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| Preface | |
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| List of symbols and abbreviations | |
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| Light polarization | |
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| Linearly polarized light | |
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| Circularly polarized light | |
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| Elliptically polarized light | |
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| Jones vectors | |
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| The coherency matrix | |
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| Stokes parameters and the Stokes vector | |
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| The Poincar� sphere | |
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| References | |
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| Light propagation through polarizing systems | |
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| Materials with optical anisotropy | |
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| The Jones-matrix formalism | |
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| The coherency-matrix formalism | |
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| The Mueller-matrix formalism | |
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| References | |
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| Theory of polarization holography | |
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| Plane-wave interference and holography | |
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| Interference of polarized light | |
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| Introduction to polarization holography | |
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| Poincar� representation of resulting polarization states | |
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| Polarization holography in materials with only linear photoanisotropy | |
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| Transmission polarization holograms | |
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| Reflection polarization holograms in materials with linear photoanisotropy | |
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| Polarization-holographic recording in materials with linear and circular anisotropy | |
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| Polarization gratings together with a surface relief: orthogonally circularly polarized beams | |
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| Polarization gratings together with a surface relief: orthogonally linearly polarized pumb beams | |
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| Evanescent-wave polarization holography | |
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| References | |
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| Azobenzene and azobenzene-containing polymers | |
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| Guest-host systems | |
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| Azobenzene polymers | |
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| Azobenzene peptides | |
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| Azobenzene side-chain polymethacrylates | |
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| Azobenzene dendrimers | |
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| Photoaddressable polymers | |
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| Photorefractive azobenzene polymers | |
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| Polymer photochromic cholesterics | |
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| Experimental techniques - linear anisotropy measurements | |
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| Photoinduced circular anisotropy in side-chain azobenzene polyesters | |
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| The experimental set-up for polarization holography | |
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| Polarization holography in guest-host systems | |
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| Polarization holography in side-chain polyesters | |
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| Polarization holography with surface relief | |
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| Polarization holography with UV light | |
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| Evanescent-wave polarization holography | |
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| Biphotonic polarization holography | |
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| References | |
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| Other photoanisotropic materials | |
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| Photoinduced anisotropy in silver-halide materials | |
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| Alkali-halide crystals containing anisotropic color centers | |
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| Arsenic sulfide and arsenic selenide | |
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| Bacteriorhodopsin | |
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| Photoanisotropy in organic dyes | |
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| Polymer systems | |
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| Polymer-dispersed liquid crystals | |
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| Polarization holography in doped photorefractive crystals | |
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| References | |
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| Applications of polarization holography | |
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| A Stokesmeter based on a polarization grating | |
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| Polarization-holographic optical elements | |
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| A bifocal holographic lens | |
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| A liquid-crystal-based holographic polarization optical element | |
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| Display holography | |
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| Holographic data storage | |
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| Polarization-holographic multiplexing | |
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| Four-wave mixing and polarization optical phase conjugation | |
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| A joint transform correlator | |
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| Fiber Bragg gratings | |
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| Vectorial photonic crystals in azodye-doped liquid crystals | |
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| Holographic inscription of helical wavefronts in a liquid-crystal polarization grating | |
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| A polarization-dependent lateral-shearing interferometer | |
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| Other applications | |
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| References | |
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| Conclusions and future prospects | |
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| Index | |
