09po Physical optics
Instructional Experiments on
Physical Optics, Optical Properties of Materials & Nonlinear Optics
(and some related theory papers)
Topics
-refractive index, birefringence & optical properties of materials
Azzam, R. M. A. and N. M. Bashara (1977), Ellipsometry and Polarized Light (North-Holland), ISBN 0-444-87016-4 (pb), Call no. QC 443 A96.
Hartshorne, N. H. and A. Stuart (1964), Practical Optical Crystallography (American Elsevier).
Izumitani, T. S. (1986), Optical glass (American Insitute of Physics), ISBN 0-88318-506-7, Call no. QC 375 I9813 1986.
Jaeger, F. M. (1930), I. Spatial arrangements of atomic systems and optical activity. II. Methods, results and problems of precise measurements at high temperatures. III. The constitution and structure of ultramarines. (New York: McGraw-Hill), Call no. 541 .J176.
Javornicky, J. (1974), Photoplasticity (Elsevier), ISBN 0-444-99936-1.
Zandman, F., S. Redner, and J. W. Dally (1977), Photoelastic Coatings (Society for Experimental Stress Analysis), ISBN 0-8138-0035-8, Call no. TA 418.12 Z36.
Ageev, L. A. a. Y., V. D. (1999), "A device for demonstrating interference fringes and electro-optic effect in crystals," Am. J. Phys. 67 (9), 837-838.
Allen, L. C., J. Wallace, G. Deutscher, and P. Lindenfeld (1988), "Meaurement of optical absorption by calorimetry and analysis of a solar collector," Am. J. Phys. 56, 53-7.
Barnard, A. J. and B. Ahlborn (1975), "Measurement of refractive index gradients by deflection of a laser beam," Am. J. Phys. 43, 573-574.
Bauer, S. (1992), "Optical properties of a metal film and its application as an infrared absorber and as a beam splitter," Am. J. Phys. 60, 257-261.
Bergsten, R. (1974), "Optical crystals," Am. J. Phys. 42, 91-99.
Blatt, J. H., P. Pollard, and S. Sandilands (1974), "Simple automatic fringe counter for interfometric measurement of the index of refraction of gases," Am. J. Phys. 42, 1029-1030.
Buah-Bassuah, P. K., F. Francini, and G. Molesini (1989), "Measurement of refractive index by double-exposure speckle pattern recording," Am. J. Phys. 57, 366-70.
Camp, P. R. (1994), "Transparency film for demonstration of biaxial optics," Am. J. Phys. 62 (9), 859-60.
Camp, P. R. (1997), "Demonstrating optical birefringence-a modification of Schneider's experiment," Am. J. Phys. 65 (7), 672-4.
Camp, P. R. (1997), "Inexpensive optics for polarized light demonstrations," Am. J. Phys. 65 (5), 449-50.
Carr, E. F. and J. P. McClymer (1991), "A laboratory experiment on interference of polarized light using a liquid crystal," Am. J. Phys. 59, 366-367.
Chandra, B. P. and S. C. Bhaiya (1983), "A simple, accurate alternative to the minimum deviation method of determining the refractive index of liquids," Am. J. Phys. 51, 160-161.
Cloud, S. D. (1973), "Birefringence experiments for the introductory physics course," Am. J. Phys. 41, 1184-1188.
Cordaro, J. F. (1988), "Optical ceramics: demonstrations of material dispersion, internal refelction, and ," Am. J. Phys. 56, 948-950.
Davies, G. R. (1976), "Refractive index of a liquid by wedge-film interference," Am. J. Phys. 44, 1215-1216.
Dougal, R. C. (1986), "Alternatives to the minimum deviation method for refractive index measurements," Am. J. Phys. 54, 376-7.
Driver, H. S. T. (1978), "An undergraduate experiment to measure the reflectances of a dielectric surface," Am. J. Phys. 46, 696-699.
Erdelyi, M., M. Hilbert, and Z. Bor (1998), "Anomalous dispersion of dye solutions observed in a prismatic cuvette," Am. J. Phys. 66 (9), 791-3.
Ferguson, J. L. (1996), "Two semiquantitative demonstrations of stress birefringence," Am. J. Phys. 64 (10), 1338-40.
Freier, G. and B. G. Eaton (1975), "Optical activity demonstration," Am. J. Phys. 43, 939.
Goodhead, D. T., G. H. J. Wantenaar, and M. E. bacon (1976), "Refractive indices of gases at microwave frequencies," Am. J. Phys. 44, 253-258.
Guha, A. K., D. K. Das, and I. L. Saha (1978), "Thin liquid film refractometer," Am. J. Phys. 46, 581-582.
Hagenbuch, K. and B. Scott (1977), "Comment on the note "A simple, sensitive method for measuring the refractive index of a liquid" [K. Tennakone, Am. J. Phys. 44, 303-304 (1976)] with reply by K. Tennekone," Am. J. Phys. 45, 1004.
Harker, G. G., III, D. M. Eshelman, and R. L. Schmidt (1977), "Milligdegree temperature thermostat for optical studies," Am. J. Phys. 45, 311-312.
Hey, J. D., H. S. T. Driver, and D. B. Fish (1988), "The refractivity of helium and its measurement by laser interferometry," Am. J. Phys. 56, 646-52.
Jones, J. H., J. B. Overcash, J. M. Trostel, J. Mandras, and R. L. Chaplin (1982), "Measuring optical properties of liquids with a laser," Am. J. Phys. 50, 158-60.
Kshatriya, A. (1976), "Transmission of normally incident light through transparent dielectric plates," Am. J. Phys. 44, 480-482.
Kunhardt, E. E. and R. C. Cross (1979), "Demonstration of dispersive effects," Am. J. Phys. 47, 429-430.
Leung, A. F. (1986), "Wavelength of light in water," Am. J. Phys. 54, 956.
Li-er, S. (1986), "A new method to measure the R and n of a convex lens," Am. J. Phys. 54, 466-468.
McMullen, R. B., Jr. and R. A. Bartels (1988), "An optical attenuation apparatus," Am. J. Phys. 56, 472-3.
Murphy, C. G. and S. S. Alpert (1971), "Dependence of refractive index temperature coefficient on the thermal expansivity of liquids," Am. J. Phys. 39, 834-836.
Ou, Z. Y. and L. Mandel (1989), "Deriviation of reciprocity relations for a beam splitter from energy balance," Am. J. Phys. 57 (1), 66-7.
Peiponen, K. -E. and T. Tsuboi (1992), "Teaching the optical memories," Am. J. Phys. 60, 455-456.
Perkalskis, B. S. (1993), "Demonstration of conoscopic pictures," Am. J. Phys. 61 (1), 1152.
Perkalskis, B. S. and J. R. Freeman (1998), "Demonstrating Fresnel's model for optical activity," Am. J. Phys. 66 (5), 452-3.
Perkalskis, B. S. and J. R. Freeman (2000), "Demonstrating induced birefringence in stressed glass," Am. J. Phys. 68 (9), 871-2.
Riech, S. (1983), "Measurement of refractive index in transparent plates with a piece of paper and a laser source," Am. J. Phys. 51, 469.
Sandhu, H. S. and G. B. Friedman (1965), "Refractive index of ice," Am. J. Phys. 33, 62.
Scheie, P. O. (1978), "Refractive index of beer," Am. J. Phys. 46, 426-427.
Schneider, W. B. (1991), "A surprising optical property of Plexigals rods - an unuaual approach to birefringence," Am. J. Phys. 59, 1086-1087.
Shaw, D. E. and F. J. Wunderlich (1972), "Experimental verification of the Fresnel and Airy equations for an air-glass-air system," Am. J. Phys. 40, 1791-1793.
Shenoy, D. K. (1994), "Measurement of liquid crystal refractive indices," Am. J. Phys. 62 (9), 858-9.
Smith, F. A., Jr. (1979), "Lecture hall calculation of the refractive index of a liquid," Am. J. Phys. 47, 120.
Streib, J. F. (1965), "Apparatus notes: Fresnel's reflecions relations," Am. J. Phys. 33, No. 4 - xxv.
Tennekone, K. (1976), "A simple, sensitive method for measuring the refractive index of a liquid," Am. J. Phys. 44, 303-304.
Toth, M. J. and R. W. Newman (1976), "Simple laboratory apparatus for monitoring the annealing of color centers in glass," Am. J. Phys. 44, 787-788.
Treseter, S. (1993), "On determining the phase difference introduced by a phase plaste producing elliptically polarized light," Am. J. Phys. 61, 62-66.
Van Keuren, E. R. (2005), "Refractive index measurement using total internal reflection," Am. J. Phys. 73 (7), 611-14.
Velasquez, P., Md. M. Sanchez-Lopez, I. Moreno, D. Puerto, and F. Mateos (2005), "Interference birefringent filters fabricated with low cost commercial polymers," Am. J. Phys. 73 (4), 357-61.
Venkataraman, A. R. (1971), "The refractive index of a biprism," Am. J. Phys. 39, 1093.
Waldenstrøm, S. and K. Razi Naqvi (1978), "A simple accurate alternative to the minimum-deviation method for the determination of the refractive index of a prism," Am. J. Phys. 46, 1009-1011.
Wilson, T. A. and W. F. Reed (1993), "Low cost, interferometric differential refractometer," Am. J. Phys. 61 (11), 1046-8.
Yap, F. Y. (1971), "Laser measurement of refractive index of a gas," Am. J. Phys. 39, 224.
Zaidi, A. A., Y. Makdisi, S. Waldenstrom, and K. Razi Navi (1986), "Putting together a research-grade laser refractometer in a teaching laboratory," Am. J. Phys. 54, 637-9.
Dekker, M., A. J. Kromminga, D. A. Van Baak, O. J. Pilskalns, and J. P. Jacobs (1999), "Quantitative investigation of Fresnel reflection in the electromagnetism laboratory," Am. J. Phys. 67 (7), 606-12.
