Mandel,Leonard & Emil Wolf. — Optical coherence and quantum optics.
Cambridge, CAmbridge University Press, 1995. XXVI,1166 pp. Orig. hardcover (clothbound), d./j. 8vo. - Dust jacket with light shelfwear along the extrimities; small owner's stamp on first free endpaper.Since the invention of the laser in the early 1960s, much attention has been paid by physicists to the effects associated with fluctuation properties of light. This text presents a systematic account of optical coherence theory within the framework of classical optics. - Text in English.