Wave Optics is a branch of physical optics that models light as an electromagnetic wave in order to describe and analyze phenomena such as interference, diffraction, polarization, and coherence that lie beyond the scope of geometrical (ray) optics.
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Coupled Wave Theory for Thick Hologram Gratings
H. Kogelnik · Bell System Technical Journal · 1969 · 4.8K citations
The Quantum Theory of Optical Coherence
Roy J. Glauber · Physical Review · 1963 · 4K citations · Full text
Natural Sciences, Physics, Optics +16
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- DNDemetrios N. Christodoulides
University of Central Florida, United States
56 publications · 12.7K citations
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Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Paris, France
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820 publications
72.5K citations
University of Rochester
Rochester, United States
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419 publications
33K citations
Australian National University
Canberra, Australia
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390 publications
29.9K citations
University of Central Florida
Orlando, United States
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351 publications
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Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
Haifa, Israel
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294 publications
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Tel Aviv University
Tel Aviv, Israel
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Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Jena, Germany
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Chinese Academy of Sciences
Beijing, China
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- Physical Review Letters
PRL · 313 publications · 56.2K citations
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- Optics Letters
910 publications · 55K citations
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- Optics Express
827 publications · 38.5K citations
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- Journal of the Optical Society of America A
671 publications · 37.1K citations
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- Applied Optics
545 publications · 28.2K citations
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