Optical physics

This book explores the effects of growth pause or ripening time on the properties of quantum dots(QDs).

A non-linear wave is one of the fundamental objects of nature.

The XV International Conference on Laser Spectroscopy brought together spectroscopists from all over the world working in the very diverse and still growing field of laser spectroscopy.

This book focuses on recent interconnected topics in nanophotonics written by scientists at the forefront of these fields.

Visible Light Communications, written by leading researchers, provides a comprehensive overview of theory, stimulation, design, implementation, and applications.

Explores theoretical and experimental studies of the properties of one-dimensional photonic crystals.

A modern introduction to ultracold atomic physics combining fundamental theory with discussion of cold atom phenomena and applications.

The purpose of this book is to open up the field of optics and optical imaging so that, having read the book, the reader may understand not only modern imaging systems, but also the underlying principles of optics enough to become a developer of future optical technology or software.

This book contains papers presented at the Noblesse Workshop on Non-linear model based image analysis held in Glasgow, 1-3 July 1998.

This new volume will help materials scientists and engineers fully comprehend the principles of optics and optical phenomena and effectively utilize them for the design and fabrication of optical materials and devices.

This book is primarily intended to accompany an advanced undergraduate course in atomic physics.

This book explores the early-stage detection of cancer using polarized light.

Space-time transformations as a design tool for a new class of composite materials (metamaterials) have proved successful recently.

This edition contains carefully selected contributions by leading scientists in high-resolution laser spectroscopy, quantum optics and laser physics.

This book describes in detail the reported synthesis methods of inorganic perovskite semiconductors, including nanocrystal, films, and single crystals.

Advances in Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics, established in 1965, continues its tradition of excellence with Volume 32, published in honor of Founding Editor Sir David Bates upon his retirement as editorof the series.

Technische Optik in der Praxis ist aus dem gleichnamigen Seminar hervorgegangen, das Ende 1995 am Fachhochschul-Fachbereich Physik-, Meß- und Feinwerktechnik in Göttingen unter der Federführung von Professor Gerd Litfin stattfand.

Controlling the mechanical, electrical, magnetic, and optical properties of materials by advanced fabrication methods (Le.

This volume outlines the fundamentals and applications of light scattering, absorption and polarization processes involving ice crystals.

This book presents a comprehensive treatise on the extraction of semiconductor diode parameters using various methods.

In recent years, utilization of the abundant advantages of quantum physics, quantum dots, quantum wires, quantum wells, and nanocrystals has attracted considerable scientific attention in the field of nonvolatile memory.

Non-Linear Optical Properties of Matter: From Molecules to Condensed Phases attempts to draw together both theory and application in this field.

This volume is composed of papers (invited and contributed) presented at the International Conference on Coherence and Quantum Optics held at the University of Hyderabad January 5-January 10, 1991.

This text is a short yet complete course on nonlinear dynamics of deterministic systems.

A systematic presentation of the foundations of imaging and wavefield inversion that bridges the gap between mathematics and physics.

This book gives a readable introduction to the important, rapidly developing, field of nanophotonics.

Random Light Beams: Theory and Applications contemplates the potential in harnessing random light.

The first guided-wave components that employed signals in the form of light beams traveling along thin films were fabricated a little more than two decades ago.

"e;Alberto Diaspro has been choreographing light's dance for over 20 years, and in Nanoscopy and Multidimensional Optical Fluorescence Microscopy, he has assembled a diverse group of experts to explain the methods they use to coax light to reveal biology's secrets.

GaN is considered the most promising material candidate in next-generation power device applications, owing to its unique material properties, for example, bandgap, high breakdown field, and high electron mobility.

The book investigates acoustic cloaking for elliptical targets, starting from the development of a systematic approach to deal with such non-axisymmetrical shapes by adopting transformation acoustics in elliptic coordinates, and concluding with numerical and experimental validation of a microstructured cloak in the underwater environment.

High density digital magnetic and magneto-optical storage devices are widely used in audio, video, and data processing information technology, as well as in CAD/CAM computer systems.

This book is a compendium of the finest research in nanoplasmonic sensing done around the world in the last decade.

The emergence of fibre optics as a commercially viable technology oc- curred barely ten years ago; in this time it has become an established field with a variety of applications.

This monograph offers a comprehensive overview of diverse quantization phenomena in layered materials, covering current mainstream experimental and theoretical research studies, and presenting essential properties of layered materials along with a wealth of figures.

This book brings together 12 chapters on a new stream of research examining complex phenomena in nonlinear systems-including engineering, physics, and social science.

Advances in Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics, Volume 70 provides a comprehensive compilation of recent developments in a field that is in a state of rapid growth as new experimental and theoretical techniques are used on many problems, both old and new.

This book highlights recent advances in novel optical fiber sensing technology and systems, using distributed fiber sensing technology based on chaotic lasers.

Progress in Optics is a well-established series of volumes of review articles dealing with theoretical and applied optics and related subjects.

Written by ten leading experts in the field, Optical Computing cover topics such as optical bistability, optical interconnects and circuits, photorefractive devices, spatial light modulators, associative memory, and optical computer architectures.

This book presents not only the simultaneous combination of optical methods based on holographic principles for marker-free imaging, real-time trapping, identification and tracking of micro objects, but also the application of substantial low coherent light sources and non-diffractive beams.

This book presents the fundamental physics of optical interferometry as applied to biophysical, biological and medical research.

Clinical applications include: detecting pre-cancerous and cancerous tissue states; characterizing cell and tissue properties for identifying disease; and assessing the presence and concentration of biochemicals for diagnostic purposesPart of the McGraw-Hill Biophotonics Series

This timely work presents a comprehensive overview of the development of new generations of infrared detectors based on artificially synthesized quantum structures.

Meeting the need for a reliable publication on the topic and reflecting recent breakthroughs in the field, this is a comprehensive overview of color quality of solid-state light sources (LED-OLED and laser) and conventional lamps, providing academic researchers with an in-depth review of the current state while supporting lighting professionals in understanding, evaluating and optimizing illumination in their daily work.