407
• ISBN 13: 9789812563408
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 456