Berry, M., R. Bhandari, and S. Klein (1999), "Black plastic sandwiches demonstrating biaxial optical anisotropy," Eur. J. Phys. 20 (1), 1-14.
Marlow, F. and S. Eiden (2004), "Refractive index determination on microscopic objects," Eur. J. Phys. 25 (3), 439-46.
McKee, D. J., J. F. H. Nicholls, and I. S. Ruddock (1995), "Interferometric measurement of refractive index," Eur. J. Phys. 16 (3), 127-34.
Modin, J. M., R. M. Batalha, and R. D. Ramsier (2001), "Probing spatial variations in the index of refraction of air: a simple experiment using shadowgraph techniques," Eur. J. Phys. 22 (5), 541-8.
Tebaldi, M. and N. Bolognini (1996), "Experiments with an optical converter," Eur. J. Phys. 17 (4), 236-43.
Al-Ani, S. K. J. and J. Beynon (1985), "The refractive index of thin solid films," Phys. Educ. 20, 274-277.
Dougal, R. C. (1979), "A simple critical angle method for measuring the refractive index of Perspex," Phys. Educ. 14.
Fendley, J. J. (1982), "Measurement of refractive index using a Michelson interferometer," Phys. Educ. 17, 209-211.
Hamza, A. A. and H. J. Abd El-kader (1986), "Interferometric methods of measuring refractive indices and double-refraction of fibres," Phys. Educ. 21, 244-249.
Jenkins, T. E., I. L. Morris, and S. R. Goodes (1992), "A simple method for the measurement of the refractive index of a transparent solid," Phys. Educ. 27, 27-31.
Lau, S. and S. Feng (1984), "A simple method of measuring the refractive indices of transparent plates and liquids," Phys. Educ. 19.
Mahmood bin Mat Yunus, W. (1992), "The simultaneous measurement of absorption and scattering coefficients," Phys. Educ. 27, 34.
Richards, D. A. (1981), "Polarised light and the measurement of birefringence," Phys. Educ. 16, 336-339.
Sydlowska, J. and K. Zboinski (1984), "A multipurpose prism for refractometry and light path demonstrations," Phys. Educ. 19, 81-82.
-refractive effects, stress birefringence & mirages
Barker, P. R., P. R. M. Crofts, and M. Gal (1989), "A superior "superior" mirage," Am. J. Phys. 57, 953-954.
Barnes, G. (1976), "Photoelasticity demonstration with an overhead projector," Am. J. Phys. 44, 1138-1139.
Burke, W. L. (1980), "The not-so-short beer," Am. J. Phys. 48, 783-784.
Connor, J. G., Jr. (1970), "Schlieren recording system," Am. J. Phys. 38, 385-386.
Enloe, C. L., M. L. Brake, and T. E. Repetti (1990), "Laser deflection through a spark," Am. J. Phys. 58, 400-403.
Fabri, E., G. Fiorio, F. Lazzeri, and P. Violino (1982), "Mirage in the laboratory," Am. J. Phys. 50 (6), 517-20.
Giovanielli, D. V. and R. P. Godwin (1975), "Optics in laser-produced plasmas," Am. J. Phys. 43, 808-817.
Jones, R. (1978), "A demonstration of plasma laser-beam focusing using paint stripper flames," Am. J. Phys. 46, 1197.
Pan, I. (1974), "Measurements of atmospheric refraction," Am. J. Phys. 42, 965-970.
Leming, C. (1982), "Simple schlieren optical system utilizing Schmidt-Cassegrain telescopes," Am. J. Phys. 50 (8), 764-5.
Michaelis, M. M. (1980), "Laser beam guidance by flames," Am. J. Phys. 48, 990-991.
Spagna, G. (1983), "Laser beam deflection by thermal gradient," Am. J. Phys. 51, 475.
Tennekone, K. (1983), "A mirage from a laser," Am. J. Phys. 51, 270-271.
-total internal reflection, evanescent waves, & optical barrier penetration
Akylas, V., J. Kaur, and T. M. Knasel (1976), "Measurement of the longitudinal shift of radiation at total internal reflection by microwave techniques," Am. J. Phys. 44, 77-80.
Albiol, F., S. Navas, and M. V. Andres (1993), "Microwave experiments on electromagnetic evanescent waves and tunneling effect," Am. J. Phys. 61, 165-169.
Blanco, M. A., M. Yuste, and C. Carreras (1997), "Undergraduate experiment designed to show the proportionality between the phase difference and the thickness of a uniaxial crystal," Am. J. Phys. 65 (8), 784-787.
Castro, J. C. (1975), "Optical barrier penetration - a simple experimental arrangement," Am. J. Phys. 43, 107-108.
Coon, D. D. (1966), "Counting photons in the optical barrier penetration experiment," Am. J. Phys. 34, 240-243.
Eaton, B. G. (1985), "Internal reflection demonstration," Am. J. Phys. 53, 182.
Gödney, I., F. J. Kedves, and D. Beke (1977), "Total reflection of light and water waves," Am. J. Phys. 45, 550-553.
Handy, M., K. and G. F. Landegren (1977), "A closer look at optical barrier penetration," Am. J. Phys. 45, 574-575.
Huppert, J. J. and G. Ott (1966), "Electromagnetic analog of the quantum-mechanical tunnel effect," Am. J. Phys. 34, 260-265.
Kodre, A. and J. Strnad (1976), "Optical barrier penetration," Am. J. Phys. 44, 181-182.
Look, D. C., Jr. (1981), "Novel demonstration of total internal refelection," Am. J. Phys. 49, 794.
McDonald, W. J., S. N. Udey, and P. Hickson (1971), "Almost total reflection," Am. J. Phys. 39, 1141-1142.
McDonald, W. J., S. N. Udey, and P. Hickson (1971), "The penetration of light waves beyond a totally reflecting surface," Am. J. Phys. 39, 74-76.
Meiners, H. F. and Committe on Apparatus of the AAPT, Eds. (1965), "Apparatus notes: optical analog for quantum mechanical barrier penetration," Am. J. Phys. 33, No. 5 - xviii.
Papathanassoglou, D. A. and B. Vohnsen (2003), "Direct visualization of evanescent optical waves," Am. J. Phys. 71 (7), 670-7.
Shaw, D. E., M. J. Hones, and F. J. Wunderlich (1973), "Measurements of the reflected and transmitted energies near the critical angle," Am. J. Phys. 41, 561-562.
Weigand, R. and J. M. Guerra (1996), "Demonstration of the evanescent wave through absorption," Am. J. Phys. 64 (7), 913-16.
Zanella, F. P., D. V. Magalhaes, M. M. Oliveira, R. F. Bianchi, L. Misoguti, and C. R. Mendonca (2003), "Frustrated total internal reflection: a simple application and demonstration," Am. J. Phys. 71 (5), 494-6.
Zhu, S., A. W. Yu, D. Hawley, and R. Roy (1986), "Frustrated total internal reflection: a demonstration and review," Am. J. Phys. 54, 601-607.
Afshar, A. R. and A. Thetford (1982), "An experiment to measure frustrated total internal reflection," Eur. J. Phys. 3, 72-74.
Alcazar de Velasco, A. and F. Agullo-Lopez (1994), "Ray model to describe ATR experiments," Eur. J. Phys. 15 (4), 212-16.
-polarization
Azzam, R. M. A. and N. M. Bashara (1977), Ellipsometry and Polarized Light (North-Holland), ISBN 0-444-87016-4 (pb), Call no. QC 443 A96.
Andres, P., A. Pons, and J. Ojeda-Castaneda (1985), "Young's experiment with polarized light: properties and applications," Am. J. Phys. 53, 1085-1088.
Camp, P. R. (1997), "Inexpensive optics for polarized light demonstrations," Am. J. Phys. 65 (5), 449-50.
Carr, E. F. and J. P. McClymer (1991), "A laboratory experiment on interference of polarized light using a liquid crystal," Am. J. Phys. 59, 366-367.
Cox, A. J. (1978), "Quantitative analysis of elliptically polarized light," Am. J. Phys. 46, 302-303.
Fernando, P. C. B. and S. Samarasinghe (1996), "A technique for experimentally observing the polarization ellipse," Am. J. Phys. 64 (5), 565-8.
Fortin, E. (1979), "Fraunhofer diffraction and polarization," Am. J. Phys. 47, 239-240.
Fortin, E. and D. Singh (1981), "Polarization and intensity fluctuations in He-Ne lasers," Am. J. Phys. 49, 891-892.
Freier, G. and B. G. Eaton (1975), "Optical activity demonstration," Am. J. Phys. 43, 939.
Lai, H. M., L. Leung, K. Lee, and K. P. Chik (1986), "Mechanical analog of optical retarders," Am. J. Phys. 54 (5), 455-8.
Mayes, T. W. (1976), "Polar intensity profile of elliptically polarized light," Am. J. Phys. 44, 1101-1103.
Mayes, T. W. (1977), "Further comment on "Polar intensity profile of elliptically polarized light" [T. W. Mayes, Am. J. Phys. 44, 1101 (1976)]," Am. J. Phys. 45, 874.
Ouseph, P. J., K. Driver, and J. Conklin (2001), "Polarization of light by reflection and the Brewster angle," Am. J. Phys. 69 (11), 1166-8.
Perkalskis, B. S. and J. R. Freeman (1998), "Demonstrating Fresnel's model for optical activity," Am. J. Phys. 66 (5), 452-3.
Racey, T. J., P. Rochon, and N. Gauthier (1985), "Effect of light polarization on the diffraction pattern of small wires," Am. J. Phys. 53, 783-786.
Shaw, D. E., F. J. Wunderlich, and M. J. Hones (1977), "Polarization characteristics of scattered light," Am. J. Phys. 45, 638-639.
Tanguay, A. R., Jr. (1977), "Comment on "Polar intensity profile of elliptically polarized light" [T. W. Mayes, Am. J. Phys. 44, 1101 (1976)]," Am. J. Phys. 45, 873-874.
