Free and Guided Optical Beams: Proceedings of the International School of Quantum Electronicserice Slcily, Italy 20 - 27 November 2002

Table of Contents......Page 6
Preface......Page 10
List of Participants......Page 12
Invited Lectures......Page 18
2.1 The semiperiodic zones......Page 20
2.3 Examples......Page 22
3.1 Fundamentals of the extension......Page 23
3.2 Numerical considerations......Page 24
3.3 Examples......Page 25
4.1 Fundamentals and description of the method......Page 26
4.2 Example of use: explaining the superluminal behavior of Bessel beams.......Page 27
5 Conclusions......Page 29
References......Page 30
1. Introduction......Page 32
2. Properties of Random Electromagnetic Fields......Page 34
3. Changes in Spatial Coherence and Spectrum......Page 35
4.1. Formulation of General Partial Polarization......Page 36
4.2. Degree of Polarization in Optical Near Fields......Page 39
5. Conclusions......Page 40
References......Page 41
Abstract......Page 44
2.1 Refractive and diffractive micro-optics......Page 46
2.2 Artificial index material......Page 47
2.3 Resonant grating filters......Page 48
4 Fabrication of elements......Page 49
5 Micro-optical systems......Page 51
References......Page 53
1. Introduction......Page 54
2. Bose–Einstein Condensates in dilute gases......Page 55
3. Atom-optical elements......Page 56
4. Condensates in periodic potentials......Page 59
5. Expansion of a BEC in a moving optical lattice......Page 61
6. Conclusions......Page 65
References......Page 66
2 Optical waveguides: basic definition......Page 68
4 Light emitting devices using organic thin films......Page 70
5 Optically pumped organic waveguide lasers based on small molecule vacuum deposited thin films......Page 71
6 Optically pumped active waveguides based on color centers in lithium fluoride vacuum deposited thin films......Page 73
References......Page 76
1.1. Idealized concepts......Page 78
1.2. General issues related to optical systems and beams......Page 79
2. The elementary level: the idealized gaussian beam (IGB)......Page 82
3.1. Real ST beams......Page 84
3.2. Real ASA beams......Page 85
4.1. Beams described by 4x4 matrices. Identifying pseudo-symmetrical beams......Page 86
4.2. Generalized beam propagation invariants. Beam classification......Page 88
4.3. Formal definition of a beam......Page 91
References......Page 92
Abstract......Page 94
1 Introduction......Page 96
2 Theory......Page 97
3 Application examples......Page 103
References......Page 114
Abstract......Page 116
Abstract......Page 118
2. Fundamentals......Page 120
3. Periodic elements with coherent illumination......Page 122
4. Polarization multiplexing......Page 123
References......Page 124
2. Principal procedure to determine coherence......Page 126
3. Definition of some coherence parameters......Page 128
4. The modal decomposition......Page 130
5. Examples of Gauss-Hermite fields......Page 132
6. Interferometric measurements......Page 135
Shear interferometer......Page 136
Ambiguity-function......Page 137
Wigner function13,19......Page 140
Two-dimensional fields......Page 142
References......Page 143
Invited Seminars......Page 146
1 Introduction......Page 148
2 Fundamental Hermite-Gauss mode......Page 149
4 Conclusions......Page 158
References......Page 159
3 Design elements......Page 160
4 Advanced design......Page 162
5 Software......Page 163
6 Experiment......Page 164
7 Results......Page 165
8 Characterization......Page 166
9 Applications......Page 167
10 Ut breviter dicam......Page 168
References......Page 169
1. Introduction......Page 170
2. Integrated Semiconductor Parametric Sources......Page 177
3. Quadratic Spatial Optical Solitons......Page 180
References......Page 182
1 Introduction......Page 188
2 The high brightness source of polarization entangled photons......Page 189
3 Phase control of the entangled state......Page 191
4-2 Generation and characterization of mixed states......Page 193
5 Generation of a Bessel-Gauss beam by SPDC......Page 197
References......Page 198
1 Introduction......Page 202
2 Experimental results......Page 203
3 Physical model......Page 205
4 Phenomenological model......Page 207
References......Page 208
1 Introduction......Page 210
2 Superluminal localized waves in dispersionless media......Page 211
3 Superluminal localized waves for arbitrary frequencies and adjustable bandwidths......Page 212
3.1 The S(w) Spectrum......Page 213
3.2 X-type Waves in a Dispersionless Medium......Page 214
4 Superluminal localized waves in dispersive media......Page 216
5 Optical applications......Page 220
References......Page 222
1 Introduction......Page 224
2 Angular momentum in paraxial approximation......Page 226
4 Examples and sources of beams with angular momentum......Page 229
5 Angular momentum measurements......Page 231
References......Page 234
Abstract......Page 236
References......Page 237
Seminars......Page 238
Abstract......Page 240
Abstract......Page 242
1 Introduction......Page 244
2 QOS Beam Concept and Propagation. Specific Properties and Detection Techniques of the QOS Radiation......Page 245
3.1 QOS Celestial Sources with Continuum Spectrum......Page 246
4.1 Biological Josephson-like Phenomenology......Page 247
4.3 Soliton Mechanism......Page 248
5 CPB - Ambient Biosphere Condition......Page 249
5.3 CPB is an Important Ambient Condition on the Life Occurrence and Development......Page 250
References......Page 251
1 Introduction......Page 254
2 Instruments and methods......Page 255
3 Results and discussion......Page 256
4 Conclusions......Page 258
References......Page 259
Abstract......Page 262
Abstract......Page 264
2 Overview of the TMoi laser beam......Page 266
3 Relativistic electron dynamics......Page 268
4 Numerical results for electrons propagating along the beam axis......Page 269
References......Page 271