Ebook: Progress in Optics, Vol. 31
Author: E. Wolf (Ed.)
- Genre: Physics // Optics
- Tags: Физика, Оптика, Wolf E. Progress in Optics
- Year: 1993
- Publisher: North Holland
- Language: English
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The first article presents a thorough review of recent investigations concerning multiphoton ionization of atoms in intense radiation fields and includes discussions on above threshold ionization, generation of higher-order harmonics of an intense field interacting with a gaseous medium and the role of chaotic dynamics in the interaction of atoms with monochromatic radiation. A tutorial section on chaotic behavior is also included.
The second article presents a review of modern developments regarding properties of light diffracted by gratings. Both a phenomenological treatment and a macroscopic analysis are presented.
The following article reviews developments relating to optical amplifiers, especially those which use semiconductors and optical fibers. The article covers the operating princip