Taylor, B. M. and E. R. Wallace (1972), "Standing waves by oblique incidence on a mirror," Am. J. Phys. 40, 839-843.
Treseter, S. (1993), "On determining the phase difference introduced by a phase plaste producing elliptically polarized light," Am. J. Phys. 61, 62-66.
Trester, S. (1993), "On determining the phase difference introduced by a phase plate producing elliptically polarized light," Am. J. Phys. 61 (1), 62-6.
Woolsey, G. A. (1982), "Correlation of changes in laser tube temperature, cavity length, and beam polarization for an internal mirror helium-neon laser," Am. J. Phys. 50, 936-940.
Auerbach, D. (2000), "Optical polarization without tools," Eur. J. Phys. 21 (1), 13-17.
Benenson, R. E. (2000), "Light polarization by transmission: a laboratory experiment," Eur. J. Phys. 21 (6), 571-8.
Garel, T. (2003), "Wave propagation in a chiral fluid: an undergraduate study," Eur. J. Phys. 24 (5), 507-17.
Ovcharenko, A. P. and V. D. Yegorenkov (2002), "Teaching students to observe Haidinger brushes," Eur. J. Phys. 23 (2), 123-5.
Richards, D. A. (1981), "Polarised light and the measurement of birefringence," Phys. Educ. 16, 336-339.
Ruddock, I. S. (1986), "Polarisation experiments with a Fresnel biprism," Phys. Educ. 21, 122-123.
-Faraday rotation
Briggs, E. M. and R. W. Peterson (1993), "Liquid cell Faraday modulator," Am. J. Phys. 61, 186-187.
Budker, D., D. J. Orlando, and V. Yashchuk (1999), "Nonlinear laser spectroscopy and magneto-optics," Am. J. Phys. 67 (7), 584-592.
Jain, A., J. Kumar, F. Zhou, L. Li, and S. Tripathy (1999), "A simple experiment for determining Verdet constants using alternating current magnetic fields," Am. J. Phys. 67 (8), 714-17.
Kraftmakher, Y. (2006), "Lock-in detection with DataStudio," Am. J. Phys. 74 (3), 207-10.
Loeffler, F. J. (1983), "A Faraday rotation experiment for the undergraduate laboratory," Am. J. Phys. 51, 661-663.
Pedrotti, F. L. and P. Bandettini (1990), "Faraday rotation in the undergraduate advanced laboratory," Am. J. Phys. 58, 542-5.
Van Baak, D. A. (1996), "Resonant Faraday rotation as a probe of atomic dispersion," Am. J. Phys. 64 (6), 724-35.
Yan, K. L. and W. P. Lonc, S. J. (1975), "Microwave Faraday rotation," Am. J. Phys. 43, 718-720.
Rousseaux, G., P. Coullet, and J. -M. Gilli (2005), "Amplitude equations for mechanical analogues of Faraday and nonlinear optical rotations," Eur. J. Phys. 26 (6), 1065-78.
-diffraction & interference
Beeston, B. E. P., R. W. Horne, and R. Markham (1972), Electron Diffraction and Optical Diffraction Techniques (North-Holland / Amercian Elsevier), ISBN 0-444-10411-9 (pb).
Cowley, J. M. (1981), Diffraction Physics, 2nd revised ed. (North-Holland), ISBN 0-444-86925-5 (pb), Call no. QC 415 C75 1981.
Eichler, H. J., P. Günter, and D. W. Pohl (1986), Laser-induced dynamic gratings (Springer), ISBN 0-387-15875-8.
Taylor, C. A. (1978), Images: a unified view of diffraction and image formation with all kinds of radiation (Wykeham Publications), ISBN 0-85109-620-4 (pb).
Allen, R. B. (1971), "Laser, crossed diffraction gratings, and smoke box," Am. J. Phys. 39, 1271-1272.
Andres, P., A. Pons, and J. Ojeda-Castaneda (1985), "Young's experiment with polarized light: properties and applications," Am. J. Phys. 53, 1085-1088.
Andrews, C. L. (1971), "Demonstration of Babinet's principle," Am. J. Phys. 39, 122-123.
Andrews, C. L. (1976), "Demonstration of physical optics with 1.0-cm wavelength," Am. J. Phys. 44, 628-629.
Asher, S. (1979), "Simple photographic method for producing narrow optical diffraction slits," Am. J. Phys. 47, 554-555.
Ayers, R. D. (1983), "A spherical viewing screen for diffraction patterns," Am. J. Phys. 51, 820-823.
Bacon, M. E. and M. Varga (1985), "Apparatus for intensity measurements of interference patterns," Am. J. Phys. 53, 599-600.
Bahuguna, R. D., A. B. Western, and S. Lee (1988), "Young's double-slit experiment using speckle photography," Am. J. Phys. 56, 531-3.
Baierlein, R. and v. Miglus (1991), "Illustrating double-slit interference: yer another way," Am. J. Phys. 59, 857.
Barik, T. K., A. Roy, and S. Kar (2005), "A simple experiment on diffraction of light by interfering liquid surface waves," Am. J. Phys. 73 (8), 725-729.
Basano, L. and P. Ottonello (2000), "Interference fringes from stabilized diode lasers," Am. J. Phys. 68 (3), 245-247.
Basano, L., R. Chittofrati, S. Crivello, E. Piano, and C. Pontiggia (1997), "Simple setup for detecting interference fringes produced by independent lasers," Am. J. Phys. 65 (10), 996-1000.
Belsley, M. (1992), "Comment on "Newton's rings: a classroom demonstration with a He-Ne laser," by A. F. Leung and Jiyeon Ester Lee [Am. J. Phys. 59, 662-664 (1991)]," Am. J. Phys. 60, 1044-1045.
Benko, Z., M. Hilbert, and Z. Bor (2000), "New considerations on Talbot's bands," Am. J. Phys. 68 (6), 513-520.
Bennett, C. A. (1990), "A computer-assisted experiment in single-slit diffraction and spatial filtering," Am. J. Phys. 58, 75-8.
Berko, S., Y. G. Lee, F. Wright, Jr., and J. Rosenfeld (1970), "Undergraduate laser diffraction experiments using large objects," Am. J. Phys. 38, 348-352.
Bernard, R. (1972), "Interference of two cylindrical waves," Am. J. Phys. 40, 201-202.
Bianchetti, G. B. and S. Ganci (1986), "A demonstration experiment to display diffraction patterns on an oscilloscope," Am. J. Phys. 54, 283-284.
Bloor, D. (1966), "Advanced optical experiment - an extension," Am. J. Phys. 34, 624.
Boyer, R. and E. Fortin (1972), "Intensity measurements in a Fresnel diffraction pattern," Am. J. Phys. 40, 74-76.
Brown, D. C. and T. L. Rome (1972), " A simple demonstration of the interference and coherence of light," Am. J. Phys. 40, 470-471.
Burch, D. S. (1985), "Fresnel diffraction by a circular aperture," Am. J. Phys. 53.
Burch, K. D., J. L. Huang, and R. G. Greenler (1985), "Optical simulation of low-energy electron diffraction patterns," Am. J. Phys. 53, 237-242.
Carpenter, C. R. (1971), "Supports for microwave diffraction studies," Am. J. Phys. 39, 120-121.
Catunda, T., J. Sartori, and L. A. O. Nunes (1998), "Plane wave interference: A didactic experiment to measure the wavelength of light," Am. J. Phys. 66 (6), 548-9.
Chiang, C. (1973), "On the Young's intereference pattern," Am. J. Phys. 41, 422-423.
Crawford, F. S. (1971), "Variations on a famous white light experiment of Isaac Newton," Am. J. Phys. 39, 1538-1539.
Curry, S. M. and A. L. Schawlow (1974), "Measuring the diameter of a hair by diffraction," Am. J. Phys. 42, 412-413.
Curtis, C. W. and W. J. van Sciver (1972), "Diffraction, transforms and spatial filtering," Am. J. Phys. 40, 1684-1687.
Davies, G. R. (1982), "Display of interference in highly convergent linearly polarized white light," Am. J. Phys. 50, 1051-1052.
Davis, L. M. and C. Parigger (1994), "Comment on "Interference fringes between two separate lasers", by F. Louradour, F. Reynaud, B. Colombeau, and C. Froehly [Am. J. Phys. 61(3), 242-245 (1993)]," Am. J. Phys. 62 (10), 951-2.
De Fontaine, D., K. A. Jackson, and C. E. Miller (1969), "Optical diffraction from a two-dimensional array of spheres," Am. J. Phys. 37, 789-792.
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Belansky, R. H. and K. H. Wanser (1993), "Laser Doppler velocimetry using a bulk optic Michelson interferometer: a student laboratory experiment," Am. J. Phys. 61 (11), 1014-1019.
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Bhatia, K. S. (1984), "Study of longitudinal mode structure of laser by optical spectrum analyzer," Am. J. Phys. 52, 738-741.
Blatt, J. H., D. S. Porterfield, and D. J. Ulmer (1973), "A scanning interferometer and high gain photodiode detector-amplifier for Fourier transform spectroscopy," Am. J. Phys. 41, 116-117.
Blatt, J. H., P. Pollard, and S. Sandilands (1974), "Simple automatic fringe counter for interfometric measurement of the index of refraction of gases," Am. J. Phys. 42, 1029-1030.
Boyd, R. A., J. L. Bliss, and K. G. Libbrecht (1996), "Teaching physics with 670-nm diode lasers-experiments with Fabry-Perot cavities," Am. J. Phys. 64 (9), 1109-1116.
Brickner, R. G., L. A. Kappers, and F. P. Lipschultz (1979), "Determination of the speed of light by measurement of the beat frequency of internal laser modes," Am. J. Phys. 47, 1086-1087.
Cormack, I. G., F. Baumann, and D. T. Reid (2000), "Measurement of group velocity dispersion using white light interferometry: A teaching laboratory experiment," Am. J. Phys. 68 (12), 1146-50.
