Progress in optics research / Maximilian N. Schulz, editor.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Paraxial light beams with angular momentum / A. Bekshaev, M. Soskin, M. Vasnetsov -- Generation of high energy THz pulses by tilted pulse front excitation / Janos Hebling, Keith A. Nelson -- Quasi-ballistic light scattering on particulate media / I. Turcu -- Nonlinear optical properties of crystals, fullerenes, metals, dyes, semiconductors, plasmas and liquids / R.A. Ganeev -- A novel single shot technique of micro-nano patterning in single step via selective laser ablation / Kamlesh Alti, A.S. Patra, Alika Khare -- Optical design techniques in current eye models development / Jose Antonio Diaz -- Optical waves in a medium with rotating optical indicatrix / B.V. Gisin -- An overview of methodologies to retrieve aerosol optical depth by means of brewer spectrophotometry / Pasquale Sellitto, Anna Maria Siani -- A geometrical-optics analogue of a astigmatic elliptic Gaussian beam / Roman Ilinsky.