Laser physics

The 105 theses contained in this book are selected from those whose authors were present at the 20th International Symposium on Acoustical Imaging.

Covering both homemade and commercial products, this book provides the reader with simple and straightforward information about the modeling, building, and use of binoscopes.

In this book, we have attempted to produce a reference on high resolution focused ion beams (FIBs) that will be useful for both the user and the designer of FIB instrumentation.

This book highlights the applications of optoelectronic chaotic signals in various fields, including lidars/radars, sensors, secure communication, and millimeter/terahertz noise generation.

This book provides a comprehensive overview of laser sources and their applications in various fields of science, industry, and technology.

This book presents a comprehensive treatise on the advances in the use of light-emitting diodes (LEDs) for sustainable crop production and describes the latest photomorphogenesis research findings.

This book provides an account of modern aspects relating far infrared radiation to properties of solids; it encompasses both theoretical and experimental considerations.

Spectroscopic ellipsometry has been applied to a wide variety of material and device characterizations in solar cell research fields.

Studies of environmental conditions have become more and more important for oUf knowledge about the complex processes resulting from natural and man-made influences on OUf environment.

This book offers an overview of polariton Bose-Einstein condensation and the emerging field of polaritonics, providing insights into the necessary theoretical basics, technological aspects and experimental studies in this fascinating field of science.

This book presents recent advances, new ideas and novel techniques related to the field of nonlinear dynamics, including localized pattern formation, self-organization and chaos.

This book contains a selection of papers and articles in instrumentation previously pub- lished in technical periodicals and journals of learned societies.

Photonics and nonlinear optics are important areas of science, engineering and technology.

This book focuses on optical vortices, including beams carrying orbital angular momentum and vector beams.

A textbook on lasers and optical engineering should include all aspects of lasers and optics; however, this is a large undertaking.

Sensors and Microsystems contains a selection of papers presented at the 14th Italian conference on sensors and microsystems.

Recently, a significant effort has been devoted to the investigation of ZnO as a suitable semiconductor for UV light-emitting diodes, lasers, and detectors and hetero-substrates for GaN.

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

This book introduces senior-level and postgraduate students to the principles and applications of biophotonics.

The optoacoustic method has by now an almost one-centurY-long history of appl ication in spectroscopy, but it was only with the advent of the laser that it became a convenient and effective method among the vast family of spectroscopy techniques.

This contributed volume summarizes recent theoretical developments in plasmonics and its applications in physics, chemistry, materials science, engineering, and medicine.

This book provides an in-depth description and discussion of different multi-modal diagnostic techniques for cancer detection and treatment using exact optical methods, their comparison, and combination.

This book offers essential insights into c-Si based solar cells and fundamentals of reflection, refraction, and light trapping.

Die Photonik beschäftigt sich mit der kontrollierten Erzeugung, Ausbreitung, Manipulation und Detektion von – vorwiegend kohärenten – Lichtfeldern.

This book covers basic- to expert-level applications in computer holography, a strong candidate for the ultimate 3D display technology.

Epitaxial integration of III-V semiconductors on silicon substrates has been desired over decades for high application potential in microelectronics, photovoltaics, and beyond.

This book discusses the spectral properties of solid-state laser materials, including emission and absorption of light, the law of radiative and nonradiative transitions, the selection rule for optical transitions, and different calculation methods of the spectral parameters.

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This thesis focuses on the fundamental problem of characterising partially coherent beams.

Optically Anomalous Crystals begins with an historical introduction covering the contributions of Brewster, Biot, Mallard, Brauns, Tamman, and many other distinguished crystallographers.

The Maxwell theory of electromagnetism was well established in the latter ni- teenth century, when H.

This text aims at providing a comprehensive and up to date treatment of the new and rapidly expanding field of laser pro- cessing of thin films, particularly, though by no means exclu- sively, of recent progress in the dielectrics area.

When Faraday performed the very first experiments on electromagnetic effects, which form the very foundation of modern civilization since virtually everything electrical utilizes them, he was asked of what use his experiments were.

This book summarizes the latest findings by leading researchers in the field of photon science in Russia and Japan.

In the last few years it was seen the emergence of various new quantum phenomena specifically related with electronic or optical confinement on a sub-wavelength-size.

Early in this century, the newly discovered x-ray diffraction by crystals caused a complete change in crystallography and in the whole science of the atomic structure of matter, thus giving a new impetus to the development of solid-state physics.

This book traces the evolution of our understanding and utilization of light from classical antiquity and the early thoughts of Pythagoras to the present time.

The idea of writing a book on CMOS imaging has been brewing for several years.

This book presents the fundamental scientific principles of long afterglow phosphorescent materials and a comprehensive review of both commercialized afterglow materials and the latest advances in the development of novel long afterglow materials.

This book highlights a comprehensive introduction to double-beam laser and its application to a series of innovative instruments for precision measurement.

This book highlights some of the latest advances in nanotechnology and nanomaterials from leading researchers in Ukraine, Europe, and beyond.

Quantum Optics gives a comprehensive coverage of developments in quantum optics over the past twenty years.

Constrained Coding and Soft Iterative Decoding is the first work to combine the issues of constrained coding and soft iterative decoding (e.