Da Costa, G., G. Kiedansky, and R. Siri (1988), "Optoelectronic seismograph using a Michelson interferometer with a sliding mirror," Am. J. Phys. 56, 993-7.
Das, J. N. (1971), "On production of circular white light fringes with Michelson's interferometer," Am. J. Phys. 39, 334.
Davis, J. and T. M. Rynne (1977), "Visible spectroscopic studies with Fourier transform interferometry," Am. J. Phys. 45, 166-169.
Davis, L. W. and G. Patsakos (1987), "A spherical mirror Fabry-Perot interferometer for microwave demonstrations," Am. J. Phys. 55, 917-20.
Diamond, J. B., D. P. Donnelly, J. D. Breault, and M. E. McCarthy (1990), "Measuring small vibrations with interferometry," Am. J. Phys. 58, 919-22.
du Marchie van Voorthuysen, E. H. (1996), "Realization of an interaction-free measurement of the presence of an object in a light beam," Am. J. Phys. 64 (12), 1504-7.
Epstein, L. (1971), "Dakin's crazy interferometer," Am. J. Phys. 39, 1384.
Farahi, F. and T. W. Mayes (1994), "Demonstration of optical logic operations using fiber-optic interferometry," Am. J. Phys. 62 (5), 467-9.
Feinberg, R. (1982), "Observing the transverse modes of an optical resonator," Am. J. Phys. 50, 90.
Fenichel, H., H. Frankena, and F. Groen (1984), "Experiments on diffusion in liquids using holographic interferometry," Am. J. Phys. 52, 735-738.
Ferguson, J. L. (1982), "Thermal window interferometer," Am. J. Phys. 50, 1021-1024.
Fletcher, C. D. and C. Orzel (2005), "Construction and calibration of a low cost Fabry-Perot interferometer for spectroscopy experiments," Am. J. Phys. 73 (12), 1135-8.
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French, A. P. and J. H. Smith (1965), "Low-cost Fabry-Perot interferometers," Am. J. Phys. 33, 532-534.
Freschi, A. A., N. R. Caetano, G. A. Santarine, and R. Hessel (2003), "Laser interferometric characterization of a vibrating speaker system," Am. J. Phys. 71 (11), 1121-6.
Fritz, D. J. and D. J. McLaughlin (1993), "Optical path difference measurements with a Michelson interferometer using a frequency modulated continuous wave ranging technique," Am. J. Phys. 61 (11), 1028-31.
Gagliardi, L. J. (1974), "Simple laser test for uniform carriage motion in interferometers," Am. J. Phys. 42, 249-250.
Gilheany, J. J. (1971), "Optical homodyning, thoery and experiments," Am. J. Phys. 39, 507-512.
Grove, T. T. (2003), "A low-cost scanning Fabry-Perot cavity for laser experiments," Am. J. Phys. 71 (2), 184-5.
Grover, C. P., G. Bouillon, and G. Tremblay (1984), "Simple gauge-length measuring interferometer for classroom demonstration," Am. J. Phys. 52, 563-565.
Hariharan, P. (1993), "The geomatic phase: a simple optical demonstration," Am. J. Phys. 61 (7), 591-4.
Hey, J. D., H. S. T. Driver, and D. B. Fish (1988), "The refractivity of helium and its measurement by laser interferometry," Am. J. Phys. 56, 646-52.
Hilton, W. A. (1972), "Modifications of apparatus for fringe visibility with a Michelson interferometer," Am. J. Phys. 40, 629-630.
Hong Lin, D. W. Weir, A. Yousuf, and S. Bergman (1998), "A unidirectional photorefractive ring resonator oscillating at 633 nm," Am. J. Phys. 66 (7), 597-600.
Jacobs, S. F. and R. Zanoni (1982), "Laser ring gyro of arbitrary shape and rotation axis," Am. J. Phys. 50, 659-60.
Kane, D. M. (1991), "The use of a nearly confocal interferometer for the study of transverse modes of a cavity," Am. J. Phys. 59, 235-238.
Kelly, P. S. (1979), "Doppler beats or interference fringes," Am. J. Phys. 47, 378.
Korent, J. (1973), "Fringes discerned by a fringerator," Am. J. Phys. 41, 1294-1295.
Kovacs, A. P., K. Varju, K. Osvay, and Zs. Bor (1998), "On the formation of white-light interference fringes," Am. J. Phys. 66 (11), 985-9.
Kovaltchouk, A. G., R. G. Brzezenski, and J. M. Bagarazzi (1973), "Double-exposure interferometry," Am. J. Phys. 41, 1106-1108.
Malacara, D. (1970), "Dependence of the power output of He-Ne lasers on the cavity configuration," Am. J. Phys. 38, 327-330.
Mellen, W. R. (1990), "Interference patterns from circularly polarized light using a Michelson interferometer," Am. J. Phys. 58, 580-581.
Monzon, J. J. and L. L. Sanchez-Soto (1996), "On the concept of absorption for a Fabry-Perot interferometer," Am. J. Phys. 64 (2), 156-63.
Moore, F. L., Jr. (1971), "Michelson interferometer alignment," Am. J. Phys. 39, 1395.
Mulligan, J. F. (1998), "Who were Fabry and Perot?," Am. J. Phys. 66 (9), 797-802.
Nachman, P. (1995), "Mach-Zehnder interferometer as an instructional tool," Am. J. Phys. 63 (1), 39-43.
Nachman, P. and A. C. Bernstein (1997), "Scanning, spherical-mirror Fabry-Perot interferometer: an upper-division optics laboratory experiment," Am. J. Phys. 65 (3), 202-13.
Nachman, P., P. M. Pellegrino, and A. C. Bernstein (1997), "Mechanical resonance detected with a Michelson interferometer," Am. J. Phys. 65 (5), 441-3.
Norman, J. B. (1992), "Phase-conjugate Michelson interferometers for all-optical image processing and computing," Am. J. Phys. 60, 212-220.
Parma, E. M. and B. C. Thompson (1971), "Interferometer deomstrations for large classes," Am. J. Phys. 39, 1091-1092.
Perkalskis, B. S. and J. R. Freeman (1996), "Fabry-Perot interferometers for lecture demonstrations and laboratories," Am. J. Phys. 64 (9), 1210-12.
Pernick, B. J. and K. G. Leib (1978), "The formation and optimization of interferometric fringes," Am. J. Phys. 46, 90-93.
Peterson, R. W. (1975), "Coupled-cavity interferometer for the optics laboratory," Am. J. Phys. 43, 940-941.
Phelps, F. M., III (1965), "Comments on 'Construction and ise of Fabry-Perot interferometer' [W. A. Hilton, Am .J. Phys. 30, 724 (1962)]," Am. J. Phys. 33, 1088-1090.
Phelps, F. M., III. (1965), "Comments on 'Low cost Fabry-Perot interferometers' [A. P. French & J. H. Smith, Am. J. Phys. 33, 532 (1965)]," Am. J. Phys. 33, 1088.
Phillips, R. A. and R. D. Gehrz (1970), "Laser mode structure experiments for undergraduate laboratories," Am. J. Phys. 38, 429-433.
Podoleanu, A. Gh. and I. M. Popescu (1989), "Some simple experimental studies using a passive cavity coupled to a He-Ne laser cavity for practice in a quantum electronics laboratory," Am. J. Phys. 57, 646-54.
Robinson, D. A. (1975), "Detector for axial laser modes," Am. J. Phys. 43, 652.
Roychoudhuri, C. (1975), "Demonstrations using a Fabry-Perot. I. Multiple-slit interference," Am. J. Phys. 43, 1054-1056.
Roychoudhuri, C. and R. H. Noble (1975), "Demonstrations using a Fabry-Perot. II. Laser modes display," Am. J. Phys. 43, 1057-1059.
Ruddock, I. S. (1980), "Experimental studies of the He-Ne laser: resonators and self-locking," Am. J. Phys. 48, 873-876.
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Schneider, M. B. and I. A. LaPuma (2002), "A simple experiment for discussion of quantum interference and which-way measurement," Am. J. Phys. 70 (3), 266-71.
Seeley, F. B., J. E. Alexander, R. W. Connatser, J. S. Conway, and J. P. Dowling (1993), "Dipole radiators in a cavity: a radio frequency analog for the modification of atomic spontaneous emission rates between mirrors," Am. J. Phys. 61 (6), 545-50.
ten Bosch, J. J. and M. J. A. de Voigt (1966), "Interferometric study of the modes of a visible gas laser with a Michelson interferometer," Am. J. Phys. 34, 479-482.
Turtle, R. R. (1976), "Absorption phase shift interferometer," Am. J. Phys. 44, 794-796.
Verovnik, I. and A. Likar (1988), "A fluctuation interferometer," Am. J. Phys. 56, 231-234.
Whitlatch, N. (1990), "Spectrum analysis of optical resonators," Am. J. Phys. 58, 556-60.
Wilson, H. W. (1965), "Low-cost Fabry-Perot interferometers," Am. J. Phys. 33, 1090.
Wilson, J. H. and D. E. Loder (1974), "Fringe intensity photometer," Am. J. Phys. 42, 77.
Wolf, E. L. (1982), "Quantized angular momenta in the laser gyro," Am. J. Phys. 50, 660-2.
Woolsey, G. A. (1973), "Laser optics experiments with glass plates and a modified Jamin interferometer," Am. J. Phys. 41, 255-259.
Young, P. A. and D. E. O'Connor (1970), "White light fringes obtained with the Michelson interferometer," Am. J. Phys. 38, 1390-1395.
Zadler, B. J., A. Gret, and J. A. Scales (2005), "Spectroscopy versus interferometry: resolving small changes," Am. J. Phys. 73 (9), 837-44.
Zajonc, A. G. (1982), "Measurement of spectral line splittings with scanning, student-grade Fabry-Perot interferometer," Am. J. Phys. 50, 404-6.
de Izarra, C. (2001), "The Ashby and Jephcott interferometer," Eur. J. Phys. 22 (4), 429-32.
