Laser physics

This textbook provides a sound foundation in physical optics by covering key concepts in a rigorous but accessible manner.

This volume is written for those who desire a comprehensive analysis of the latest developments in infrared detector technology and a basic insight into the fundamental processes which are important to evolving detection techniques.

This book highlights a comprehensive summary of the latest advances in research and applications of laser cleaning.

This book is dedicated to the new two-dimensional one-atomic-layer-thick materials such as graphene, metallic chalcogenides, silicene and other 2D materials.

This book will address the advances, applications, research results, and emerging areas of optics, photonics, computational approaches, nano-photonics, bio-photonics, with applications in information systems.

This book highlights the various topics in which luminescence and electrochemistry are intimately coupled.

Hydrodynamic equations well describe averaged parameters of turbulent steady flows, at least in pipes where boundary conditions can be estimated.

This textbook originates from a lecture course in laser physics at the Karlsruhe School of Optics and Photonics at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT).

This is the second edition of this advanced textbook written for scientists who require further training in femtosecond science.

This Festschrift is a collection of essays contributed by students, colleagues, and ad- mirers to honor an eminent scholar on a special anniversary: Charles Hard Townes on the occasion of his 80th birthday, July 28, 1995.

The aim of this book is to present foundational research on the nano-crystallization, high-temperature modification, micro-structure evolution and plastic deformation induced by laser shock processing.

Quantum information may sound like science fiction but is, in fact, an active and extremely promising area of research, with a big dream: to build a quantum computer capable of solving problems that a classical computer could not even begin to handle.

Since the first papers by E.

Extreme ultraviolet radiation, also referred to as soft X-rays or XUV, offers very special optical properties.

High Field Science is a proceedings volume from a meeting at Lawrence Livermore Laboratory, and contains papers from the top experts in the fields of ultraintense laser technology, laser fusion energy, high energy laser electron acceleration, bright X-ray sources by lasers, laboratory laser astrophysics, and applications to relativity, high density and high energy physics.

This volume contains selected and expanded contributions presented at the 3rd Symposium on Space Optical Instruments and Applications in Beijing, China June 28 - 29, 2016.

This thesis examines the unique properties of gallium arsenide (GaAs)-based quantum-dot semiconductor optical amplifiers for optical communication networks, introducing readers to their fundamentals, basic parameters and manifold applications.

This book provides comprehensive information on the history and status quo of a new research field, which we refer to as Engineering Optics 2.

With its many beautiful colour pictures, this book gives fascinating insights into the unusual forms and behaviour of matter under extremely high pressures and temperatures.

This book provides an in-depth analysis as well as an overview of phononic crystals.

Dieser Buchtitel ist Teil des Digitalisierungsprojekts Springer Book Archives mit Publikationen, die seit den Anfängen des Verlags von 1842 erschienen sind.

This volumes presents select papers presented during the International Conference on Photonics, Communication and Signal Processing Technologies held in Bangalore from July 18th to 20th, 2018.

This research- and application-oriented book covers main topical areas of optical fibers.

The growth of interest and research activity in X -ray microscopy is reflected in the increasing size and scope of a related series of international conferences, the latest of which (XRM90) was held at King's College London (3-7 September 1990) with over 130 delegates.

An introduction and comprehensive survey of the main issues in mesosocopic physics.

Photonic Crystal Fibres describes the fundamental properties of the optical waveguides known under the terms of photonic crystal fibres, microstructured fibres, or holey fibres.

This book offers a bird's-eye view of the recent development trends in photovoltaics - a big business field that is rapidly growing and well on its way to maturity.

Nonlinear optical phenomena can be exploited in advanced devices for transport, processing, and storage of information.

This book focuses on a novel phenomenon named photon breeding.

The book gives a detailed description of optical wireless communication (OWC), including optical laser communication, visible light communication, ultraviolet communication, underwater optical communication and future communication technologies.

This book focuses on the design and development of SU-8 polymer and silicon waveguide-based devices using the effective index based matrix method.

Photophysics of Carbon Nanotubes Interfaced with Organic and Inorganic Materials describes physical, optical and spectroscopic properties of the emerging class of nanocomposites formed from carbon nanotubes (CNTs) interfacing with organic and inorganic materials.

This book features chapters based on lectures presented by world-leading researchers of photon science from Russia and Japan at the first "e;STEPS Symposium on Photon Science"e; held in Tokyo in March 2015.

This book collects several contributions presented at the 2019 meeting of the Italian Synchrotron Radiation Society (SILS), held in Camerino, Italy, from 9 to 11 September 2019.

Atomic and molecular spectroscopy has provided basic information leading to the development of quantum mechanics and to the understanding of the building blocks of matter.

This book provides an overview of the most common techniques and methods employed in wireless fields.

Faseroptische Komponenten und Systeme sind heute unverzichtbar im Bereich der Datenübertragung, der Sensorik und Messtechnik, der Materialbearbeitung und in der Medizintechnik.

Proceedings of the International School of Quantum Electronics 27th course on Bose Einstein Condensates and Atom Lasers, October 19-24, 1999, Erice, Italy.

Soon after the invention of the laser, a brand-new area of endeavour emerged after the discovery that powerful ultrashort (picosecond) light pulses could be extracted from some lasers.

This book focuses on a research field that is rapidly emerging as one of the most promising ones for the global optics and photonics community: the "e;lab-on-fiber"e; technology.

This book gathers high-quality papers presented at the International Symposium on Optomechatronic Technology (ISOT 2018), which was organized by the International Society for Optomechatronics (ISOM) and Centro de Investigaciones en Optica (CIO) in Cancun, Mexico on November 5-8, 2018.

All-optical networking is generally believed to be the only solution for coping with the ever-increasing demands in bandwidth, such as the World Wide Web application.

The Proceedings of 3rd International Conference on Opto-Electronics and Applied Optics, OPTRONIX 2016 is an effort to promote and present the research works by scientists and researchers including students in India and abroad in the area of Green Photonics and other related areas as well as to raise awareness about the recent trends of research and development in the area of the related fields.

This book explains physics under the operating principles of semiconductor lasers in detail based on the experience of the author, dealing with the first manufacturing of phase-shifted DFB-LDs and recent research on transverse modes.

This book maximizes reader insights into the field of mathematical models and methods for the processing of two-dimensional remote sensing images.

This handbook is intended to serve as a comprehensive reference work on nano-metamaterials.