This volume presents six review articles devoted to various topics of current interest both in classical and in quantum optics. The first article, by S. Ya. Kilin, entitled "Quanta and Information", is concerned with a multidisciplinary subject which involves optics, information theory, programming and discrete mathematics. The second article, "Optical Solitons in Periodic Media with Resonant and Off-Resonant Nonlinearities", by G. Kurizki, A.E. Kozhekin, T. Optatrny and B. Malomed, reviews the properties of optical solitons in periodic nonlinear media. The article which follows deals with an effect and its inverse which is a manifestation of hindrance and enhancement, respectively, of the evolution of a quantum system by an external agent, such as a detection apparatus. The fourth article discusses the current status of a relatively new branch of physical optics, sometimes called singular optics. The next two articles respectively present a review of advances in two-photon interferometry and their relation to investigations of the foundations of quantum theory and an examination of transverse mode shaping and selection in laser resonators.
1. Cover image - p. Cover 2. Title page - p. Cover 3. Table of Contents - p. Cover 4. Editorial Advisory Board - p. Cover 5. Copyright page - p. Cover 6. Preface - p. Cover 7. Chapter 1: Quanta and information - p. vi 8. Chapter 2: Optical solitons in periodic media with resonant and off-resonant nonlinearities - p. 85 9. Chapter 3: Quantum Zeno and inverse quantum Zeno effects - p. 146 10. Chapter 4: Singular optics - p. 217 11. Chapter 5: Multi-photon quantum interferometry - p. 274 12. Chapter 6: Transverse mode shaping and selection in laser resonators - p. 324 13. Author index for volume 42 - p. 386 14. Subject index for volume 42 - p. 386 15. Contents of previous volumes* - p. 386 16. Comulative index—Volumes 1–42* - p. 413
This volume presents six review articles devoted to various topics of current interest both in classical and in quantum optics. The first article, by S. Ya. Kilin, entitled "Quanta and Information", is concerned with a multidisciplinary subject which involves optics, information theory, programming and discrete mathematics. The second article, "Optical Solitons in Periodic Media with Resonant and Off-Resonant Nonlinearities", by G. Kurizki, A.E. Kozhekin, T. Optatrny and B. Malomed, reviews the properties of optical solitons in periodic nonlinear media. The article which follows deals with an effect and its inverse which is a manifestation of hindrance and enhancement, respectively, of the evolution of a quantum system by an external agent, such as a detection apparatus. The fourth article discusses the current status of a relatively new branch of physical optics, sometimes called singular optics. The next two articles respectively present a review of advances in two-photon interferometry and their relation to investigations of the foundations of quantum theory and an examination of transverse mode shaping and selection in laser resonators.
1. Cover image - p. Cover 2. Title page - p. Cover 3. Table of Contents - p. Cover 4. Editorial Advisory Board - p. Cover 5. Copyright page - p. Cover 6. Preface - p. Cover 7. Chapter 1: Quanta and information - p. vi 8. Chapter 2: Optical solitons in periodic media with resonant and off-resonant nonlinearities - p. 85 9. Chapter 3: Quantum Zeno and inverse quantum Zeno effects - p. 146 10. Chapter 4: Singular optics - p. 217 11. Chapter 5: Multi-photon quantum interferometry - p. 274 12. Chapter 6: Transverse mode shaping and selection in laser resonators - p. 324 13. Author index for volume 42 - p. 386 14. Subject index for volume 42 - p. 386 15. Contents of previous volumes* - p. 386 16. Comulative index—Volumes 1–42* - p. 413