Donges, A. (1997), "A Fabry-Perot interferometer as an optical feedback system," Eur. J. Phys. 18 (5), 338-42.
Haag, H. W., E. W. Otten, M. Schick, and Ch. Weinheimer (1999), "Dispersion relations measured at the D_2 resonance of ^85Rb," Eur. J. Phys. 20 (3), 231-9.
McKee, D. J., J. F. H. Nicholls, and I. S. Ruddock (1995), "Interferometric measurement of refractive index," Eur. J. Phys. 16 (3), 127-34.
Miffre, A., R. Delhuille, B. Viaris de Lesegno, M. Buchner, C. Rizzo, and J. Vigue (2002), "The three-grating Mach-Zehnder optical interferometer: a tutorial approach using particle optics," Eur. J. Phys. 23 (6), 623-35.
Verovnik, I. and A. Likar (2004), "The Michelson interferometer-how to detect invisible interference patterns," Eur. J. Phys. 25 (6), 801-6.
Bruce, P. J., C. R. Emslie, and I. J. Hodgkinson (1986), "A Fabry-perot solid etalon for teaching," Phys. Educ. 21, 94-97.
Fendley, J. J. (1982), "Measurement of refractive index using a Michelson interferometer," Phys. Educ. 17, 209-211.
Rutherford, S. (1985), "Two experiments using a laser," Phys. Educ. 20, 234-244.
Tolansky, S. (1970), "Multiple beam interferometry in elementary teaching," Phys. Educ. 5, 1-7.
-light scattering & atmospheric optics
Berne, B. J. and R. Pecora (1976), Dynamical Light Scattering: with Applications to Chemistry, Biology,and Physics (Wiley), ISBN 0-471-07100, Call no. QC 427.4 B47.
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Bohren, C. F. and D. R. Huffman (1983), Absorption and Scattering of Light by Small Particles (Wiley), ISBN 0-471-05772-X, Call no. QC 882 B63 1983.
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Arny, T. T. (1987), "Demonstrating atmospheric diffraction rings with a tensor lamp," Am. J. Phys. 55, 87.
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Bickel, W. S. and W. M. Bailey (1985), "Stokes vectors, Mueller matrices, and polarized scattered light," Am. J. Phys. 53, 468-478.
Bohren, C. F. (1987), "Multiple scattering of light and some of its observable consequences," Am. J. Phys. 55, 524-533.
Chadda, S. and S. P. M. Rao (1979), "Determination of ultrasonic velocity in liquids using optical diffraction by short acoustic pulses," Am. J. Phys. 47, 464-465.
Clark, N. A. and J. H. Lunacek (1969), "A study of Brownian motion using light scattering," Am. J. Phys. 37, 853-854.
Clark, N. A., J. H. Lunacek, and G. B. Benedek (1970), "A study of Brownian motion using light scattering," Am. J. Phys. 38, 575-585.
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Cox, A. J., A. J. DeWeerd, and J. Linden (2002), "An experiment to measure Mie and Rayleigh total scattering cross sections," Am. J. Phys. 70 (6), 620-5.
Crawford, F. S. (1988), "Rainbow dust," Am. J. Phys. 56, 1006-1008.
Cumpson, P. J. (1990), "Light scattering by fibers: an analysis using the partial wave phase-shift formalism of quantum mechanics," Am. J. Phys. 58, 659-663.
Daw, H. A. (1990), "A 360-degree rainbow demonstration," Am. J. Phys. 58, 593-595.
Drake, R. M. and J. E. Gordon (1985), "Mie scattering," Am. J. Phys. 53, 955-962.
Eaton, B. G. and J. B. Johnston (1985), "More about light scattering demonstrations," Am. J. Phys. 53, 184-185.
Enloe, C. L., M. L. Brake, and T. E. Repetti (1990), "Laser deflection through a spark," Am. J. Phys. 58, 400-403.
Fischbach, F. A. and J. S. Bond (1984), "Frauenhofer diffraction patterns of microparticles," Am. J. Phys. 52, 519-521.
Gilliar, W., W. S. Bickel, G. Videen, and D. Hoar (1987), "Light scattering from fibers: an extension of a single-slit diffraction experiment," Am. J. Phys. 55, 555-9.
Gillis, P., C. Deleuze, and J. M. Lesceux (1982), "Backscattering of light from a water droplet: the glory effect," Am. J. Phys. 50, 416-421.
Goldburg, W. I. (1999), "Dynamic light scattering," Am. J. Phys. 67 (12), 1152-60.
Harsch, J. and J. D. Walker (1975), "Double rainbow and dark band in searchlight beam," Am. J. Phys. 43, 453-455.
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Johnson, D. C. and R. Shine (1970), "Brillouin scattering in toluene," Am. J. Phys. 38, 617-619.
Kang, P. and F. C. Young (1972), "Diffraction of laser light by ultrasound in liquid," Am. J. Phys. 40, 697-704.
Klipstein, W. M., J. S. Radnich, and S. K. Lamoreaux (1996), "Thermally excited liquid surface waves and their study through the quasielastic scattering of light," Am. J. Phys. 64 (6), 758-65.
Kokhanovsky, A. A. (2004), "Single light scattering: bubbles versus droplets," Am. J. Phys. 72 (2), 258-63.
Moore, W. S. (1971), "A multipurpose laser demonstration experiment," Am. J. Phys. 39, 1536-1537.
Morgan, J. and R. J. Lysiak (1966), "Studies of laser light scattered by a mivong surface," Am. J. Phys. 34, 433-436.
Morse, P. (1985), "Waves and targets: generalizations and specifics," Am. J. Phys. 53, 25-42.
Mowery, A. C. and D. T. Jacobs (1983), "Undergraduate experiment in critical phenomena: light scattering in a binary fluid mixture," Am. J. Phys. 51, 542-545.
Neeson, J. F. and S. Austin (1975), "Sound velocity and diffraction intensity measurements based on Raman-Nath theory of the interaction light and ultrasound," Am. J. Phys. 43, 984-986.
Neeson, J. F., K. C. Lum, and E. Blazejewski (1977), "Extension of sound velocity measurements based on Rama-Nath theory," Am. J. Phys. 45, 299-301.
Orwig, L. and G. Schrank (1979), "Simple laser scattering experiment for biolgoy-oriented physics labs," Am. J. Phys. 47, 500-502.
Pan, I. (1974), "Measurements of atmospheric refraction," Am. J. Phys. 42, 965-970.
Pierce, D. T. and R. L. Byer (1973), "Experiments on the interaction of light and sound for the advanced laboratory," Am. J. Phys. 41, 314-325.
Poggi, G. and C. Pontiggia (1969), "The mirage in the lab," Am. J. Phys. 37, 332.
Pollack, S. A. (1972), "Optical radar for educational demonstrations," Am. J. Phys. 40, 1705-1706.
Pontiggia, C. and L. Zefiro (1974), "An experiment on interference in scattered light," Am. J. Phys. 42, 692-694.
Price, R. M. and K. M. Parrish (1982), "Simple light scattering demonstration," Am. J. Phys. 50, 473-474.
Reed, R. A. (1990), "Simple lecture demonstration for the nonlinear behavior of absorption in a scattering medium," Am. J. Phys. 58, 697.
Rinard, P. M. (1974), "Determination of particle size by diffraction of light," Am. J. Phys. 42, 320-325.
Schumacher, R. T. (1986), "Brownian motion by light scattering revisited," Am. J. Phys. 54, 137-41.
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Sharma, N. L., E. R. Behringer, and R. C. Crombez (2003), "A study of electric dipole radiation via scattering of polarized laser light," Am. J. Phys. 71 (12), 1294-302.
Shaw, D. E., F. J. Wunderlich, and M. J. Hones (1977), "Polarization characteristics of scattered light," Am. J. Phys. 45, 638-639.
Shaw, D. E., M. J. Hones, and F. J. Wunderlich (1973), "Quantitative, molecular light-scattering experiment," Am. J. Phys. 41, 1229-1232.
Stoller, R. (1976), "Viewing Brownian motion with laser light," Am. J. Phys. 44, 188.
Vollmer, M. (2003), "A simple method for estimating the thickness of the atmosphere by light scattering," Am. J. Phys. 71 (10), 979-83.
Weiner, I., M. Rust, and T. D. Donnelly (2001), "Particle size determination: An undergraduate lab in Mie scattering," Am. J. Phys. 69 (2), 129-36.
Weisbuch, G. and F. Garbay (1979), "Light scattered by surface tension waves," Am. J. Phys. 47, 355-356.
Bacon, M. E., W. J. Johnson, and M. A. Day (1986), "Experiments in differential light scattering of fluids," Eur. J. Phys. 7, 259-265.
Jurado Vargas, M., P. Merchan Benitez, and F. Sanchez Bajo (2000), "Atmospheric extinction of stellar radiation in the optical domain," Eur. J. Phys. 21 (3), 245-52.
Pesic, P. (2005), "Estimating Avogadro's number from skylight and airlight," Eur. J. Phys. 26 (1), 183-7.
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Walker, J. D. (1985), "Multiple rainbows from single drops of water and other liquids," Phys. Educ. 20, 421-433.
-optical phase conjugation & adaptive optics
Ghosh, P. K. and P. P. Banerjee (1993), "A simplified physical picture of phase conjugation using k-space formalism and ray optics," Am. J. Phys. 61 (3), 237-41.
Gilheany, J. J. (1971), "Optical homodyning, thoery and experiments," Am. J. Phys. 39, 507-512.
Russell, B. R. (1986), "Demonstrations of relative phase effects in optical systems," Am. J. Phys. 54, 851-852.
Moosad, K. P. B. (1989), "Optical phase conjugation for postgraduates," Eur. J. Phys. 10, 133-135.
-electro-optics, magneto-optics & acousto-optics
Jones, K. A. (1987), Introduction to optical electronics (Harper & Row), ISBN 0-06-04344-9, Call no. TA 1750 J66 1987.
