| Preface to the German edition |
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| Preface to the English edition |
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A short survey of the history of optics |
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The electrodynamics of continuous media |
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15 | (30) |
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15 | (3) |
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Molecular vs. macroscopic fields |
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18 | (2) |
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A simple model for the electric current |
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20 | (3) |
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Dispersion relations and the passivity condition |
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23 | (4) |
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Electric displacement density and magnetic field strength |
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27 | (6) |
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Index of refraction and coefficient of absorption |
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33 | (2) |
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The electromagnetic material quantities |
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35 | (4) |
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The oscillator model for the electric susceptibility |
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39 | (1) |
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Material equations in moving media |
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40 | (5) |
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Linear waves in homogeneous media |
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45 | (10) |
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45 | (3) |
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48 | (3) |
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Wave surfaces and ray surfaces |
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51 | (4) |
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55 | (20) |
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55 | (3) |
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58 | (4) |
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Optically uniaxial crystals |
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62 | (3) |
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Optically biaxial crystals |
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65 | (1) |
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Reflection and refraction at interfaces |
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66 | (3) |
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69 | (3) |
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The Fabry-Perot interferometer |
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72 | (3) |
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Electro-, magneto- and elastooptical phenomena |
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75 | (8) |
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Polarization effects up to first order -- optical activity |
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75 | (4) |
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Polarization effects of higher order |
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79 | (4) |
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Dependence on distortions |
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80 | (1) |
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Dependence on shear flows |
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80 | (1) |
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Influence of electric fields |
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80 | (1) |
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Dependence on magnetic fields |
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81 | (2) |
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Foundations of nonlinear optics |
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83 | (24) |
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Nonlinear polarization -- combination frequencies |
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83 | (2) |
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Nonlinear waves in a medium |
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85 | (4) |
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Survey of phenomena in nonlinear optics |
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89 | (2) |
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Parametric amplification and frequency doubling |
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91 | (2) |
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93 | (2) |
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Self-focussing, optical bistability, phase self-modulation |
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95 | (3) |
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98 | (3) |
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Fiber optics and optical solitons |
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101 | (6) |
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107 | (14) |
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107 | (2) |
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Short-wave expansion of Maxwell's equations |
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109 | (2) |
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111 | (2) |
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113 | (2) |
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115 | (1) |
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Analogy between mechanics and geometrical optics |
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116 | (5) |
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121 | (22) |
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Fermat's principle and focal points |
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121 | (1) |
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Perfect optical instruments |
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122 | (1) |
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123 | (2) |
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Canonical transformations and eikonal functions |
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125 | (3) |
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Imaging points close to the optic axis by wide spread ray bundles |
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128 | (3) |
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Linear geometrical optics and symplectic transformations |
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131 | (3) |
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Gaussian optics and image matrices |
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134 | (5) |
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Lens defects and Seidel's theory of aberrations |
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139 | (4) |
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Geometric theory of caustics |
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143 | (24) |
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Short-wave asymptotics for linear partial differential equations |
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143 | (3) |
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Solution of the characteristic equation |
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146 | (5) |
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Solution of the transport equation |
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151 | (2) |
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Focal points and caustics |
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153 | (3) |
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Behavior of phases in the vicinity of caustics |
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156 | (2) |
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Caustics, Lagrangian submanifolds and Maslov index |
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158 | (3) |
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Supplementary remarks on geometrical short-wave asymptotics |
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161 | (6) |
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167 | (36) |
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167 | (1) |
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The principles of Huygens and Fresnel |
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167 | (4) |
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The method of stationary phases |
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171 | (4) |
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Kirchhoff's representation of the wave amplitude |
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175 | (4) |
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Kirchhoff's theory of diffraction |
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179 | (5) |
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184 | (2) |
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Examples of Fraunhofer diffraction |
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186 | (5) |
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Diffraction by a rectangle |
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187 | (1) |
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Diffraction by a circular aperture |
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188 | (1) |
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Arrangements of several identical structures |
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189 | (2) |
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Optical image processing in Fourier space |
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191 | (4) |
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195 | (3) |
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Oscillatory functions and Fourier integral operators |
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198 | (5) |
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203 | (8) |
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The principle of holography |
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203 | (2) |
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Modifications and applications |
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205 | (2) |
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Observing small object deformations |
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206 | (1) |
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Holographic optical instruments |
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206 | (1) |
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207 | (1) |
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207 | (4) |
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211 | (34) |
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Coherent and incoherent light |
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211 | (2) |
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Real and analytical signals |
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213 | (4) |
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The light wave field as a stochastic process |
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217 | (3) |
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Gaussian stochastic processes |
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220 | (2) |
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The quasi-monochromatic approximation |
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222 | (2) |
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Coherence and correlation functions |
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224 | (3) |
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The propagation of the correlation function |
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227 | (3) |
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Amplitude and intensity interferometry |
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230 | (2) |
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Amplitude interferometry: Michelson interferometer |
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230 | (1) |
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Photon correlation spectroscopy |
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231 | (1) |
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Dynamical light scattering |
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232 | (4) |
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236 | (1) |
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Image processing by filtering |
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237 | (2) |
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Polarization of partially coherent light |
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239 | (6) |
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Quantum states of the electromagnetic field |
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245 | (28) |
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Quantization of the electromagnetic field and harmonic oscillators |
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245 | (6) |
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Coherent and squeezed states |
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251 | (8) |
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Operators, ordering procedures and star products |
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259 | (7) |
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The Q, P, and Wigner functions of a density operator |
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266 | (7) |
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Detection of radiation fields |
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273 | (16) |
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Beam splitters and homodyne detection |
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273 | (6) |
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Correlation functions and quantum coherence |
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279 | (2) |
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Measurement of correlation functions |
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281 | (4) |
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Anti-bunching and sub-Poissonian light |
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285 | (4) |
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Interaction of radiation and matter |
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289 | (34) |
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The electric dipole interaction |
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289 | (5) |
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294 | (2) |
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Three-level systems and atomic interference |
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296 | (6) |
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Electromagnetically induced transparency |
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299 | (2) |
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Refractive index enhancement |
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301 | (1) |
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301 | (1) |
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Correlated emission laser |
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301 | (1) |
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The Jaynes-Cummings model |
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302 | (6) |
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308 | (2) |
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Quantum state engineering |
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310 | (3) |
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313 | (7) |
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Motion of a two-level atom in a quantized light field |
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320 | (3) |
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Quantum optics and fundamental quantum theory |
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323 | (28) |
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323 | (5) |
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328 | (4) |
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Quantum erasers and measurement without interaction |
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332 | (5) |
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No cloning and quantum teleportation |
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337 | (5) |
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342 | (1) |
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343 | (8) |
| Selected references |
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351 | (4) |
| Index |
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