THEORETICAL STUDIES OF THE ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD IN THE FOCAL REGION OF COHERENT LIGHT BEAMS.

Abstract

A study was made of the structure of the electromagnetic field in the neighborhood of the focus of a coherent beam. Some related studies were also undertaken, concerned chiefly with coherence properties of light, photoelectric detection of light fluctuations and the relation between the semi-classical and quantum mechanical description of light beams. Results of these investigations are contained in 11 published papers. Titles, authors and journal references are listed. Summaries, which record the main results obtained are given. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1964
Accession Number
AD0604601

Entities

People

  • Emil Wolf

Organizations

  • University of Rochester

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Detection
  • Electromagnetic Fields

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Image Processing and Computer Vision.
  • Molecular Photonics/Laser Physics
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.

Technology Areas

  • Quantum Computing