Optical physics

This book provides an essential overview of computational neuroscience.

This book introduces the wider field of functional nanomaterials sciences, with a strong emphasis on semiconductor photonics.

This book presents a comprehensive description of the physics of free-electron lasers starting from the fundamentals and proceeding through detailed derivations of the equations describing electron trajectories, and spontaneous and stimulated emission.

The main purpose of this book is to introduce a broader audience to emergence by illustrating how discoveries in the physical sciences have informed the ways we think about it.

This book gives a comprehensive overview of recent advancements in both theory and practical implementation of plasmonic probes.

This book presents a new concept of General Systems Theory and its application to atmospheric physics.

This book addresses 5G network capacity requirements with a new architecture for 5G Optical Backhaul Network.

This book summarizes the latest findings by leading researchers in the field of photon science in Russia and Japan.

This book showcases the state of the art in the field of sensors and microsystems, revealing the impressive potential of novel methodologies and technologies.

This book describes a unique combination of quantum chemical methods for calculating the basic physical properties of luminescent materials, or phosphors.

This book presents the fundamental scientific principles of long afterglow phosphorescent materials and a comprehensive review of both commercialized afterglow materials and the latest advances in the development of novel long afterglow materials.

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

This book highlights the various topics in which luminescence and electrochemistry are intimately coupled.

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 thesis deals with the development and in-depth study of a new class of optoelectronic material platform comprising graphene and MoS_2, in which MoS_2 is used essentially to sensitize graphene and lead to unprecedently high gain and novel opto-electronic memory effects.

This book reports on an outstanding research devoted to modeling and control of dynamic systems using fractional-order calculus.

The expanded 4th edition of this classic optics text is aimed at those wishing to apply their knowledge of optics to engineering problems, and provides a sound introduction to the basic principles of optics for engineering students.

This book concerns the elastic stability of thin-walled structures - one of the most challenging problems facing structural engineers because of its high degree of nonlinearity - and introduces the innovative approach of using spectral analysis of the shapes and the stiffness to gain insights into the nonlinear deformations.

This book deals with randomly moving objects and their spreading.

This volume builds upon the successful book Lanthanide Luminescence published in the Springer Series on Fluorescence in 2011.

This book presents the first comprehensive, interdisciplinary review of the rapidly developing field of air lasing.

This book introduces and discusses both the fundamental aspects and the measurability of applications of time-symmetric kinetic quantities, outlining the features that constitute the non-dissipative branch of non-equilibrium physics.

This graduate-level textbook presents the principles, design methods, simulation, and materials of photonic circuits.

This book discusses analytic and asymptotic methods relevant to radiative transfer in dilute media, such as stellar and planetary atmospheres.

This book presents a survey of the aspects of economic complexity, with a focus on foundational, interdisciplinary ideas.

This volume provides expert coverage of the state-of-the-art in sol-gel materials for functional applications in energy, environment and electronics.

This book provides an analysis of the construction, diagnosis (as chaotic) and evaluation of models in chaos theory.

This book presents a survey of modern theoretical and experimental techniques in studies of light scattering phenomena and radiative transfer processes in random media.

This book illuminates advanced cutting and joining processes, what they are used for, and the capabilities of these manufacturing techniques, especially in micro- and nano-fabrication.

This book presents some of the latest achievements in nanotechnology and nanomaterials from leading researchers in Ukraine, Europe, and beyond.

This fourth volume of a four-volume textbook covers the oscillations of systems with one or more degrees of freedom; the concept of waves, focusing on light and sound; phase and group velocities, their physical meaning, and their measurement; diffraction and interference of light; polarization phenomena; and the formation of images in the eye and in optical instruments.

This course-based text revisits classic concepts in nonlinear circuit theory from a very much introductory point of view: the presentation is completely self-contained and does not assume any prior knowledge of circuit theory.

This volume presents infectious diseases modeled mathematically, taking seasonality and changes in population behavior into account, using a switched and hybrid systems framework.

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

The book covers recent advances and progress in understanding both the fundamental science of lasers interactions in materials science, as well as a special emphasis on emerging applications enabled by the irradiation of materials by pulsed laser systems.

This book provides a step-by-step guide on how to construct a narrowband single photon source for the integration with atom-based memory systems.

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This book presents a new approach for the analysis of chaotic behavior in non-linear dynamical systems, in which output can be represented in quaternion parametrization.

This book reports on the development of a pioneering light source architecture of the so-called Petawatt Field Synthesizer (PFS) system, which is based on short-pulse pumped, optical parametric chirped pulse amplification (OPCPA), driven by a homemade, 1-ps diode-pumped Yb:YAG.

Advancement of Optical Methods & Digital Image Correlation in Experimental Mechanics, Volume 3 of the Proceedings of the 2018 SEM Annual Conference & Exposition on Experimental and Applied Mechanics, the third volume of eight from the Conference, brings together contributions to this important area of research and engineering.

This book focuses on recent research and developments on optical communications.

This book gathers selected and expanded contributions presented at the 4th Symposium on Space Optical Instruments and Applications, which was held in Delft, the Netherlands, on October 16-18, 2017.

This book focuses on the development and implementation of the longitudinal, angular and frequency controls of the Advanced Virgo detector, both from the simulation and experimental point of view, which contributed to Virgo reaching a sensitivity that enabled it to join the LIGO-Virgo O2 run in August 2017.

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.

This monograph discusses the essential principles of the evaporationprocess by looking at it at the molecular and atomic level.

This book brings together reviews by internationally renowed experts on quantum optics and photonics.

This book presents important topics in nanophotonics in review-style chapters written by world leading scientists.

This book covers key theoretical and practical aspects of optics, photonics and lasers.

Dieses essential stellt das Selektive Lasersintern als Verfahren der additiven Fertigung im Kontext anderer 3D-Druck-Prozesse vor.