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Intro
Preface
Acknowledgments
Author biography
David S Simon
Chapter 1 Introduction: from death rays to smartphones
References
Chapter 2 Optical propagation
2.1 Electromagnetic fields
2.2 Helmholtz equation and wave optics
2.3 Looking forward
References
Chapter 3 Gaussian beams and lasers
3.1 Lasers
3.2 Gaussian beams
3.3 Coherent and squeezed states
3.4 Optical tweezers
References
Chapter 4 Orbital angular momentum and Laguerre-Gauss beams
4.1 Polarization and angular momentum in optics
4.2 Generation and detection of Laguerre-Gauss beams
4.3 Optical spanners and micropumps
4.4 Harnessing OAM for measurement
4.5 Vortex beams on a chip
References
Chapter 5 Bessel beams, self-healing, and diffraction-free propagation
5.1 Bessel beams
5.2 Optical petal structures
5.3 Dark hollow beams
5.4 More nondiffracting beams: Mathieu beams
5.5 Optical tractor beams, conveyor belts, and solenoidal beams
5.6 Optical bottles
5.7 Trojan states
5.8 Localized waves
References
Chapter 6 Airy beams and self-acceleration
6.1 Airy beams
6.2 Self-accelerating beams and optical boomerangs
6.3 Arbitrary trajectories
6.4 Applications
References
Chapter 7 Further variations
7.1 Separable solutions
7.2 Hermite-Gauss beams
7.3 Ince-Gauss beams
7.4 Parabolic beams
7.5 Elegant beams
7.6 Lorentz beams
References
Chapter 8 Entangled beams
8.1 Separability and entanglement
8.2 Creating entanglement
8.3 Applications: coincidence counting and quantum cryptography
8.4 Applications: aberration and dispersion cancelation, and turbulence mitigation
References
Chapter 9 Pin-like beams and turbulence
9.1 Turbulence
9.2 Pin-like beams
References
Chapter 10 New frontiers.
10.1 From knotted vortex atoms to knotted light
10.2 Knotted vortex lines
10.3 Optical bound states in the continuum
References
Chapter 11 Conclusion
References
Chapter
A.1 Gaussians
A.2 Laguerre polynomials
A.3 Bessel functions
A.4 Hermite polynomials
References.
Preface
Acknowledgments
Author biography
David S Simon
Chapter 1 Introduction: from death rays to smartphones
References
Chapter 2 Optical propagation
2.1 Electromagnetic fields
2.2 Helmholtz equation and wave optics
2.3 Looking forward
References
Chapter 3 Gaussian beams and lasers
3.1 Lasers
3.2 Gaussian beams
3.3 Coherent and squeezed states
3.4 Optical tweezers
References
Chapter 4 Orbital angular momentum and Laguerre-Gauss beams
4.1 Polarization and angular momentum in optics
4.2 Generation and detection of Laguerre-Gauss beams
4.3 Optical spanners and micropumps
4.4 Harnessing OAM for measurement
4.5 Vortex beams on a chip
References
Chapter 5 Bessel beams, self-healing, and diffraction-free propagation
5.1 Bessel beams
5.2 Optical petal structures
5.3 Dark hollow beams
5.4 More nondiffracting beams: Mathieu beams
5.5 Optical tractor beams, conveyor belts, and solenoidal beams
5.6 Optical bottles
5.7 Trojan states
5.8 Localized waves
References
Chapter 6 Airy beams and self-acceleration
6.1 Airy beams
6.2 Self-accelerating beams and optical boomerangs
6.3 Arbitrary trajectories
6.4 Applications
References
Chapter 7 Further variations
7.1 Separable solutions
7.2 Hermite-Gauss beams
7.3 Ince-Gauss beams
7.4 Parabolic beams
7.5 Elegant beams
7.6 Lorentz beams
References
Chapter 8 Entangled beams
8.1 Separability and entanglement
8.2 Creating entanglement
8.3 Applications: coincidence counting and quantum cryptography
8.4 Applications: aberration and dispersion cancelation, and turbulence mitigation
References
Chapter 9 Pin-like beams and turbulence
9.1 Turbulence
9.2 Pin-like beams
References
Chapter 10 New frontiers.
10.1 From knotted vortex atoms to knotted light
10.2 Knotted vortex lines
10.3 Optical bound states in the continuum
References
Chapter 11 Conclusion
References
Chapter
A.1 Gaussians
A.2 Laguerre polynomials
A.3 Bessel functions
A.4 Hermite polynomials
References.