Evanescent Waves

Evanescent waves play a growing role in many different areas, such as guided optics, optical-fiber couplers, integrated optical elements, internal reflection spectroscopy, atom optics, dark-field microscopy, scanning tunneling optical microscopy, microaperture microscopy, and apertureless microscopies. This book describes the near field of an object through the role of the evanescent field in these areas of research. Intended as a reference for scientists and as an introduction at the graduate level.

ISBN 3540658459   Volumes 1 ISBN13 9783540658450 (What's this?)   Weight (grammes) 586 Publisher Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG   Published in Berlin Imprint Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K   Series editor A.L. Schawlow, K. Shimoda, A.E. Siegman, T. Tamir. Editor-in-chief:, Rhodes, W.T., Rhodes, W.T. Format Hardback   Series ISSN 73 Publication date 10 Jan 2001   Series title Springer Series in Optical Sciences Library of Congress 00022166   Height (mm) 234 DEWEY 535   Width (mm) 156 DEWEY edition DC21   Spine width (mm) 17 Pages 292   Academic level Postgraduate, Professional / Scholarly

		Symbols and Definitions of Abbreviations Used
Pt. I		The Evanescent Field
1		Total Internal Reflection		5
2		Diffraction from an Aperture and Dipolar Radiation		31
3		The Evanescent Field in Guided Optics		51
Pt. II		Delocalized Interaction with the Evanescent Field
4		Evanescent-Field Optical-Fiber Couplers		81
5		Integrated-Optical Evanescent-Field Couplers		105
6		Evanescent-Field Waveguide Sensors		113
7		Internal-Reflection Spectroscopy		131
8		Evanescent-Wave Atom Optics		147
9		Dark-Field Microscopy and Photon Tunneling Microscopy		163
Pt. III		Localized Interaction with the Evanescent Field
10		Scanning Tunneling Optical Microscopy		185
11		Micro-Aperture Microscopy		215
12		Apertureless Microscopies		235
		References		251
		Index		265

From the reviews of the first edition: "Evanescent waves play a growing role in many different areas such as guided optics, optical fiber couplers, integrated optical elements, internal reflection spectroscopy, atom optics, dark-field microscopy, and many others. The intent of this book is to describe the near-field associated with different optical systems. ! the author succeeds to give an excellent review of the field and the book is really a unique one. It is intended as a reference for scientist and as an introduction at the graduate level." (A. Tresch, Optik, Vol. 113 (2), 2002) "Recently the features of the behavior of optical electromagnetic waves close to the surface of solid state in the so-called near-field region, i.e., where the distance to the object remains smaller than the wavelength of the light, attracted much attention. ! The book is illustrated with plenty of examples and is easy to read. It can be a good guide-book for students and postgraduates and is of interest for physicists, theoreticians and experimentalists, newcomers to this field." (A. Bukharaev, Applied Magnetic Resonance, Vol. 21 (2), 2001)

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