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Advances in Imaging and Electron Physics
Front Cover -- Series Page -- Advances in Imaging and Electron Physics -- Copyright -- Contents -- Contributors -- Preface -- Chapter One: A matrix formalism of the Maxwell vector wave optics including polarization -- 1 Introduction -- 2 A matrix formalism of the Maxwell vector wave optics -- 3 Foldy-Wouthuysen-like successive approximation technique for beam optical systems -- 4 Transition to scalar wave optics and ray optics -- 5 Applications to specific systems -- 5.1 Medium with constant refractive index and constant impedance -- 5.2 Axially symmetric graded-index medium
5.2.1 Paraxial Hamiltonian -- 5.2.2 GRIN lens: Image rotation -- 5.2.3 Aberrations -- 6 Transition from the Helmholtz scalar wave optics to the Maxwell vector wave optics -- 6.1 Mukunda-Simon-Sudarshan matrix substitution rule -- 6.2 A matrix differential operator form of the Mukunda-Simon-Sudarshan rule -- 6.3 Maxwell beams and cross polarization -- 7 Cross polarization in various Maxwell beams -- 7.1 Cross polarization in Gaussian Maxwell beams -- 7.2 Cross polarization in anisotropic Gaussian Maxwell beams -- 7.3 Cross polarization in Hermite-Gaussian Maxwell beams
7.4 Cross polarization in Bessel Maxwell beams -- 7.5 Cross polarization in Bessel-Gaussian Maxwell beams -- 7.6 Cross polarization in Airy Maxwell beams -- 7.7 Cross polarization in anisotropic Airy Maxwell beams -- 8 Concluding remarks -- Appendix A Wave Equation for the electric field in an inhomogeneous medium -- Appendix B Riemann-Silberstein-Weber vector -- Appendix C Different formulations of ray optics and the Helmholtz scalar wave optics -- Outline placeholder -- C.1 Fermat-Hamilton formulation of ray optics -- C.2 A non-traditional formulation of the Helmholtz scalar wave optics
C.2.1 Medium with constant refractive index -- C.2.2 Axially symmetric graded index medium -- Appendix D Solutions of the Helmholtz equation -- Outline placeholder -- D.1 Gaussian beams -- D.2 Anisotropic Gaussian beams -- D.3 Hermite-Gaussian beams -- D.4 Bessel beams -- D.5 Bessel-Gaussian beams -- D.6 Airy beams -- D.7 Anisotropic Airy beams -- References -- Chapter Two: Generalized quantum theory of non-paraxial interference -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Non-paraxial propagation in ordinary space -- 2.1 Single photons -- 2.2 Polarization and non-locality -- 2.3 Single matter particles
3 The quantum interference operator -- 3.1 The role of vacuum and the geometric states of space -- 3.2 The prepared non-locality -- 3.3 The individual experimental realization -- 3.4 Feynman's mystery of quantum mechanics -- 4 Interference with classical light -- 5 Further novel implications -- 5.1 Spatial entanglement -- 5.2 Diffraction and geometric uncertainty -- 6 Conclusion -- Funding -- Conflict of interest -- Data availability -- References -- Index -- Back Cover
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Chantilly : Elsevier Science & Technology,c2025
Advances in Imaging and Electron Physics Series