Physics Bulletin

Fundamentals of Optics

Edward R. Pike

Published Mar 1, 1969• 0 citations

Abstract

J. R. Klauder and E. C. G. Sudarshan New York: W. A. Benjamin. 1968 Pp. xi + 279. Price $15–50. This book is one of the first to appear on the new activity in optical coherence theory stimulated by the advent of the laser. The authors are well known for their original work in the subject; they have been particularly concerned with the development of formalism for the description of an arbitrary free field in a 'classical like' form or 'diagonal representation'.

DOI: 10.1088/0031-9112/20/3/019

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