Laser physics

Caustics are natural phenomena, forming light patterns in rainbows or through drinking glasses, and creating light networks at the bottom of swimming pools.

This book focuses on the photoelectric nanodevices based on carbon nanostructures, such as carbon nanotubes, graphene and related heterojunctions.

This new, updated and enlarged edition of the successful and exceptionally well-structured textbook features new chapters on such hot topics as optical angular momentum, microscopy beyond the resolution limit, metamaterials, femtocombs, and quantum cascade lasers.

This book provides a step-by-step guide on how to construct a narrowband single photon source for the integration with atom-based memory systems.

Advancement of Optical Methods & Digital Image Correlation in Experimental Mechanics, Volume 3 of the Proceedings of the 2018 SEM Annual Conference & Exposition on Experimental and Applied Mechanics, the third volume of eight from the Conference, brings together contributions to this important area of research and engineering.

This book presents a method for replicating natural butterfly wing scales using a variety of metals for state-of-the-art applications requiring high surface-enhancement properties.

This clearly written thesis discusses the development of a highly innovative single-photon source that uses active optical switching, known as multiplexing, to increase the probability of delivering photons into a single mode.

This book highlights the most recent developments in quantum dot spin physics and the generation of deterministic superior non-classical light states with quantum dots.

The Raman effect is a most useful tool for the study of molecular vibrations and molecular structure.

Die erste Hälfte des Buches bietet weitestgehend näherungsfrei abgeleitete physikalische Theorien für einzelne Dünnschichten und komplette Solarzellen sowie entsprechende optoelektrische Analyseverfahren.

This book describes the fascinating recent advances made concerning the chaos, stability and instability of semiconductor lasers, and discusses their applications and future prospects in detail.

This textbook provides a comprehensive introduction to the physics of laser-plasma interactions (LPI), based on a graduate course taught by the author.

This thesis describes the experimental and theoretical basics of free electron laser science, serving as an excellent introduction for newcomers to this young field.

This textbook provides a comprehensive introduction to the physics of laser-plasma interactions (LPI), based on a graduate course taught by the author.

Introduction to Solid-State Theory is a textbook for graduate students of physics and materials science.

There are wide-ranging implications in information security beyond national defense.

Grundkenntnisse über Physik und Technik des Lasers gehören heute zum Basiswissen eines jeden Ingenieurs und Naturwissenschaftlers.

This IMA Volume in Mathematics and its Applications SOLITONS IN PHYSICS, MATHEMATICS, AND NONLINEAR OPTICS is based on the proceedings of two workshops which were an integral part of the 1988-89 IMA program on NONLINEAR WAVES.

Starting from the concepts of classical optics, Optics, Light and Lasers introduces in detail the phenomena of linear and nonlinear light matter interaction, the properties of modern laser sources, and the concepts of quantum optics.

Fiber-optic communication systems have revolutionized our telecommunication infrastructures - currently, almost all telephone land-line, cellular, and internet communications must travel via some form of optical fibers.

Die ganzen 50 Jahre bewußter Grübelei haben mich der Antwort der Fra­ ge »Was sind Lichtquanten" nicht näher gebracht.

Proceedings of the Light-Activated Tissue Regeneration and Therapy Conference covers issues such as the latest advances in the field and measurements including the determination of the mechanisms of light-activated tissue regeneration and therapy.

This book covers the basic concepts of UV communication, the analysis of UV channel characteristics, the organize media access protocols, and routing protocols, etc.

Modern Optics is a fundamental study of the principles of optics using a rigorous physical approach based on Maxwell's Equations.

This textbook presents problems with detailed solutions showing how to apply quantum theory to modern physics.

This book presents groundbreaking new research on a fifteenth-century world map by Henricus Martellus, c.

This thesis presents several important aspects of the plasma dynamics in extremely high intensity electromagnetic fields when quantum electrodynamics effects have to be taken into account.

"e;Telescopes and Techniques"e; has proved itself in its first edition, having become probably one of the most widely used astronomy texts, both for numerate amateur astronomers and for astronomy and astrophysics undergraduates.

This volume contains the papers presented at the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Localization and Propagation o[ Classical Waves in Random and Periodic Media held in Aghia Pelaghia, Heraklion, Crete, May 26- 30, 1992.

Laser physics has always been driven by a genuinely scientific quest to extend existing limits, limits of physical knowledge and limits of physical methods.

This book provides a concise and user-friendly guide to the most common and important numbers, laws and formulas in clinical vision science.

Optical network design and modeling is an essential issue for planning and operating networks for the next century.

This book presents a survey of modern theoretical and experimental techniques in studies of light scattering phenomena and radiative transfer processes in random media.

The quantum statistical properties of radiation represent an important branch of modern physics with rapidly increasing applications in spectroscopy, quantum generators of radiation, optical communication, etc.

This volume presents selected papers from the 3rd International Conference on Optical and Wireless Technologies, conducted from 16th to 17th March, 2019.

This textbook presents a comprehensive introduction to ultrafast laser physics with a keen awareness of the needs of graduate students.

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the state-of-the-art in the development of semiconductor nanostructures and nanophotonic devices.

This book focuses on optical-wireless communication systems.

During the last few years cavity-optomechanics has emerged as a new field of research.

The revised edition of this important reference volume presents an expanded overview of the analytical and numerical approaches employed when exploring and developing modern laser materials processing techniques.

Grundkenntnisse über Physik und Technik des Lasers gehören heute zum Basiswissen beinahe jeden Ingenieurs.

In this thesis, ultimate sensitive measurement forweak force imposed on a suspended mirror is performed with the help of a laserand an optical cavity for the development of gravitational-wave detectors.

This book presents the principles, experimental technologies, up-to-date research findings and applications of various optical-computing technologies and devices.

This new edition features numerous updates and additions.

This book describes the application of ultrafast laser science and technology in materials and processing relevant to industry today, including ultrafast laser ablation where fundamental studies have led to the development of the world's first femtosecond photomask repair tool.

Monte Carlo methods have been a tool of theoretical and computational scientists for many years.

'Data acquisition' is concerned with taking one or more analogue signals and converting them to digital form with sufficient accu- racy and speed to be ready for processing by a computer.

This book describes important recent developments in fiber optic sensor technology and examines established and emerging applications in a broad range of fields and markets, including power engineering, chemical engineering, bioengineering, biomedical engineering, and environmental monitoring.