Optical physics

The book presents and analyzes some of the most important issues related to the body seen as a rich and complex anthropological and semiotic object, capable of playing a decisive role in the meaning making processes of cultural and social life.

This book provides a unique survey displaying the power of Riccati equations to describe reversible and irreversible processes in physics and, in particular, quantum physics.

This thesis investigates passively mode-locked semiconductor lasers by numerical methods.

This book presents research on quasi-random and random photonic systems for graduate students and researchers in optics, photonics and optical engineering.

Introductory textbook for advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate students, covering a number of important subjects in quantum optics.

The first book on the topic, providing a comprehensive account of sum-frequency spectroscopy including basic principles, applications, and future prospects.

The transmission speed of data communication systems is forecast to increase exponentially over the next decade.

In this book the interaction of radiation and matter, and the principles of laser operation are treated at a level suitable for fourth-year undergraduate courses or introductory graduate courses in physics, chemistry or engineering.

This book introduces recent advances in the deterministic design of photonic structures, which overcome the current limitation in conventional disordered materials.

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

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.

Inelastic Light Scattering documents the proceedings of the 1979 US-Japan Seminar held at Santa Monica, California, USA, 22-25 January 1979.

This book provides a solid foundation for understanding radar energy warfare and stealth technology.

Photonic technology promises much faster computing, massive parallel processing, and an evolutionary step in the digital age.

Updated and expanded with new topics, this second edition presents a full course in introductory electronics using a unique and educational presentation technique.

This book provides a state-of-the-art overview of the combined use of imaging modalities to obtain important functional and morphological information on intravascular disease and enhance disease detection.

This book provides the first critical edition of Ibn al-Haytham's On the Shape of the Eclipse with English translation and commentary, which records the first scientific analysis of the camera obscura.

This book, the first dedicated to the topic, provides a comprehensive treatment of forward stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS) in standard optical fibers.

This book provides readers with an introductory overview of art from the perspective of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.

This volume originated in a happy event honoring Arthur Schawlow on his 65th birthday.

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

There are many books in the market devoted to the review of certain fields.

In recent years, investments by cloud companies in mega data centers and associated network infrastructure has created a very active and dynamic segment in the optical components and modules market.

Atomic and Molecular Spectroscopy is a wide-ranging review of modern spectroscopic techniques such as X-ray, photoelectron, optical and laser spectroscopy, and radiofrequency and microwave techniques.

Regularity and Complexity in Dynamical Systems describes periodic and chaotic behaviors in dynamical systems, including continuous, discrete, impulsive, discontinuous, and switching systems.

Light scattering-based methods are used to characterize small particles suspended in water in a wide range of disciplines ranging from oceanography, through medicine, to industry.

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the theoretical concepts and experimental applications of planar waveguides and other confined geometries, such as optical fibres.

This book focuses on optical wireless communications (OWC), an emerging technology with huge potential for the provision of pervasive and reliable next-generation communications networks.

A comprehensive guide to a new technology for enabling high-performance spectroscopy and laser sources Resonance Enhancement in Laser-Produced Plasmas offers a guide to the most recent findings in the newly emerged field of resonance-enhanced high-order harmonic generation using the laser pulses propagating through the narrow and extended laser-produced plasma plumes.

Provides extensive and thoroughly exhaustive coverage of precision laser spectroscopy Presents chapters written by recognized experts in their individual fields Topics covered include cold atoms, cold molecules, methods and techniques for production of cold molecules, optical frequency standards based on trapped single ions, etc Applicable for researchers and graduate students of optical physics and precision laser spectroscopy

Discussing the principles of physical and geometrical optics from an engineering point of view, this book explains current optical technology and the applications of optical methods in a wide variety of fields, from astronomy and agriculture to medicine and semiconductors.

Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) is a non-intrusive optical measurement technique which allows capturing several thousand velocity vectors within large flow fields instantaneously.

Semiconductor-Laser Physics discusses the underlying physics and operational principles of semiconductor lasers.

This monograph is devoted to a detailed treatment of the nonlinear optical properties of liquid crystals.

This book is about Nonlinear Optics, the study of how high-intensity light propagates through and interacts with matter.

Progress in Optics

This thesis demonstrates and investigates novel dual-polarization interferometric fiber-optic gyroscope (IFOG) configurations, which utilize optical compensation between two orthogonal polarizations to suppress errors caused by polarization nonreciprocity.

This thesis focuses on the electrochemical synthesis of multi-segmented nanowires.

Photonics Modeling and Design delivers a concise introduction to the modeling and design of photonic devices.

The central theme of this book is the extent to which the structure of the free dynamical boundaries of a system controls the evolution of the system as a whole.

Since the book was first published in 1991, the field of surface nonlinear optics has grown substantially to the point where an exposition of the principles of this field will prove useful to many.

This book highlights recent advances and applications in terahertz (THz) technology, addressing advanced topics such as THz biomedical imaging, pattern recognition and tomographic reconstruction for THz biomedical imaging by machine learning and artificial intelligence, THz imaging radars for autonomous vehicle applications, and THz imaging systems for security and surveillance.

This book analyzes the updated principles and applications of nonlinear approaches to solve engineering and physics problems.

This book provides a comprehensive overview on emergent bursty patterns in the dynamics of human behaviour.