Wave-opticssimulationisani妹妹enselyusefultoolformanyapplications.Thesimulationtechniquesinthisbookaredirectlyapplicabletoatmosphericimaging,astronomy,adaptiveoptics,free-spaceopticalco妹妹unications,andLADAR.Inaddition,manyofthebasictechniquesareapplicabletointegratedopticsandnonlinear,anisotropic,andopticallyactivemedia.NumericalSimulationofOpticalWavePropagationissolelydedicatedtowave-opticssimulations.ThebookdiscussesdigitalFouriertransforms(FT),FT-basedoperations,multiplemethodsofwave-opticssimulations,samplingrequirements,andsimulationsinatmosphericturbulence.ThisbookwillbenefitopticalscientistsandengineersatalllevelsasaguideforFT-baseddataanalysis,imagingsystemanalysis,andwave-opticssimulations.ProfessorscanusethisbooktoaugmenttheirFourieropticscoursesandforindependentstudieswithstudents.Problemsetsaregivenattheendofeachchapter.Studentswilllearnprinciplesandtechniquesfromthisbookthatcanbeutilizedthroughouttheircareersinoptics.
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