Progress in Optics Volume 14

Content: Editorial Advisory Board Page ii Edited by Page iii Copyright page Page iv Preface Pages ix-xi Emil Wolf I The Statistics of Speckle Patterns Original Research Article Pages 1-46 J.C. Dainty II High-Resolution Techniques in Optical Astronomy Original Research Article Pages 47-87 A. Labeyrie III Relaxation Phenomena in Rare-Earth Luminescence Original Research Article Pages 89-159 L.A. Riseberg, M.J. Weber IV The Ultrafast Optical Kerr Shutter Original Research Article Pages 161-193 Michel A. Duguay V Holographic Diffraction Gratings Original Research Article Pages 195-244 Günter Schmahl, Dietbert Rudolph VI Photoemission Original Research Article Pages 245-325 P.J. Vernier VII Optical Fibre Waveguides – A Review Original Research Article Pages 327-402 P.J.B. Clarricoats Author Index Pages 403-411 Subject Index Pages 412-419 Cumulative Index – Volumes I–XIV Pages 420-422 Front Cover; Progress in Optics, Volume XIV; Copyright Page; Preface; Contents; CHAPTER I. THE STATISTICS OF SPECKLE PATTERNS; CHAPTER II. HIGH-RESOLUTION TECHNIQUES IN OPTICAL ASTRONOMY; CHAPTER III. RELAXATION PHENOMENA IN RARE-EARTH LUMINESCENCE; CHAPTER IV. THE ULTRAFAST OPTICAL KERR SHUTTER; CHAPTER V. HOLOGRAPHIC DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; CHAPTER VI. PHOTOEMISSION; CHAPTER VII. OPTICAL FIBRE WAVEGUIDES A REVIEW; Author Index; Subject Index; Cumulative Index Volumes I-XIV. A collection of reviews in the field of optics. The articles deal with multiphoton ionization of atoms in intense radiation fields, properties of light diffracted by gratings, optical amplifiers, adaptive multilayer optical networks, two- and four-level atoms, and free electron lasers.