Wolf E. Selected Works with Commentary

World Scientific Pub., 2001. - 661 pp.
This book presents most of the important papers of Emil Wolf, published over half-a-century. It covers chiefly diffraction theory (especially the analysis of the focal region), the theory of direct and inverse scattering, phase-space methods in quantum mechanics, the foundation of radiometry, phase conjugation and coherence theory. Several papers which have become classics of the optical literature are included, such as those on Wolf's rigorous formulation of the theory of partial coherence and partial polarization, the introduction of diffraction tomography, and his discovery of correlation-induced shifts of spectral lines (often called the Wolf effect). There are also papers dealing with the historical development of optics and some review articles.Diffraction
"Phase Distribution Near Focus in an Aberration-free Diffraction Image" (with E.H. Linfoot), Proc. Phys. Soc. B 69, 823-832 (1956).
"Electromagnetic Diffraction in Optical Systems - II. Structure of the Focal Region" (with B. Richards), Proc. Roy. Soc. A 253, 358-379 (1959).
"Electromagnetic Field in the Neighborhood of the Focus of a Coherent Beam" (with A. Boivin), Phys. Rev. 138, B1561-B1565 (1965).
"Energy Flow in the Neighborhood of the Focus of a Coherent Beam" (with A. Boivin and J. Dow), J. Opt. Soc. Amer. 57, 1171-1175 (1967).
"Generalization of the Maggi-Rubinowicz Theory of the Boundary Diffraction Wave, Part I" (with K. Miyamoto), J. Opt. Soc. Amer. 52, 615-625 (1962).
"Generalization of the Maggi-Rubinowicz Theory of the Boundary Diffraction Wave, Part II" (with K. Miyamoto), J. Opt. Soc. Amer. 52, 626-637 (1962).
"Consistent Formulation of Kirchhoff's Diffraction Theory" (with E.W. Marchand), J. Opt. Soc. Amer. 56, 1712-1722 (1966).
"Conditions for the Validity of the Debye Integral Representation of Focused Fields" (with Y. Li), Opt. Commun. 39, 205-210 (1981).
"Three-dimensional Intensity Distribution Near the Focus in Systems of Different Fresnel Numbers" (with Y. Li), J. Opt. Soc. Amer. A 1, 801-808 (1984).
"Interference of Converging Spherical Waves with Application to the Design of Compact Disks" (with C.M.J. Mecca and Y. Li), Opt. Commun. 182, 265-272 (2000).
Radiation Theory and String Excitations
"Theory of Cerenkovian Effects" (with R. Asby), Phys. Teach. 9, 207-210 (1971).
"New Model for the Interaction Between a Moving Charged Particle and a Dielectric, and the Cerenkov Effect" (with E. Lalor), Phys. Rev. Lett. 26, 1274-1277(1971).
"Multipole Expansions and Plane Wave Representations of the Electromagnetic Field" (with A.J. Devaney), J. Math. Phys. 15, 234-244 (1974).
"Radiating and Nonradiating Classical Current Distributions and the Fields They Generate" (with A.J. Devaney), Phys. Rev. D 8, 1044-1047 (1973).
"Non-radiating Monochromatic Sources and Their Fields" (with K. Kim), Opt. Commun. 59, 1-6 (1986).
"A New Method for Specifying Nonradiating, Monochromatic Scalar Sources and Their Fields" (with A. Gamliel, K. Kim and A.I. Nachman), J. Opt. Soc. Amer. A 6, 1388-1393 (1989).
"Nonpropagating String Excitations" (with M. Berry, J.T. Foley and G. Gbur), Amer. J. Phys. 66, 121-123 (1998).
Coherence and Statistical Optics
"A Macroscopic Theory of Interference and Diffraction of Light from Finite Sources - I. Fields with a Narrow Spectral Range", Proc. Roy. Soc. A 225, 96-111 (1954).
"A Macroscopic Theory of Interference and Diffraction of Light from Finite Sources - II. Fields with a Spectral Range of Arbitrary Width", Proc. Roy. Soc. A 230, 246-265 (1955).
"Optics in Terms of Observable Quantities", Nuovo Cimento 12, 884-888 (1954).
