Optical physics

The book is aimed at description of recent progress in studies of light scattering in turbid media In particular, atmospheric optics and remote sensing research community will greatly benefit from the publication of this book.

A researcher trying to predict or interpret spectra oftransition metal ionsin possible laser host materials isconfronted with a variety of different methods of describingthe same physical situation.

The use of single crystals for scientific and technological applications is now widespread in solid-state physics, optics, electronics, materials science, and geophysics.

Understanding LED Illumination elucidates the science of lighting for light emitting diodes.

This book provides the state-of-the art of the present understanding of avalanche phenomena in both functional materials and geophysics.

This book describes the ultra-short laser-matter interactions from the subtle atomic motion to the generation of extreme pressures inside the bulk of a transparent crystal.

Progress in Optics, Volume 68 highlights new advances in the field of optics, with this updated volume presenting interesting chapters on a variety of timely topics in the field.

This book highlights the photogalvanic effects at low dimensions, surfaces, and interfaces, more specifically 2D materials, such as graphene and monolayer transition metal dichalcogenides.

This book demonstrates the research on VLC based indoor localization in four aspects: first, it constructs the concept and model of the system; second, positioning algorithms, as the main issue in indoor localization, are detailed; third, many approaches are proposed to further improve the positioning performance; fourth, challenges will be detailed.

Magneto-optics describes in general any interaction between electromagnetic radiation and a material which is magnetized.

The millimetre-wavelength region of the electromagnetic spectrum is increasingly exploited for a wide range of commercial, industrial, and military applications.

This volume is based on material prepared by the contributors to the symposium on "e;Progress in Gas Dynamic Research by Optical Methods"e;, held on May 25-26, 1970 in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Syracuse University.

Computational Photochemistry, Volume 16 provides an overview of general strategies currently used to investigate photochemical processes.

Due to the rapid progress in laser technology a wealth of novel fundamental and applied applications of lasers in atomic and plasma physics have become possible.

The interplay between synchronization and spatio-temporal pattern formation is central for a broad variety of phenomena in nature, such as the coordinated contraction of heart tissue, associative memory and learning in neural networks, and pathological synchronization during Parkinson disease or epilepsy.

This book provides insight into an unconventional modality of imaging where several spectral images are captured by a single snapshot under multi-laser illumination, ensuring high-speed imaging within extremely narrow spectral bands.

Spin angular momentum of photons and the associated polarization of light has been known for many years.

An accessible yet rigorous introduction to nanophotonics, covering basic principles and applications in lighting, lasers, and photovoltaics.

Keine ausführliche Beschreibung für "Elektrische Lichtquellen" verfügbar.

This volume presents a considerable number of interrelated contributions dealing with the new scientific ability to shape and control matter and electromagnetic fields on a sub-wavelength scale.

Ultrafast photonics has become an interdisciplinary topic of high international research interest because of the spectacular development of compact and efficient lasers producing optical pulses in the femtosecond range.

2003 Paul Bunge Prize of the Hans R.

This special volume of Advances in Imaging and Electron Physics details the current theory, experiments, and applications of neutron and x-ray optics and microscopy for an international readership across varying backgrounds and disciplines.

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.

The Handbook of Ellipsometry is a critical foundation text on an increasingly critical subject.

The book aims to the description of recent progress in studies of light absorption and scattering in turbid media.

This book demonstrates that solar energy, the most abundant and clean renewable energy, can be utilized to drive methane activation and conversion under mild conditions.

This book describes in detail the main concepts of theoretical spectroscopy of transition metal and rare-earth ions.

This thesis presents significant advances in the imaging and theory of the ultrafast dynamics of surface plasmon polariton fields.

This book covers the latest progress in the field of transparent ceramics, emphasizing their processing as well as solid-state lasers.

In this newest edition of Optics and Lasers, I have added a substantial number of problems and moved most of the older ones to the end of the book.

Optical Holography: Materials, Theory and Applications provides researchers the fundamentals of holography through diffraction optics and an overview of the most relevant materials and applications, ranging from computer holograms to holographic data storage.

This book comprises selected proceedings of the International Conference on Engineering Materials, Metallurgy and Manufacturing (ICEMMM 2018).

This book is a thoroughly modern and highly pedagogical graduate-level introduction to quantum optics, a subject which has witnessed stunning developments in recent years and has come to occupy a central role in the 'second quantum revolution'.

This book is a collection of papers on spatial statistics for remote sensing.

This self-contained book focuses on the safety assessment of existing structures subjected to multi-hazard scenarios through advanced numerical methods.

This book offers a timely overview of theories and methods developed by an authoritative group of researchers to understand the link between criticality and brain functioning.

This book is motivated by the very favorable reception given to the previous editions as well as by the considerable range of new developments in the laser field since the publication of the third edition in 1989.

This book presents the emerging regime of zero refractive index photonics, involving metamaterials that exhibit effectively zero refractive index.

The book introduces the fundamentals of optical measurement mechanics, and discusses different types of interferometry, including (Digital) Holographic Interferometry, (Digital) Speckle Interferometry, Moire Interferometry, Digital Image Correlation and Particle Image Velocimetry.

This book responds to the call for a clear description of the role of basic science in meeting societal needs.

Optical and photonic systems and devices have significant potential for homeland security.

This book presents high-quality papers from the 2019 International Conference on Optoelectronics and Measurement (ICOM2019) which was held on November 28-30, 2019, in Hangzhou, China.

Vor rund 50 Jahren – im Mai des Jahres 1960 – erstrahlte das Licht des Lasers, dieser künstlichen, von Menschenhand geschaffenen Lichtquelle, zum ersten Mal.

Science is the sermon of today.

This thesis discusses the power scaling of ultrashort pulses in enhancement cavities, utilized in particular for frequency conversion processes, such as Thomson scattering and high-harmonic generation.

In this second volume of the book series devoted to photorefractive effects we focus on the most recent developments in the field of photorefractive materials and we highlight the parameters which govern the photoinduced nonlinearity.