LEADER 05238nam 2200637 450 001 9910139003003321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a3-527-67153-6 010 $a3-527-67151-X 010 $a3-527-67154-4 035 $a(CKB)2550000001123454 035 $a(EBL)1411629 035 $a(OCoLC)862828505 035 $a(OCoLC)861536748 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1411629 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1411629 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10768950 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL525171 035 $a(PPN)18631728X 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001123454 100 $a20131011h20142014 uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 00$aNon-diffractive waves /$fedited by Hugo E. Herna?ndez-Figueroa, Erasmo Recami, and Michel Zamboni-Rached 210 1$aWeinheim :$cWiley-VCH,$d[2014] 210 4$dİ2014 215 $a1 online resource (509 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a3-527-41195-X 311 $a1-299-93920-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aNon-Diffracting Waves; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Preface; List of Contributors; Chapter 1 Non-Diffracting Waves: An Introduction; 1.1 A General Introduction; 1.1.1 A Prologue; 1.1.2 Preliminary, and Historical, Remarks; 1.1.3 Definition of Non-Diffracting Wave (NDW); 1.1.4 First Examples; 1.1.5 Further Examples: The Non-Diffracting Solutions; 1.2 Eliminating Any Backward Components: Totally Forward NDW Pulses; 1.2.1 Totally Forward Ideal Superluminal NDW Pulses; 1.3 Totally Forward, Finite-Energy NDW Pulses; 1.3.1 A General Functional Expression for Whatever Totally-Forward NDW Pulses 327 $a1.4 Method for the Analytic Description of Truncated Beams1.4.1 The Method; 1.4.2 Application of the Method to a TB Beam; 1.5 Subluminal NDWs (or Bullets); 1.5.1 A First Method for Constructing Physically Acceptable, Subluminal Non-Diffracting Pulses; 1.5.2 Examples; 1.5.3 A Second Method for Constructing Subluminal Non-Diffracting Pulses; 1.6 ``Stationary'' Solutions with Zero-Speed Envelopes: Frozen Waves; 1.6.1 A New Approach to the Frozen Waves; 1.6.2 Frozen Waves in Absorbing Media; 1.6.3 Experimental Production of the Frozen Waves 327 $a1.7 On the Role of Special Relativity and of Lorentz Transformations1.8 Non-Axially Symmetric Solutions: The Case of Higher-Order Bessel Beams; 1.9 An Application to Biomedical Optics: NDWs and the GLMT (Generalized Lorenz-Mie Theory); 1.10 Soliton-Like Solutions to the Ordinary Schroedinger Equation within Standard Quantum Mechanics (QM); 1.10.1 Bessel Beams as Non-Diffracting Solutions (NDS) to the Schroedinger Equation; 1.10.2 Exact Non-Diffracting Solutions to the Schroedinger Equation; 1.10.3 A General Exact Localized Solution; 1.11 A Brief Mention of Further Topics 327 $a1.11.1 Airy and Airy-Type Waves1.11.2 ``Soliton-Like'' Solutions to the Einstein Equations of General Relativity and Gravitational Waves; 1.11.3 Super-Resolution; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 2 Localized Waves: Historical and Personal Perspectives; 2.1 The Beginnings: Focused Wave Modes; 2.2 The Initial Surge and Nomenclature; 2.3 Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) Interest; 2.4 Reflective Moments; 2.5 Controversy and Scrutiny; 2.6 Experiments; 2.7 What's in a Name: Localized Waves; 2.8 Arizona Era; 2.9 Retrospective; Acknowledgments; References 327 $aChapter 3 Applications of Propagation Invariant Light Fields3.1 Introduction; 3.2 What Is a ``Non-Diffracting'' Light Mode?; 3.2.1 Linearly Propagating ``Non-Diffracting'' Beams; 3.2.2 Accelerating ``Non-Diffracting'' Beams; 3.2.3 Self-Healing Properties and Infinite Energy; 3.2.4 Vectorial ``Non-Diffracting'' Beams; 3.3 Generating ``Non-Diffracting'' Light Fields; 3.3.1 Bessel and Mathieu Beam Generation; 3.3.2 Airy Beam Generation; 3.4 Experimental Applications of Propagation Invariant Light Modes; 3.4.1 Microscopy, Coherence, and Imaging 327 $a3.4.2 Optical Micromanipulation with Propagation Invariant Fields 330 $aThis continuation and extension of the successful book ""Localized Waves"" by the same editors brings together leading researchers in non-diffractive waves to cover the most important results in their field and as such is the first to present the current state.The well-balanced presentation of theory and experiments guides readers through the background of different types of non-diffractive waves, their generation, propagation, and possible applications. The authors include a historical account of the development of the field, and cover different types of non-diffractive waves, including A 606 $aLocalized waves$xResearch 606 $aWaves$xResearch 615 0$aLocalized waves$xResearch. 615 0$aWaves$xResearch. 676 $a532.0593 701 $aHerna?ndez-Figueroa$b Hugo E$0924232 701 $aRecami$b Erasmo$050020 701 $aZamboni-Rached$b Michel$0924233 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910139003003321 996 $aNon-diffractive waves$92199260 997 $aUNINA