Optical physics

This book covers the fundamental aspects of fiber lasers and fiber amplifiers, and includes a wide range of material from laser physics fundamentals to state-of-the-art topics in this rapidly growing field of quantum electronics.

Die ganzen 50 Jahre bewujJter Griibelei haben mich der Antwort der Fra­ ge »W as sind Lichtquanten« nicht näher gebracht.

This book highlights the doctoral research of the author on electronic band structure engineering and ultrafast dynamics of Dirac semimetals.

This book is part of a two volume set which presents the analysis of nonlinear phenomena as a long-standing challenge for research in basic and applied science as well as engineering.

This book provides an overview of the design, synthesis, and characterization of different photoactive hybrid organic-inorganic materials, based on the combination of mainly organic molecules and inorganic nanostructures, tackling their uses in different scientific fields from photonics to biomedicine.

InP is a key semiconductor for the production of optoelectronic and photonic devices.

This book is aimed at description of recent progress in radiative transfer, atmospheric remote sensing, snow optics,  and light scattering.

Introduction to Laser Science and Engineering provides a modern resource for a first course in lasers for both students and professionals.

Optics has become one of the most dynamic fields of science since the first volume of Progress in Optics was published, forty years ago.

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

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

This book serves as a comprehensive guide to the physics of thin-film optical spectra, bridging the gap between fundamental physics courses, such as optics, electrodynamics, quantum mechanics, and solid-state physics, and the highly specialized literature on the spectroscopy, design, and application of optical thin film coatings.

This book is designed to serve as a textbook for courses offered to upper-undergraduate students enrolled in physics and explains the broad spectrum of optics in a student-friendly way.

This book addresses the development of OLEDs based on rare-earth and transition metal complexes, especially focusing on europium, terbium, ruthenium, and rhenium.

There is no shortage of lens optimization software on the market to deal with today's complex optical systems for all sorts of custom and standardized applications.

Current developments in optical technologies are being directed toward nanoscale devices with subwavelength dimensions, in which photons are manipulated on the nanoscale.

Broadly tunable lasers continue to have a tremendous impact in many and diverse fields of science and technology.

This book provides a detailed overview of multifunctional sensors, covering discussions on different types of multifunctional sensors developed in past years.

The field of nonlinear optics developed gradually with the invention of lasers.

Full-field optical coherence microscopy (FF-OCM) is an imaging technique that provides cross-sectional views of the subsurface microstructure of semitransparent objects.

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

The field of nonlinear optics developed gradually with the invention of lasers.

Comprehensive, accessible, and physically based description of the approaches currently used to detect light, from X-ray to mm-wave.

In Dye Lasers: 25 years, the pioneers and leading experts inthe field of dye lasers present the current status andbright future perspectives of dye lasers and theirapplications in physics and chemistry.

Since the invention of the laser, our fascination with the photon has led to one of the most dynamic and rapidly growing fields of technology.

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

This book describes the methods of signal processing used in the non-destructive diagnostics of mechanical and electrical properties of high-voltage electrical machines.

The process of heating and reshaping plastics sheet and film materials has been in use since the beginning of the plastics industry.

Environmental and chemical sensors in optical fiber sensor technology The nature of the environment in which we live and work, and the precarious state of many aspects of the natural environment, has been a major lesson for scientists over the last few decades.

This thesis introduces a figure of merit for light trapping with photonic nanostructures and shows how different light trapping methods compare, irrespective of material, absorber thickness or type of nanostructure.

This monograph examines in detail models of neural systems described by delay-differential equations.

Optical Properties and Remote Sensing of Inland and Coastal Waters discusses the methodology and the theoretical basis of remote sensing of water.

Optical Wireless Communications for Broadband Global Internet Connectivity: Fundamental and Potential Applications provides a comprehensive overview for readers who require information about the fundamental science behind optical wireless communications, as well as up-to-date advanced knowledge of the state-of-the-art technologies available today.

This book describes the physical mechanism of high-frequency (radio-frequency) capacitive discharge (RFCD) of low and medium pressure and the properties of discharge plasma in detail.

2D Materials-Based Sensors: Technology and Applications is a comprehensive book covering the latest innovations on sensors using the unique properties of 2D materials.

Partial differential equations (PDEs) and variational methods were introduced into image processing about fifteen years ago.

Get up to speed with digital holography with this compact and straightforward introduction to modern techniques and conventions.

This book covers a diverse cross section of this interdisciplinary research field, with contributions grouped into four categories: laser-induced filamentation; atoms and molecules in a laser field; interaction of solid materials with a coherent light field; and ion acceleration and ionization of atoms in super intense laser fields.

Luminescent Thermometers deals with all aspects of the subject from principles of methods to their applications in different areas.

This expert and self-contained authored handbook provides comprehensive coverage of liquid crystals from the fundamental materials science, physics, and modeling through cutting-edge applications.

This research monograph presents a systematic treatment of the theory of the propagation of transient electromagnetic fields (such as optical pulses) through dielectric media which exhibit both dispersion and absorption.

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

Physics of Optoelectronics focuses on the properties of optical fields and their interaction with matter.

In this valuable reference work, Ichiro Fujieda focuses on the component technologies, device configurations, and operation principles of image acquisition and display technologies and provides detailed use cases to give practical guidance on the various current and potential future applications of these technologies.

The identification and quantification of material present and collected at a crime scene are critical requirements in investigative analyses.

Structure of High-Resolution NMR Spectra provides the principles, theories, and mathematical and physical concepts of high-resolution nuclear magnetic resonance spectra.

In this book emphasis is laid on laser including its operation, different types, properties like coherence and monochromaticity, beam propagation, theoretical treatment of atom-field interaction, semi-classical laser theory, non-linear effects, quantum properties, photon concept and coherent states etc.

This book reports on a new radome wall configuration based on an inhomogeneous planar layer, which overcomes current fabrication constraints in radome design and yields improved electromagnetic (EM) characteristics.

This book is divided into 12 chapters, including introduction, multi-aperture transmit/receive technology in turbulent atmosphere, channel model and channel capacity, orthogonal space-time block coding, layered space-time coding, hybrid space-time coding, space-time trellis coding, differential space-time coding, unitary space-time coding, adaptive layered space-time coding, performance analysis of indoor MIMO-VLC system, and detection algorithm of MIMO technology.