Roy J. Glauber was Mallinckrodt Professor of Physics (Emeritus) at Harvard University, Massachusetts, and Adjunct Professor of Optical Sciences at the University of Arizona. In 2005, he received half the Nobel Prize in Physics for his contribution to 'the quantum theory of optical coherence'. He received many awards, including the 1985 Albert A. Michelson Medal from the Franklin Institute, the 1985 Max Born Award from the Optical Society of America, and the 1966 Dannie Heinemann Prize for Mathematical Physics from the American Physical Society. He was elected a Foreign Member of the Royal Society (1997), an Honorary Member of the Optical Society of America (2008) and served on the Advisory Board of the Max Plank Institute of Light.
Preface
Acknowledgements
List of abbreviations
Part I. Introduction: 1. Overview and preview
2. Diffraction theory
3. Asymptotic diffraction theory
4. Two simple examples
5. Complex trajectories
6. Scattering from linear structures
Part II. Various Radial Fall-Offs: 7. Gaussian edge
8. Exponential edge
9. Sharper edges
10. Analytic variations
Part III. Composite Phase Functions: 11. Extended charges
12. Coulomb plus nuclear interactions
13. Smooth two-scale functions
14. Two Fermi functions
15. Different singularities
16. Summary
Appendix A. Partial waves and phase shift function
Appendix B. Iteration for stationary points
References
Index.
