Optical physics

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

Compared to traditional electrical filaments, arc lamps, and fluorescent lamps, solid-state lighting offers higher efficiency, reliability, and environmentally friendly technology.

This reference offers tools for engineers, scientists, biologists, and others working with the computational techniques of nanophotonics.

Observing the Earth from the vantage point of space has emerged as an important means to plan our natural resources in a sustainable manner.

This book describes the fundamental aspects of nonlinear optics from basic principles to applications.

Laser Beam Shaping: Theory and Techniques addresses the theory and practice of every important technique for lossless beam shaping.

This comprehensive text provides a basic introduction to the optical properties of polymers, as well as a systematic overview of the latest developments in their nano engineering applications-including L-GRIN lenses, 3D holographic displays, optical gene detection, and more.

Nonlinear Optical Systems: Principles, Phenomena, and Advanced Signal Processing is a simplified overview of the evolution of technology associated with nonlinear systems and advanced signal processing.

Nonlinear Optical Systems: Principles, Phenomena, and Advanced Signal Processing is a simplified overview of the evolution of technology associated with nonlinear systems and advanced signal processing.

How do laser beams propagate?

Updated and expanded with new topics, this second edition presents a full course in introductory electronics using a unique and educational presentation technique.

Suitable as either a student text or professional reference, Lightwave Engineering addresses the behavior of electromagnetic waves and the propagation of light, which forms the basis of the wide-ranging field of optoelectronics.

A Valuable Reference for Understanding Basic Optical PrincipalsNeed a crash course in optics?

Advancements in photopolymers have led to groundbreaking achievements in the electronics, print, optical engineering, and medical fields.

Dramatic increases in processing power have rapidly scaled on-chip aggregate bandwidths into the Tb/s range.

Causal Physics: Photons by Non Interactions of Waves redefines the mathematical Superposition Principle as an operational Superposition Effect; which is the measurable physical transformation experienced by a detector due to stimulations induced by multiple waves simultaneously acting on the detecting dipoles.

A Comprehensive Source for Taking on the Next Stage of OLED R&DOLED Fundamentals: Materials, Devices, and Processing of Organic Light-Emitting Diodes brings together key topics across the field of organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs), from fundamental chemistry and physics to practical materials science and engineering aspects to design and ma

Focusing on control and manipulation of plasmons at nanometer dimensions, nanoplasmonics combines the strength of electronics and photonics, and is predicted to replace existing integrated circuits and photonic devices.

Achieve the Best Camera Design: Up-to-Date Information on MCMsMiniature camera modules (MCMs), such as webcams, have rapidly become ubiquitous in our day-to-day devices, from mobile phones to interactive TV systems.

Optical probes, particularly the fluorescent varieties, enable researchers to observe cellular events in real time and with great spatial resolution.

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

With coherent mixing in the optical domain and processing in the digital domain, advanced receiving techniques employing ultra-high speed sampling rates have progressed tremendously over the last few years.

Guided Wave Optics and Photonic Devices introduces readers to a broad cross-section of topics in this area, from the basics of guided wave optics and nonlinear optics to biophotonics.

Harness the Wonders of the Natural World As our in-depth knowledge of biological systems increases, the number of devices and applications built from these principles is rapidly growing.

Written by a leading scientist with over 35 years of experience working at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Solar Radiation: Practical Modeling for Renewable Energy Applications brings together the most widely used, easily implemented concepts and models for estimating broadband and spectral solar radiation data.

Microwave photonics continues to see rapid growth.

This book contains 17 invited papers and 80 communicated papers presented at the International Symposium on Physical Acoustics, held at the University Campus of Kortrijk, Belgium, from 19-22 June 1990.

This volume contains most of the papers presented at the "e;Workshop on Quasielastic Light Scattering Studies of Fluids and Macromolecular Solutions"e; held at CISE, Segrate (Milano), Italy, from 11 to 13 May, 1979.

The propagation of electromagnetic waves in "e;square-law"e; media, i.

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This volume contains the Proceedings of the Sixth International Symposium on Acoustical Holography and Imaging, held in San Diego, California, February 4-7, 1975.

The latest progress in acoustical holography and related research areas, generally involving imaging by means of acoustic waves, was discussed and treated in depth at the Fourth International Symposium on Acoustical Holography, held in Santa Barbara, California on April 10-12, 1972.

This volume presents the proceedings of the Third International Symposium on Acoustical Holography, which was held at the Newporter Inn, Newport Beach, on 29-31 July 1970.

This volume presents the proceedings of the Second International Sym- posium on Acoustical Holography, which was held at the Douglas Advanced Research Laboratories on 6 and 7 March 1969, fifteen months after the first symposium.

Only a space limitation of 115 seats prevented this First International Symposium on Acoustical Holography from having an attendance of over 250.

This second edition, appearing about twenty years after the discovery of the laser is a substantially revised version of the first edition.

In this paper we investigated the dynamics of the processes occurring in a Q-switched laser.

This is the second volume in the series "e;Mathematics in Industrial Prob- lems.

The introduction of GaAs/ AIGaAs double heterostructure lasers has opened the door to a new age in the application of compound semiconductor materials to microwave and optical technologies.

Fiber Optics Vocabulary Development In 1979, the National Communications System published Technical InfonnationBulle- tin TB 79-1, Vocabulary for Fiber Optics and Lightwave Communications, written by this author.

This volume is a collection of papers presented at the Ninth International Symposium on "e;Ultrafast Processes in Spectroscopy"e; (UPS '95) held at the International Centre for Theo- retical Physics (ICTP), Trieste (Italy), October 30 -November 3, 1995.

Progress in optical fiber sensors The field of optical fiber sensor technology is one that continues to expand and develop at a rate that could barely have been predicted a few years ago.

The International Workshop on "e;Intersubband Transitions in Quantum Wells:: Physics and Applications,"e; was held at National Cheng Kung University, in Tainan, Taiwan, December 15-18, 1997.

When this publisher offered me the opportunity to \\Tite a book, some six years ago, I did not hesitate to say yes.

The European Community regards training as a priority area and has therefore developed a series of programmes in the field of vocational training.

Conventional optical science and technology have been restricted by the diffraction limit from reducing the sizes of optical and photoruc devices to nanometric dimensions.

In the span of only a few decades, the finite element method has become an important numerical technique for solving problems in the subject of charged particle optics.

High Speed Optical Communications provides a comprehensive coverage of the design and modelling of the devices and systems required for optical communication networks.

These Proceedings, consisting of Parts A and B, contain the edited versions of most of the papers presented at the annual Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation held at the Snowbird Ski and Summer Resort in Snowbird, Utah on July 19-24.