Contents
PART I Special Problems in Ray Optics
Chapter 1 Orbital Angular Momentum: A Ray Optical Interpretation
Miles Padgett
Chapter 2 Wigner Distribution Moments for Beam Characterization
Tatiana Alieva, Alejandro Cámara, and Martin J. Bastiaans
Chapter 3 Dynamic Programming Applications in Optics
Maria L. Calvo, Jesús Pérez-Ríos, and Vasudevan Lakshminarayanan
PART II Mathematical Formalism in Wave Optics
Chapter 4 Basis Expansions for Monochromatic Field Propagation in Free Space
Miguel A. Alonso and Nicole J. Moore
Chapter 5 Solutions of Paraxial Equations and Families of Gaussian Beams
Eugeny Abramochkin, Tatiana Alieva, and José A. Rodrigo
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