5 papers
A rigorous coupled-wave analysis of birefringent holographic gratings with periodically-modulated dielectric tensor along an in-plane direction and tensor variations in the thickness direction
Masud Mansuripur, Per Kristen Jakobsen
Diffraction of light upon interaction with thick slabs of a dielectric material having a periodic modulation of its refractive index (or dielectric tensor) is typically studied wit…
Quantization of the electromagnetic field, entropy of an ideal monoatomic gas, and the birth of Bose-Einstein statistics
Masud Mansuripur
In 1924, Einstein received a short manuscript in the mail from the Indian physicist S.N. Bose. He quickly translated Bose's manuscript to German and submitted it to Zeitschrift fü…
The continuum limit of k-space cavity angular momentum is controlled by an infinite range difference operator
Per Kristen Jakobsen, Masud Mansuripur
A wavepacket (electromagnetic or otherwise) within an isotropic and homogeneous space can be quantized on a regular lattice of discrete k-vectors. Each k-vector is associated with…
Fundamental principles and applications of nonlinear optical phenomena in classical and quantum electrodynamics
Masud Mansuripur
Nonlinear optical phenomena play important roles in the vast emerging fields of micro- and nano-technology. This paper describes the general characteristics of nonlinear optical ma…
Quantum fluctuations and noise in interferometry and photodetection: Applications in optical sensing and micromanipulation
Masud Mansuripur
Accurate optical sensing and micromanipulation requires sensitive measurements of the position, orientation, and dynamics of small particles--and sometimes even large objects--unde…