Laser physics

The significance of the development of solid-state lighting was underscored by the award of a Nobel Prize in 2014.

Materials processing with lasers is a rapidly expanding field which is increasingly captivating the attention of scientists, engineers and manufacturers alike.

In these engaging memoirs of a maverick, Theodore H.

This book explores the new materials and the resultant new field of piezotronics.

This book presents peer-reviewed articles from the International Conference on Optics and Electro-optics, ICOL-2019, held at Dehradun in India.

This thesis covers the few-cycle laser-driven acceleration of electrons in a laser-generated plasma.

This is a textbook for upper undergraduate and graduate courses on microwave engineering, written in a student-friendly manner with many diagrams and illustrations.

Microoptics is still an emerging field with a huge potential for a large number of applications.

The reader will find here a timely update on new THz sources and detection schemes as well as concrete applications to the detection of Explosives and CBRN.

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

As we approach the end of the present century, the elementary particles of light (photons) are seen to be competing increasingly with the elementary particles of charge (electrons/holes) in the task of transmitting and processing the insatiable amounts of infonnation needed by society.

Nonlinear-optical (NLO) effects make possible devices that perform many functions, such as wavelength conversion and signal processing, while waveguides enable the devices to be both efficient and compact.

This book explains how to create opto-electronic systems in a most efficient way, avoiding typical mistakes.

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Sunlight profoundly influences the Earth's atmosphere and biosphere.

This book reports new findings in the fields of nonlinear optics, quantum optics and optical microscopy.

This book covers resonating modes inside device and gives insights into antenna design, impedance and radiation patterns.

Optical and electronic properties of semiconductors are strongly influenced by the different possibilities of carriers to be distributed among the various extrema of the band structure or the transfer between them.

Two typical hybrid laser surface modification processes, i.

This volume contains the lectures and seminars presented at the NATO Advanced Study Institute on "e;Applied Laser Spectroscopy"e; the fourteenth course of the Europhysics School of Quantum Electronics, held under the supervision of the Quantum Electronics Division of the European Physical Society.

Presenting a blend of applied and fundamental research in highly interdisciplinary subjects of rapidly developing areas, this book contains contributions on the frontiers and hot topics of laser physics, laser technology and laser engineering, and covers a wide range of laser topics, from all-optical signal processing and chaotic optical communication to production of superwicking surfaces, correction of extremely high-power beams, and generation of ultrabroadband spectra.

This book gathers a selection of peer-reviewed papers presented at the Tiangong-2 Data Utilization Conference, which was held in Beijing, China, in December 2018.

This book is volume II of a series of books on silicon photonics.

Almost fifteen years have now elapsed since the first observations of per- sistent spectral hole-burning in inhomogeneously broadened absorption lines in solids.

This Springer Handbook of Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics comprises a comprehensive reference source that unifies the entire fields of atomic, molecular, and optical (AMO) physics, assembling the principal ideas, techniques and results of the field from atomic spectroscopy to applications in comets.

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 intention of this book is to provide an impression of all aspects of p- tovoltaics (PV).

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the latest advances in laser techniques for micro-nano-manufacturing and an in-depth analysis of applications, such as 3D printing and nanojoining.

It is now well established that a unique feature of coherent optical beams is their ability to transmit, process, store and interconnect in parallel a large number of high bandwidth information channels.

This book is subdivided into three main Parts.

This textbook, based on the authors' class-tested material, is accessible to students at the advanced undergraduate and graduate level in physics and engineering.

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This book describes the state-of-the-art in energy efficient, fault-tolerant embedded systems.

This book represents the first comprehensive treatment of high-order harmonic generation in laser-produced plumes, covering the principles, past and present experimental status and important applications.

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In these engaging memoirs of a maverick, Theodore H.

This book gives a broad and authoritative overview of research currently underway in the fields of optical science and engineering throughout the world.

Optical methods for investigating semiconductors and the theoretical description of optical processes have always been an important part of semiconductor physics.

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

This book introduces the fundamentals, instruments, methodology, and applications of surface plasmon resonance imaging (SPRi) and related techniques.

This book grew out of a 2-semester graduate course in laser physics and quantum optics.

This book examines the dynamics of competence building process at the firm level in a sample of leading Japanese and European companies engaged in the field of optoelectronics.

This book presents a detailed analytical formulation, and step-by-step design procedure for the electromagnetic (EM) design of radar absorbing structures (RAS).

Since their discovery, low dimensional materials have never stopped to intrigue scientists, whether they are physicists, chemists, or biochemists.

Since the first edition of this book was published several new developments have been made in the field of the moire theory.

The Handbook of Visual Display Technology is a unique work offering a comprehensive description of the science, technology, economic and human interface factors associated with the displays industry.