Mourou, G. A., D. M. Bloom, and C. -H. Lee (1985), Picosecond electronics and optoelectronics (Springer), ISBN 0-387-15884-7, Call no. TA 1673 P53 1985.
Yariv, A. (1989), Quantum Electronics, 3rd ed. (Wiley), ISBN 0-471-60997-8, Call no. QC 688 Y37 1988.
Yariv, A. (1976), Introduction to Optical Electronics, 2nd ed. (Holt Reinhart), ISBN 0-03-089892-7, Call no. TA 1675 Y37 1976.
Ageev, L. A. a. Y., V. D. (1999), "A device for demonstrating interference fringes and electro-optic effect in crystals," Am. J. Phys. 67 (9), 837-838.
Burdette, E. L. and G. Hughes (1970), "Frequency shifting of light by means of a Kerr cell," Am. J. Phys. 38, 1326-1330.
Deblaquieere, J. A., K. C. Harvey, and A. K. Hemann (1991), "Time-of-flight measurement of the speed of light using an acousto-optic modulator," Am. J. Phys. 59, 443-447.
Knudsen, A. (1975), "The Kerr effect in nitobenzene - a student experiment," Am. J. Phys. 43, 888-894.
Kroeger, F. R. and R. E. Pontinen (1974), "Kerr cell driver," Am. J. Phys. 42, 425-426.
Ofer, H., H. J. Jodl, and G. Theysohn (1986), "Experiments on electro-optic effects with a ceramic dielectric," Am. J. Phys. 54, 625-631.
Page, D. N. and C. D. Geilker (1972), "Measuring the speed of light with a laser and Pockels cell," Am. J. Phys. 40, 86-88.
Peiponen, K. -E. and T. Tsuboi (1992), "Teaching the optical memories," Am. J. Phys. 60, 455-456.
Peterson, C. W., J. Parlett, and R. S. Crandall (1979), "The physics of electrochromism: an advanced laboratory experiment," Am. J. Phys. 47, 772-775.
Pierce, D. T. and R. L. Byer (1973), "Experiments on the interaction of light and sound for the advanced laboratory," Am. J. Phys. 41, 314-325.
Rush, W. F. and J. E. Heubler (1982), "Photoacoustic effect demonstration," Am. J. Phys. 50, 669.
Selvarajan, A. and B. S. Ramakrishna (1979), "Laser communication system using the ultrasonic light modulator," Am. J. Phys. 47, 282-283.
Tanner, B. K. (1980), "Magneto-optical experiments on rare-earth garnet films," Am. J. Phys. 48, 59-63.
Ting-Chung Poon, M. D. McNeill, and D. J. Moore (1997), "Modern optical signal processing experiments demonstrating intensity and pulse-width modulation using an acousto-optic modulator," Am. J. Phys. 65 (9), 917-25.
Ofer, H., H. J. Jodl, and G. Theysohn (1985), "Experiments on electro-optic effects with a ceramic dielectric," Eur. J. Phys. 6, 249-256.
Parslow, K., B. R. Jennings, and H. H. Trimm (1984), "The transient Kerr effect," Eur. J. Phys. 5, 88-93.
-optical memory
Peiponen, K. -E. and T. Tsuboi (1992), "Teaching the optical memories," Am. J. Phys. 60, 455-456.
-nonlinear optics
Budker, D., D. J. Orlando, and V. Yashchuk (1999), "Nonlinear laser spectroscopy and magneto-optics," Am. J. Phys. 67 (7), 584-592.
Hong Lin, D. W. Weir, A. Yousuf, and S. Bergman (1998), "A unidirectional photorefractive ring resonator oscillating at 633 nm," Am. J. Phys. 66 (7), 597-600.
Hong Shi, Yan Lin, S. Carney, A. Zygmunt, and J. R. Thompson (1995), "Nonlinear crosstalk in a multichannel fiber-optic communication system," Am. J. Phys. 63 (11), 1033-8.
Lau, C. S. and J. Shy (1991), "A student experiment on optical bistability," Am. J. Phys. 59, 54-56.
Matlin, M. D. and D. J. McGee (1997), "Photorefractive nonlinear optics in the undergraduate physics laboratory," Am. J. Phys. 65 (7), 622-34.
McConville, S., D. Laurent, A. Guarino, and S. Residori (2005), "Measurement of the giant nonlinear response of dye-doped liquid crystals," Am. J. Phys. 73 (5), 425-32.
McGee, D. J. and M. D. Matlin (2001), "Photorefractive polymers: Materials science, thin-film fabrication, and experiments in volume holography," Am. J. Phys. 69 (10), 1055-63.
Payton, B. W. (1992), "Two-quantum absorption: an undergraduate's experiment in nonlinear optics," Am. J. Phys. 60, 1033-1039.
Peiponen, K. -E., R. Uma Maheswari, T. Jaaskelainen, and Cong Gu (1993), "Demonstrating nonlinear optical phenomena with Chinese tea," Am. J. Phys. 61 (10), 937-8.
Pereira, F., J. R. Salcedo, and M. Belsley (1995), "Intrinsic optical bistability in a semiconductor doped glass filter," Am. J. Phys. 63 (9), 844-9.
Reed, R. A. (1990), "Simple lecture demonstration for the nonlinear behavior of absorption in a scattering medium," Am. J. Phys. 58, 697.
Skinner, I. M. and S. J. Garth (1990), "Reconciliation of esu and mksa units in nonlinear optics," Am. J. Phys. 58, 177-181.
Zhang, H. Y., X. H. He, S. H. Tang, and M. H. Kuok (1990), "Optical bistability experimentation with liquid dyes," Am. J. Phys. 58, 994-6.
Indebetouw, G. and T. J. Zukowski (1984), "Nonlinear optical effects in absorbing fluids: some undergraduate experiments," Eur. J. Phys. 5, 129-134.
Rousseaux, G., P. Coullet, and J. -M. Gilli (2005), "Amplitude equations for mechanical analogues of Faraday and nonlinear optical rotations," Eur. J. Phys. 26 (6), 1065-78.
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Ruddock, I. S. and G. Scott (1983), "Nonlinear optical experiments with solid state lasers," Eur. J. Phys. 4, 45-47.
Tebaldi, M. and N. Bolognini (1996), "Experiments with an optical converter," Eur. J. Phys. 17 (4), 236-43.
-holography, speckle & coherence
Collier, R. J. and C. B. a. L. Burckhardt, Lawrence H. (1971), Optical Holography (student edition) (Academic Press), ISBN 0-12-181052-6 (pb).
Hariharan, P. (1986), Optical Holography: Principles, Techniques, and Applications (Cambridge Univ. Press), ISBN 0-521-31163-2 (pb), Call no. QC 449.
Jones, R. and C. Wykes (1989), Holographic and Speckle Interferometry, 2nd ed. (Cambridge), ISBN 0-521-34417-4, Call no. TA 1555 J76 1988.
Smith, H. M. (1975), Principals of Holography, 2nd ed. (Wiley), ISBN 0-471-80341-3, Call no. QC 449 S6 1975.
Stroke, G. W. (1966), An Introduction to Coherent Optics and Holography (Academic).
Vikram, C. S. (1992), Particle field holography (Cambridge University Press), ISBN 0-521-41127-0, Call no. TA 418.78 V55 1992.
Aggarwal, A. K. and P. C. Gupta (1978), "Scatter light interference using laser speckles," Am. J. Phys. 46, 1193-1194.
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Baez, A. V. and G. Castro (1999), "A laboratory demonstration of the three-dimensional nature of in-line holography," Am. J. Phys. 67 (10), 876-879.
Bahuguna, R. D. and S. Lee (1988), "Displacement measurement by sandwich speckle photography," Am. J. Phys. 56, 907-9.
Bahuguna, R. D., A. B. Western, and S. Lee (1988), "Experiment in time-average holographic interferometry for the undergraduate laboratory," Am. J. Phys. 56, 718-21.
Bahuguna, R. D., A. B. Western, and S. Lee (1988), "Young's double-slit experiment using speckle photography," Am. J. Phys. 56, 531-3.
Basano, L. and P. Ottonello (2000), "A simple demonstration of the Alford-Gold effect using a diode laser and optical fibers," Am. J. Phys. 68 (4), 325-328.
Basano, L. and P. Ottonello (2000), "A simple demonstration of the Alford-Gold effect using a diode laser and optical fibers," Am. J. Phys. 68 (4), 325-8.
Basano, L. and P. Ottonello (2005), "Demonstration experiments on nondiffracting beams generated by thermal light," Am. J. Phys. 73 (9), 826-830.
Basano, L., C. Pontiggia, and E. Piano (1996), "Simple demonstrations for introducing spatial coherence," Am. J. Phys. 64 (10), 1257-1261.
Bates, H. E. (1984), "Atomic spectroscopy and holography: a combined laboratory experiment at the intermediate undergraduate level," Am. J. Phys. 52, 456-459.
Bedarida, F., L. Zefiro, and C. Pontiggia (1980), "Role of convection in crystal growth from solution checked with holographic interferometry," Am. J. Phys. 48.
Bellamy, D. E. (1975), "A simple method for hologram verification," Am. J. Phys. 43, 185.
Brown, J. C. and J. A. Harte (1969), "Holography in the undergraduate optics course," Am. J. Phys. 37, 441-446.
Buah-Bassuah, P. K., F. Francini, and G. Molesini (1989), "Measurement of refractive index by double-exposure speckle pattern recording," Am. J. Phys. 57, 366-70.
Cathey, W. T., Jr. (1971), "Image quality of local reference beam image plane holograms," Am. J. Phys. 39, 453.
Chen Hsuan and R. Pastor, Jr. (1987), "A simple rainbow hologram for college optics laboratory project," Am. J. Phys. 55, 623-7.
Chen, H. and P. H. Ruterbusch (1979), "Single beam holography," Am. J. Phys. 47, 1042-1044.
Cleveland, R. F. and S. P. Almeida (1970), "An oscillation damped table for holography," Am. J. Phys. 38, 1046-1047.