"The Coherence Properties of Optical Fields", in Proc. Symposium on Astronomical Optics, ed. Z. Kopal (North-Holland, Amsterdam, 1956), 177-185.
"Coherence Properties of Partially Polarized Electromagnetic Radiation", Nuovo Cimento 13, 1165-1181 (1959).
"Stochastic Theory of Photoelectric Detection of Light Fluctuations" (with L. Mandel and E.C.G. Sudarshan), Proc. Phys. Soc. 84, 435-444 (1964).
"Quantum Dynamics in Phase Space" (with G.S. Agarwal), Phys. Rev. Lett. 21, 180-183 (1968).
"Ordering of Operators and Phase Space Descriptions in Quantum Optics" (with G.S. Agarwal), in Polarisation, Matiere et Rayonnement (Livre de Jubile en l'honneur du Professeur A. Kastler) (Presses Universitaires de France, Paris, 1969), 541-556.
"Angular Distribution of Radiant Intensity from Sources of Different Degrees of Spatial Coherence" (with W.H. Carter), Opt. Commun. 13, 205-209 (1975).
"Coherence Properties of Lambertian and Non-Lambertian Sources" (with W.H. Carter), J. Opt. Soc. Amer. 65, 1067-1071 (1975).
"Spectral Coherence and the Concept of Cross-spectral Purity" (with L. Mandel), J. Opt. Soc. Amer. 66, 529-535 (1976).
"Partially Coherent Sources Which Produce the Same Far-field Intensity Distribution as a Laser" (with E. Collett), Opt. Commun. 25, 293-296 (1978).
"New Theory of Partial Coherence in the Space-frequency Domain: Part I: Spectra and Cross-spectra of Steady-state Sources", J. Opt. Soc. Amer. 72, 343-351 (1982).
"New Theory of Partial Coherence in the Space-frequency Domain. Part II: Steady State Fields and Higher-order Correlations", J. Opt. Soc. Amer. A 3, 76-85 (1986).
"Young's Interference Fringes with Narrow-band Light", Opt. Lett. 8, 250-252 (1983).
"Coherence Theory of Laser Resonator Modes" (with G.S. Agarwal), J. Opt. Soc. Amer. A 1, 541-546 (1984).
"Invariance of the Spectrum of Light on Propagation", Phys. Rev. Lett. 56, 1370-1372 (1986).
"Non-cosmological Redshifts of Spectral Lines", Nature 326, 363-365 (1987).
"Red Shifts and Blue Shifts of Spectral Lines Emitted by Two Correlated Sources", Phys. Rev. Lett. 58, 2646-2648 (1987).
"Spectral Changes Produced in Young's Interference Experiment" (with D.F.V. James), Opt. Commun. 81, 150-154 (1991).
"Determination of Field Correlations from Spectral Measurements with Applications to Synthetic Aperture Imaging" (with D.F.V. James), Radio Science 26, 1239-1243 (1991).
"Some New Aspects of Young's Interference Experiment" (with D.F.V. James), Phys. Lett. A 157, 6-10 (1991).
"Determination of the Degree of Coherence of Light from Spectroscopic Measurements" (with D.F.V. James), Opt. Lett. 145, 1-4 (1998).
"Correlation-induced Spectral Changes and Energy Conservation" (with G.S. Agarwal), Phys. Rev. A 54, 4424-4427 (1996).
"Energy Conservation Law for Randomly Fluctuating Electromagnetic Fields" (with G. Gbur and D.F.V. James), Phys. Rev. E 59, 4594-4599 (1999).
"Storage and Retrieval of Correlation Functions of Partially Coherent Fields" (with T. Shirai, G.S. Agarwal and L. Mandel), Opt. Lett. 24, 367-369 (1999).
Scattering
"Three-dimensional Structure Determination of Semi-transparent Objects from Holographic Data", Opt. Commun. 1, 153-156 (1969).
"Determination of the Amplitude and the Phase of Scattered Fields by Holography", J. Opt. Soc. Amer. 60, 18-20 (1970).
"A Generalized Extinction Theorem and its Role in Scattering Theory", in Coherence and Quantum Optics, eds. L. Mandel and E. Wolf (Plenum Press, New York, 1973), 339-357.
