Modern Optics

L. A. Thomas

Petro P. Trokhimchuck, I. Dmytruk

The problem of coherence in modern optoelectronics (MOE) and Relaxed Optics (RO) is discussed. Classical and quantum conceptions of coherence are analyzed. Problem of coherence in RO is represented as problem of creation and change of coherent structures. Other problems of coherence breakdown, including phase coherence, and here applications in MOE and RO are discussed too.

Karl A. Stetson

I V Venatovskiĭ, K. I. Krylov, S. F. Sharlai

A brief review is given of papers on quantum electronics presented at the All-Union Conference on Modern Applied Optics and Optical Instruments, which was held on June 10–13, 1975 in Leningrad.

Marlan O. Scully

After 20 years and more than a thousand pages, Mandel and Wolf's tome on classical and quantum coherence in modern optics has arrived. It is clearly a gargantuan effort and its appearance is enthusiastically greeted by every student of optical sciences, including me, particularly given its very reasonable price tag.

Andrzej Wolski