Optical physics

This thesis reports on sparsity-based multipath exploitation methods for through-the-wall radar imaging.

This book integrates the economics of aging and insight based on political economy and explores generational conflict in the context of governmental spending.

The alkali halide crystals have always been at the centre stage of solid-state physics.

Carefully structured to instill practical knowledge of fundamental issues, Optical Fiber Communication Systems with MATLAB and Simulink Models describes the modeling of optically amplified fiber communications systems using MATLAB and Simulink.

This book presents select proceedings of the Virtual International Conference on Futuristic Communication and Network Technologies (VICFCNT 2021).

This book highlights the comprehensive knowledge and latest progress in broadband terahertz (THz) technology.

The new edition will provide the sole comprehensive resource available for non-linear optics, including detailed descriptions of the advances over the last decade from world-renowned experts.

Many optical design technical books are available for many years which mainly deal with image optics design based on geometric optics and using sequential raytracing technique.

This book focuses on recent progress in complexity research based on the fundamental nonlinear dynamical and statistical theory of oscillations, waves, chaos, and structures far from equilibrium.

This book introduces model studies associated with laser surface processing such as conduction limited heating, surface re-melting, Marangoni flow and its effects on the temperature field, re-melting of multi-layered surfaces, laser shock processing, and practical applications.

This invaluable book represents a substantial body of work describing the theory of the optical properties of thin island films and rough surfaces.

Contrary to monographs on non-linear optics this book concentrates on problems of self-organization in various important contexts.

The Proceedings of the 5th China and International Young Scientist Terahertz Conference highlight the important research and technological progresses on terahertz signal sources, terahertz detection, terahertz biophysics, terahertz transmission, terahertz regulation, terahertz device and materials, terahertz communication, terahertz radar and imaging, terahertz spectroscopy and biotechnology, and the intersection and application of terahertz-related disciplines.

This book features selected articles based on contributions presented at the 9th International Symposium on Optics and Its Applications (OPTICS-2022) in Yerevan-Ashtarak, Armenia.

This reference provides an overview of near-Earth laser communication theory developments including component and subsystem technologies, fundamental limitations, and approaches to reach those limits.

Optical Imaging Devices: New Technologies and Applications delivers a comprehensive introduction to optical imaging and sensing, from devices to system-level applications.

The Internet revolution.

This new edition of a well-received textbook provides a concise introduction to both the theoretical and experimental aspects of quantum information at the graduate level.

This comprehensive and self-contained text for researchers and professionals presents a detailed account of optical imaging from the viewpoint of both ray and wave optics.

Plasmonics stems from the surface charge density oscillations at metal-dielectric interface, leading to extremely strong light-matter interactions.

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the photonic sensing field by covering plasmonics, photonic crystal, and SOI techniques from theory to real sensing applications.

Multi-Protocol Label Switch (MPLS) and Generalized MPLS (GMPLS) are key technologies for next-generation IP backbone networks.

Reflecting changes in the field in the ten years since the publication of the first edition, The Handbook of Photonics, Second Edition explores recent advances that have affected this technology.

This monograph is devoted to urgent questions of the theory and applications of the Monte Carlo method for solving problems of atmospheric optics and hydrooptics.

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 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.

"e;a very valuable book for graduate students and researchers in the field of Laser Spectroscopy, which I can fully recommend"e;-Wolfgang Demtroder, Kaiserslautern University of TechnologyHow would it be possible to provide a coherent picture of this field given all the techniques available today?

Dielectric optical waveguides have been investigated for more than two decades.

Wolfgang Knoll is a former Directory of Polymer research at the Max Planck Institute.

The current work consists of nine contributions describing recent progress in the interdisciplinary of Nanoscience, which involves physics, chemistry, engineering, biology and medicine and one essay outlining some important historical and socioeconomic factors pertaining to recent developments in nanoscale science and technology.

Opticsa field of physics focusing on the study of lightis also central to many areas of biology, including vision, ecology, botany, animal behavior, neurobiology, and molecular biology.

This book provides a comprehensive description of various slab waveguide structures ranged from graded-index waveguide to symmetrical metal-cladding waveguide.

Minimally invasive techniques such as Photodynamic Therapy (PDT) and Photochemical Internalisation (PCI) have for years been under investigation for the treatment of solid cancers.

This monograph is an exposition of a novel method for solving inverse problems, a method of parameter estimation for time series data collected from simulations of real experiments.

This book covers a broad range of interdisciplinary topics, focusing on atoms and molecules in intense laser fields, excitation processes in intense laser fields, photonics and materials, high-order harmonics generation, XFEL, high-power lasers and their applications, and quantum computing.

Now in its second edition, this updated, combined volume provides a survey of GaInAsP-InP and GaInAsP-GaAs related materials for electronic and photonic device applications.

Images contain information about the spatial properties of the scene they depict.

"e;Thin-film microoptics"e; stands for novel types of microoptical components and systems which combine the well-known features of miniaturized optical elements with the specific advantages of thin optical layers.

Light is all around us.

This volume sheds light on the current state of complex networks and nonlinear dynamics applied to the understanding of economic and social phenomena ranging from geographical economics to macroeconomics and finance, and its purpose is to give readers an overview of several interesting topics for research at an intermediate level.

Bidirectional transmission over optical fibre networks may yield a large cost reduction because of the reduction of the network infrastructure by a factor two and the potential cost reduction by an integrated transceiver design.

The mid-infrared domain is a promising optical domain because it holds two transparency atmospheric windows, as well as the fingerprint of many chemical compounds.

Lasers, having proven useful in such diverse areas as high- resolution spectroscopy and the guiding of ferryboats, are cur- rently enjoying great popularity among materials scientists and engineers.

Porous silicon is rapidly attracting increasing interest from various fields, including optoelectronics, microelectronics, photonics, medicine, chemistry, and biosensing.

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

This book presents the latest theoretical studies giving new predictions and interpretations on the quantum correlation in molecular dynamics induced by ultrashort laser pulses.

This book offers a comprehensive and complete description of a new scheme to stabilize the power of a laser on a level needed for high precision metrology experiments.

Fourth edition of a well-established textbook for undergraduate courses on modern optics, with numerous practical examples and figures.

This proceeding is a collection of selected papers presented at Symposium O of Compound Semiconductor Photonics in the International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technology (ICMAT), which was held in Singapore from 28 June to 3 July 2009.