"Scattering States and Bound States as Solutions of the Schrodinger Equation with Nonlocal Boundary Conditions" (with D.N. Pattanayak), Phys. Rev. D 13, 913-923 (1976).
"Resonance States as Solutions of the Schrodinger Equation with a Nonlocal Boundary Condition" (with D.N. Pattanayak), Phys. Rev. D 13, 2287-2290 (1976).
"Scattering Theory of Distortion-correction by Phase Conjugation" (with G.S. Agarwal and A.T. Friberg), J. Opt. Soc. Amer. 73, 529-538 (1983).
"Analyticity of the Angular Spectrum Amplitude of Scattered Fields and Some of Its Consequences" (with M. Nieto-Vesperinas), J. Opt. Soc. Amer. A 2, 886-890 (1985).
"Frequency Shifts of Spectral Lines Produced by Scattering from Spatially Random Media" (with J.T. Foley and F. Gori), J. Opt. Soc. Amer. A 6, 1142-1149 (1989); errata, ibid. A 7, 173 (1990).
"Spectral Changes Produced by Static Scattering on a System of Particles" (with A. Dogariu), Opt. Lett. 23, 1340-1342 (1998).
"Scattering of Electromagnetic Fields of Any State of Coherence from Space-time Fluctuations" (with J.T. Foley), Phys. Rev. A 40, 579-587 (1989).
"Frequency Shifts of Spectral Lines Generated by Scattering from Space-time Fluctuations" (with J.T. Foley), Phys. Rev. A 40, 588-598 (1989).
"Correlation-induced Doppler-like Frequency Shifts of Spectral Lines", Phys. Rev. Lett. 63, 2220-2223 (1989).
"Shifts of Spectral Lines Caused by Scattering from Fluctuating Random Media" (with D.F.V. James and M. Savedoff), Astrophys. J. 359, 67-71 (1990).
"A Class of Scattering Media Which Generate Doppler-like Frequency Shifts of Spectral Lines" (with D.F.V. James), Phys. Lett. A 188, 239-244 (1994).
"The Redshift Controversy and a New Mechanism for Generating Frequency Shifts of Spectral Lines", Technical Bulletin of the National Physical Laboratory, New Delhi, India, October 1991, pp. 1-15.
"Remarks on Boundary Conditions for Scalar Scattering" (with T.D. Visser and P.S. Carney), Phys. Lett. A 249, 243-247 (1998).
"Diffraction Tomography Using Power Extinction Measurements" (with P.S. Carney and G.S. Agarwal), J. Opt. Soc. Amer. A 16, 2643-2648 (1999).
Foundations of Radiometry
"Radiometry with Sources of Any State of Coherence" (with E.W. Marchand), J. Opt. Soc. Amer. 64, 1219-1226 (1974).
"Coherence and Radiometry with Quasihomogeneous Planar Sources" (with W.H. Carter), J. Opt. Soc. Amer. 67, 785-796 (1977).
"Radiance Functions of Partially Coherent Fields" (with J.T. Foley), J. Mod. Opt. 38, 2053-2058 (1991).
"Coherence and Radiometry", J. Opt. Soc. Amer. 68, 6-17(1978).
"Radiometric Model for Propagation of Coherence", Opt. Lett. 19, 2024-2026 (1994).
"Statistical Wave-theoretical Derivation of the Free-space Transport Equation of Radiometry" (with A.T. Friberg, G.S. Agarwal and J.T. Foley), J. Opt. Soc. Amer. B 9, 1386-1393 (1992).
Articles of Historical Interest
"Einstein's Researches on the Nature of Light", Optics News 5, 24-39 (1979).
"Recollections of Max Born", Optics News 9, 10-16 (1983).
"The Life and Work of Christiaan Huygens", Proc. Symposium Huygens' Principle 1690-1990: Theory and Applications, H. Blok, H.A. Ferwerda and H.K. Kuiken, eds. (North-Holland, Amsterdam, 1992), 3-17.
Lectures
Analyticity, Causality and Dispersion Relations.
Scientists Who Created the World of Optics.
The Development of Optical Coherence Theory.
Recollections.
Commencement Remarks.
Publications by Emil Wolf