Progress in Optics: A Tribute to Emil Wolf A Tribute to Emil Wolf Progress in Optics Series

Progress in Optics, Volume 65: A Tribute to Emil Wolf, provides the latest release in a series that presents an overview of the state-of-the-art in optics research. In this update, readers will find timely chapters on Specular mirror interferometer, Maximum Likelihood Estimation in the Context of an Optical Measurement, Surface Plasmons, The Development of Coherence Theory, and much more.

1. Memories of my father Bruno Wolf 2. Emil Wolf and Bristol Michael.V. Berry 3. Partial coherence in modern optics: Emil Wolf’s legacy in the 21st century Girish S. Agarwal and Anton Classen 4. Applications of optical coherence theory Olga Korotkova and Greg Gbur 5. Optical coherence and electromagnetic surface waves Yahong Chen, Andreas Norrman, Sergey A. Ponomarenko and Ari T. Friberg 6. Specular mirror interferometer Fabio Di Pumpo, Alexander Friedrich, Enno Giese, Albert Roura, Hartmut Lemmel, Daniel M. Greenberger, Ernst M. Rasel and Wolfgang P. Schleich 7. Maximum likelihood estimation in the context of an optical measurement Anthony Vella and Miguel A. Alonso 8. Partially polarized light and complementarity in quantum mechanics Mayukh Lahiri 9. Acousto-optic imaging in random media John C. Schotland

• Includes contributions from leading authorities in the field of optics
• Presents timely, state-of-the-art reviews in the field of optics