Cox, M. E. (1977), "Comment on "A versatile beam splitter for holographers" [P. K. Glanz and N. Haskell, Am. J. Phys.44, 712 (1976)]," Am. J. Phys. 45, 590-1.
Cox, M. E. and K. J. Vahala (1978), "Image plane holograms for introductroy physics students," Am. J. Phys. 46, 861.
D'Iorio, M., E. Fortin, and M. Piché (1975), "A simple source for a direct measurement of coherence length," Am. J. Phys. 43, 927-928.
de la Torre, A. C. (2001), "Comment on "A simple demonstration of the Alford-Gold effect using a diode laser and optical fibers," by L. Basano and P. Ottonello [Am. J. Phys. 68(4), 325-328 (2000)]," Am. J. Phys. 69 (4).
de la Torre, A. C. (2001), "Comment on "A simple demonstration of the Alford-Gold effect using a diode laser and optical fibers,"by L. Basano and P. Ottonello [Am. J. Phys. 68 (4), 325-328 (2000)]," Am. J. Phys. 69 (4).
Fenichel, H., H. Frankena, and F. Groen (1984), "Experiments on diffusion in liquids using holographic interferometry," Am. J. Phys. 52, 735-738.
Fisher, R., G. Forrest, E. Gaglardi, and P. Merchant (1970), "Holography as a laboratory project," Am. J. Phys. 38, 266.
Floyd, R. P. and D. J. Collins (1971), "Holographic determination of simple translation and rotations," Am. J. Phys. 39, 359-362.
Fort, E. and H. Vach (1999), "Multiplexed fingerprint recognition using holography," Am. J. Phys. 67 (2), 116-19.
Ganci, S. (1984), "A useful setup for holographic construction," Am. J. Phys. 52, 567-568.
George, S., M. Truman, and M. V. R. K. Murty (1987), "Holographic gratings for the physics laboratory," Am. J. Phys. 55, 1015-7.
Givens, M. P. (1972), "Image location and magnification in holography," Am. J. Phys. 40, 1311-1314.
Glanz, P. K. (1976), "A versatile beam splitter for holographers," Am. J. Phys. 44, 712.
Glanz, P. K. (1976), "Inexpensive light meter for holographers," Am. J. Phys. 44, 399.
Hallock, J. N. (1968), "Techniqueto decrease exposure time for holograms," Am. J. Phys. 36, 762-763.
Hariharan, P. (1980), "Second-order statistics of speckle patterns and intensity correlations: an instuctive analogy," Am. J. Phys. 48, 880-881.
Hecht, E. (1972), "Speckle patterns in unfiltered sunlight," Am. J. Phys. 40, 207.
Hemmick, T. K., J. W. Huang, and Y. D. Song (1983), "Holographic detection of defects under the surface of solid objects," Am. J. Phys. 51, 984-987.
Hindmarsh, W. R. and W. H. King (1965), "Remarks on 'Coherence - an advanced experiment in optics' [D. Bloor, Am. J. Phys. 32, 936 (1964)]," Am. J. Phys. 33, 968.
Hsue, S. T., B. L. Parker, and M. Monahan (1976), "360° reflection holography," Am. J. Phys. 44, 927-928.
Huang, J. W. (1978), "Holography as a liberal arts physics course," Am. J. Phys. 46, 737-739.
Huang, J. W. and P. Zhang (1989), "A simple method of making a one-step rainbow hologram with a beaker of water," Am. J. Phys. 57, 133-5.
Hwu, Y. P. (1982), "Erratum: "Single-beam holography" [Am. J. Phys. 50, 280 (1982)]," Am. J. Phys. 50, 1169.
Hwu, Y. P. (1982), "Single-beam holographic technique on sinusoidal vibration," Am. J. Phys. 50, 281.
Hwu, Y. P. (1982), "Single-beam holography," Am. J. Phys. 50, 280-281.
Hwu, Y. P. (1991), "Time-average holographic method on the the determination of Young's modulus," Am. J. Phys. 59, 287.
Jeong, T. H. (1975), "Geometric model for holography," Am. J. Phys. 43, 714-717.
Johnston, S. F. (1979), "Holographic animation apparatus," Am. J. Phys. 47, 681-682.
Jones, B. W. (1978), "Coherence: a simulation experiment," Am. J. Phys. 46, 705-709.
Koch, G. J. and M. Petros (1998), "A simple overhead Denisyuk configuration for making reflection holograms with a diode laser," Am. J. Phys. 66 (10), 933-4.
Kolodziejczyk, A., Z. Jaroszewicz, R. Henao, and O. Quintero (2002), "An experimental apparatus for white light imaging by means of a spherical obstacle," Am. J. Phys. 70 (2), 169-72.
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Laud, B. B., P. L. Sardesai, and S. H. Behere (1973), "On a demonstration of the interference and coherence of light," Am. J. Phys. 41, 720-722.
Lee, S. W. and W. Sachse (1978), "A demonstration of radiation pressure effects by double-exposure holographic interferometry," Am. J. Phys. 46, 1142-1143.
Lubell, K. and R. Prigo (1987), "Production of real-time holographic interferograms," Am. J. Phys. 55, 823-5.
Macgregor, A. E. (1992), "Computer generated holograms from dot matrix and laser printers," Am. J. Phys. 60, 839-846.
Marsh, J. S. and R. C. Smith (1976), "Computer holograms with a desk-top calculator," Am. J. Phys. 44, 774-777.
McGee, D. J. and M. D. Matlin (2001), "Photorefractive polymers: Materials science, thin-film fabrication, and experiments in volume holography," Am. J. Phys. 69 (10), 1055-63.
Menou, K., B. Audit, X. Boutillon, and H. Vach (1998), "Holographic study of a vibrating bell: An undergraduate laboratory experiment," Am. J. Phys. 66 (5), 380-5.
Mesnil, H., Y. Colombe, L. -N. Hallez, V. Gibiat, and H. Vach (1999), "Visualization of high frequency modes of vibrating bells using high sensitive holographic plates," Am. J. Phys. 67 (9), 838-9.
Moore, T. R. (2004), "A simple design for an electronic speckle pattern interferometer," Am. J. Phys. 72 (11), 1380-4.
Nettel, S. J. and A. Lempicki (1979), "T2 in coherent optics: collision, dephasing time, or reciprocal linewidth," Am. J. Phys. 47, 987-991.
Olson, D. W. (1989), "The Abramson ray-tracing method for holograms," Am. J. Phys. 57, 439-444.
Olson, D. W. (1989), "The elementary plane-wave model for hologram ray tracing," Am. J. Phys. 57, 445-455.
Oxley, D. P. and L. S. Miller (1970), "A simple demonstration of the reconstruction of acoustic holograms," Am. J. Phys. 38, 919-920.
Peiponen, K. -E., R. Hämäläinen, M, K, and T. Asakura (1991), "Laboratory studies of air flow visualization using holographic interferometry," Am. J. Phys. 59, 541-544.
Perkins, D. R. and H. J. Caulfield (1971), "Holography without a darkroom," Am. J. Phys. 39, 349.
Peterson, R. W., S. J. Pankratz, T. A. Perkins, A. Dickson, and C. Hoyt (1996), "Holographic real-time imaging of standing waves in gases," Am. J. Phys. 64 (9), 1139-42.
Pietsch, R. (1969), "A holographic technique using a diffuser as a beam splitter," Am. J. Phys. 37, 748-749.
Poddar, R., S. R. Sharma, K. Bose, P. Sen, and J. T. Andrews (2006), "A study of the longitudinal laser modes of a semiconductor laser using optical coherence tomography," Am. J. Phys. 74 (7), 569-71.
Pontiggia, C. and L. Zefiro (1974), "An experiment on interference in scattered light," Am. J. Phys. 42, 692-694.
Porter, A. G. and S. George (1975), "An elementary introduction to practical holography," Am. J. Phys. 43, 954-959.
Rebolledo, M. A. and R. J. Lopez (1983), "Coherence time in periodically modulated light beams," Am. J. Phys. 51, 133-137.
Rudmin, J. W., G. R. Taylor, P. M. Hand, J. N. Ashworth, and P. H. Wehr (1980), "Simple ultra-low-cost undergraduate holography using a modifed Michelson interferometer," Am. J. Phys. 48, 746-748.
Rugheimer, M. and L. D. Kirkpatrick (1977), "Demonstration holograph for comparing an image lens and a real lens," Am. J. Phys. 45, 1027-1029.
Russell, B. R. (1969), "Image contrast in holographic reconstructions," Am. J. Phys. 37, 1118-1125.
Shamir, J., J. l Politch, and J. Ben Uir (1971), "Holography with 1-mW laser," Am. J. Phys. 39, 840-842.
Slosser, J. J. and P. Meystre (1997), "Resource letter: CQO-1: coherence in quantum optics," Am. J. Phys. (USA) 65 (4), 275-86.
Soares, O. D. D. (1980), "Elimination of rear reflections in holographic plates," Am. J. Phys. 48, 409-410.
Stirn, B. A. (1975), "Recording 360° holograms in the undergraduate laboratory," Am. J. Phys. 43, 297-300.
Tagliaferro, W. E. and P. L. Lee (1978), "Holographic interferometry for pure rotation," Am. J. Phys. 46, 46-48.
Taylor, C. E. (1971), "Inexpensive applications of holography," Am. J. Phys. 39, 417-420.
Toal, V. (2003), "A simple approach to phase holography," Am. J. Phys. 71 (9), 948-9.
Toepker, T. P. (1969), "An inexpensive holography table," Am. J. Phys. 37, 455.
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Walker, T. G. (1999), "Holography without photography," Am. J. Phys. 67 (9), 783-5.
Wang, J. R., I. C. Huang, T. C. Fang, F. Y. Yang, S. F. Tsai, Y. I. Chang, and K. Tseng (1990), "An application of video-camera and PC-oriented image processor to an experiment on the coherent property of light," Am. J. Phys. 58, 405-7.
Western, A. B. and R. D. Bahuguna (1989), "Simplified production of real-time holographic interferograms," Am. J. Phys. 57, 560-2.
Wise, J. (1972), "Holography on a low budget," Am. J. Phys. 40, 1866-1867.
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Young, M. (1969), "Erratum: 'holography and coherent imaging' [Am. J. Phys. 37, 304 (1969)]," Am. J. Phys. 37, 1163.
Young, M. (1969), "Holography and coherent imaging," Am. J. Phys. 37, 304-308.
Yu, F. T. S. and E. Y. Wang (1973), "Undergraduate coherent optics laboratory," Am. J. Phys. 41, 1160-1169.
Yu-Dong, S. and J. W. Huang (1982), "Speckle interferometry for measuring small rotation," Am. J. Phys. 50, 664-6.
Zorskie, J. (1973), "An inexpensive spatial filter for holography," Am. J. Phys. 41, 932.
Abramson, N. (1992), "Comments on 'An upside down image in Fresnel holography' [Garavaglia, M., Eur. j. Phys. 12, 199 (1991)]," Eur. J. Phys. 13, 199.
Aime, C. (2001), "Teaching astronomical speckle techniques," Eur. J. Phys. 22 (2), 169-84.
Ambrosini, D. and G. Tanda (2006), "Comparative measurements of natural convection heat transfer in channels by holographic interferometry and schlieren," Eur. J. Phys. 27 (1), 159-72.
Derode, A. and M. Fink (1994), "The notion of coherence in optics and its application to acoustics," Eur. J. Phys. (UK) 15 (2), 81-90.
Donges, A. (1998), "The coherence length of black-body radiation," Eur. J. Phys. 19 (3), 245-9.
Garavaglia, M. (1991), "An upside down image in Fresnel holography," Eur. J. Phys. 12, 199-200.
Schirripa Spagnolo, G., D. Ambrosini, A. Ponticiello, and D. Paoletti (1996), "Evaluation of diffusion in liquids by digital speckle pattern interferometry: computer simulation and experiments," Eur. J. Phys. 17 (2), 51-9.
Trester, S. (2000), "Computer-simulated Fresnel holography," Eur. J. Phys. 21 (4), 317-31.
Umesh, K. S. and K. Srinivasan (1997), "Ghost lines in holographic spectroscopy," Eur. J. Phys. 18 (6), 462-5.
Wheeler, C. R., R. D. Ramsier, and P. N. Henriksen (2003), "An investigation of the temporal coherence length of light," Eur. J. Phys. 24 (4), 443-50.
Bates, B. and G. Okeke (1984), "Holographic interferometry for measurement of small angular displacement," Phys. Educ. 19, 130-132.
Bates, B., A. A. Murphy, and M. Tweedie (1986), "Laser speckle photography: some simple experiments for the undergraduate laboratory," Phys. Educ. 21, 54-59.
Bettencourt, D. G., T. L. Chow, and J. M. Goodwin (1979), "Sandbox holography," Phys. Educ. 14, 228-231.
Bianchetti, G. B. and S. Ganci (1983), "Holography with optical fibers," Phys. Educ. 18, 44-46.
Bonczak, B. and J. Dabrowski (1979), "Holography experiments on optical imaging," Phys. Educ. 14, 298-301.
Corelli, P., D. Della Giusta, and V. Roberto (1986), "Introductory holography - matching theory and experiment," Phys. Educ. 21, 375-377.
de Frutos, A. M. and M. I. de la Rosa (1988), "Holographic interferometry - a laboratory experiment," Phys. Educ. 23, 302-305.
Emeleus, T. G. (1990), "An uncertainty principle experiment using optical coherence and bandwidth measurements," Phys. Educ. 25, 357-359.
Hwu, Y. P. (1981), "Single beam holographic interferometry for in-plane translation," Phys. Educ. 16, 314.
Hwu, Y. P. (1982), "Single beam holographic interferometry for translations," Phys. Educ. 17, 43-44.
Hwu, Y. P. (1982), "Single beam time average holography on mechanical resonance of a string vibrator," Phys. Educ. 17, 131-132.
Hwu, Y. P. (1992), "Double exposure holographic method for the determination of Young's modulus," Phys. Educ. 27, 231-232.
McLachlan, E. H. (1981), "Holography in measurement," Phys. Educ. 16, 22-24.
Mooney, R. J. (1985), "Coherence - a practical approach," Phys. Educ. 20, 29-32.
Osborne, J. (1982), "School holograms," Phys. Educ. 17, 41-43.
Rutherford, S. (1985), "Two experiments using a laser," Phys. Educ. 20, 234-244.
Weiss, M. (1981), "A ripple tank explanation of holography," Phys. Educ. 16, 25-30.
-Fourier optics, optical Fourier transforms, spatial filters & optical signal processing
Cathey, W. T. (1974), Optical Information Processing and Holography (Wiley), ISBN 0-471-14078-3, Call no. TA 1630 C37.
Jenkins, T. E. (1987), Optical sensing techniques and signal processing (Prentice-Hall), ISBN 0-13-638107-3, Call no. TA 1632 J46 1987.
Lipson, H. (1972), Optical transforms (Academic), ISBN 0-12-451850-8.
Papoulis, A. (1968), Systems and Transforms with Applications in Optics (McGraw-Hill).
Preston, K., Jr. (1972), Coherent optical computers (McGraw-Hill), ISBN 0-07-050785-6, Call no. TK 7895.06 P74.
Stark, H. (1982), Ed., Applications of optical Fourier transforms (Academic), ISBN 0-12-663220-0, Call no. TA 1632 A68.
Steward, E. G., Fourier Optics: An Introduction, 2nd ed (Ellis Horwood Ltd. / Halstead), ISBN 0-470-20806-6, Call no. QC 381.
VanderLugt, A. (1992), Optical signal processing (Wiley), ISBN 0-471-54682-8, Call no. TA 1632 V28 1992.
Abbott, H., F. T. Johnson, R. Licata, and Oliver Philip (1971), "New instruction with an old interferometer," Am. J. Phys. 39, 412-416.
Brown, J. C. (1971), "Fourier analysis and spatial filtering," Am. J. Phys. 39, 797-801.
Brown, J. C. (1983), "Optical correlation functions and spectra," Am. J. Phys. 51, 1008-1011.
Curtis, C. W. and W. J. van Sciver (1972), "Diffraction, transforms and spatial filtering," Am. J. Phys. 40, 1684-1687.
Danailov, M. B. and C. S. Narayanamurthy (2001), "Ultra high-pass Fourier filtering," Am. J. Phys. 69 (5), 582-5.
Gaggioli, N. G. (1981), "Inexpensive system for obtaining high-quality pinholes of any diameter for spatial filtering," Am. J. Phys. 49, 88.
Gaggioli, N. G. and P. Bouchard (1983), "Graphic differentiator using a goffer film," Am. J. Phys. 51, 652-653.
Harvey, J. E. (1979), "Fourier treatment of near-field scalar diffraction theory," Am. J. Phys. 47, 974-980.
Jaffe, B. M. (1980), "Geometrical optics derivation of the Fourier transform property of a lens," Am. J. Phys. 48, 157-158.
Loske, A. M., V. M. Castaño, and A. Gomez (1988), "A lens-free optical image-processing device," Am. J. Phys. 56, 475-477.
Norman, J. B. (1992), "Phase-conjugate Michelson interferometers for all-optical image processing and computing," Am. J. Phys. 60, 212-220.
Pernick, B. J. (1971), "An optimum lens configuration for optical spatial filtering," Am. J. Phys. 39, 959-960.
Phillips, R. A. (1969), "Spatial filtering experiments for undergraduate laboratories," Am. J. Phys. 37, 536-541.
Puang-Ngern, S. and S. P. Almeida (1985), "Converging beam optical Fourier transforms," Am. J. Phys. 53, 762-765.
Ting-Chung Poon, M. D. McNeill, and D. J. Moore (1997), "Modern optical signal processing experiments demonstrating intensity and pulse-width modulation using an acousto-optic modulator," Am. J. Phys. 65 (9), 917-25.
Wilson, R. G., S. M. McCreary, and J. L. Thompson (1992), "Optical transformations in three-space: simulations with a PC," Am. J. Phys. 60, 49-56.
Zorskie, J. (1973), "An inexpensive spatial filter for holography," Am. J. Phys. 41, 932.
Ganci, S. (1989), "A simple experiment in non-coherent image processing," Eur. J. Phys. 10, 14-18.
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Pomarico, J. and R. Torroba (1993), "Colour image operations based on white light diffraction experiments (Lau effect)," Eur. J. Phys. 14, 114-120.
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Duncan, S. S., G. Smith, H. R. Wilson, and P. Tollin (1986), "A simple coherent optical system for character recognition, using polaroid film," Phys. Educ. 21, 32-34.
Masson, A. J., P. Tollin, and H. R. Wilson (1983), "Character recognition using a pin-hole type camera," Phys. Educ. 18, 270-271.
Piercy, A. R., M. B. Allenson, and K. N. R. Taylor (1970), "A simple quantitative experiment on Fourier methods in optical systems," Phys. Educ. 5, 46-48.
Winter, A. (1980), "Frauenhofer alphabet," Phys. Educ. 15, 291 & 349.
-statistical optics, photon correlators & heterodyne detection
Cummins, H. Z. and E. R. Pike (1974), Photon Correlation and Light beating Spectroscopy (Plenum), ISBN 0-306-35703-8, Call no. QC 427 N37 1973.
Louisell, W. H. (1964), Radiation and noise in quantum electronics (McGraw-Hill).
O'Connor, D. V. and D. Phillips (1984), Time-correlated single photon counting (Academic), ISBN 0-12-524140-2, Call no. QC 477.
O'Neill, E. L. (1963), Introduction to statistical optics (Addison-Wesley).
Bartling, J. Q. (1966), "Autocorrelation spectroscopy," Am. J. Phys. 34, 974-978.
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