Optics & Light

Where conventional testing and inspection techniques fail at the micro-scale, optical techniques provide a fast, robust, and relatively inexpensive alternative for investigating the properties and quality of microsystems. Speed, reliability, and cost are...

This book focuses on chemical and nanophotonic technology to be used to develop novel nano-optical devices and systems. It begins with temperature- and photo-induced phase transition of ferromagnetic materials. Further topics include: energy transfer in...

Thesubjectofthismonographistheresultsoftherecenttheoreticalstudiesof the nature and the role of many-particleand orientation e?ects in the process of anomalouselastic scattering of X-ray photon by free atom, atomic ion, and linear molecule. Theoretical...

The aim of publishing this book is the further development of the concept of dissipative solitons, which has been in the air for at least the last decade and a half. Since the development of classical soliton theory in the 1960s, the theory of these...

The invention of lasers in the early 1960s enhanced the rapid development of optoelectronics which had introduced various optical measurement methods. A typical example of the methods is found in measurements of velocity. It is well recognized that...

Optical disc industry is one of the successful businesses in the world, and huge amounts of discs and drives have been spread all over the world. More than a billion discs are produced and distributed every year. Since the ?rst optical discs - Laser...

During the past ten years, there has been intensive development in theoretical and experimental research of solitons in periodic media. This book provides a unique and informative account of the state-of-the-art in the field. The volume opens with a...

This is the first volume of a set of three within the Springer Series in Optical Sciences, and is devoted to photorefractive effects, photorefractive materials, and their applications. Since the publication of our first two Springer books on...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780871699145Author A. Mark SmithFormat PaperbackPage Count 520Imprint American Philosophical Society PressPublisher American Philosophical Society Press

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780750317276Author Dr Maxim SumetsFormat HardbackPage Count 220Imprint Institute of Physics PublishingPublisher Institute of Physics PublishingWeight(grams)...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780750316279Author Professor Jian LiuFormat HardbackPage Count 182Imprint Institute of Physics PublishingPublisher Institute of Physics...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780750314671Author Pramod RastogiFormat HardbackPage Count 227Imprint Institute of Physics PublishingPublisher Institute of Physics PublishingWeight(grams)...

Introduction to Nonimaging Optics covers the theoretical foundations and design methods of nonimaging optics, as well as key concepts from related fields. This fully updated, revised, and expanded Second Edition: Features a new and intuitive introduction...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781560722496Author Nova Science Publishers IncFormat HardbackPage Count 102Imprint Nova Science Publishers IncPublisher Nova Science Publishers...

"Information on recent progress in laser remote sensor (LIDAR) technology can be found scattered throughout numerous journal articles and conference proceedings, but until now there has been no work that summarizes recent advancements and...

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. In this new, updated second edition editor Mool Gupta is...

Completely revised and reorganized while retaining the approachable style of the first edition, Infrared Detectors, Second Edition addresses the latest developments in the science and technology of infrared (IR) detection. Antoni Rogalski, an...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780750322980Author Professor Stephen G LipsonFormat HardbackPage Count 224Imprint Institute of Physics PublishingPublisher Institute of Physics...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780750317054Author Eugene OksFormat HardbackPage Count 136Imprint Institute of Physics PublishingPublisher Institute of Physics PublishingWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780750315708Author F J DuarteFormat HardbackPage Count 368Imprint Institute of Physics PublishingPublisher Institute of Physics PublishingWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780750314589Author Stefan WabnitzFormat HardbackPage Count 378Imprint Institute of Physics PublishingPublisher Institute of Physics PublishingWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780750316965Author Professor Dr Paramasivam SenthilkumaranFormat HardbackPage Count 248Imprint Institute of Physics PublishingPublisher Institute of Physics...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780750317481Author Professor Ram Mohan VasuFormat HardbackImprint Institute of Physics PublishingPublisher Institute of Physics PublishingWeight(grams) 490g

Random lasers are the simplest sources of stimulated emission without cavity, with the feedback provided by scattering in a gain medium. First proposed in the late 1960s, random lasers have grown to a large research field. This book reviews the history...

There are wide-ranging implications in information security beyond national defense. Securing our information has implications for virtually all aspects of our lives, including protecting the privacy of our ?nancial transactions and medical records,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780750326223Author Robert J BrechaFormat HardbackPage Count 400Imprint Institute of Physics PublishingPublisher Institute of Physics PublishingWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780750314558Author Professor Ayman Al FalouFormat HardbackPage Count 314Imprint Institute of Physics PublishingPublisher Institute of Physics...

The field of nonlinear optics has witnessed a tremendous evolution since its beginnings in the early sixties. Its frontiers have been extended in many direc tions and its techniques have intruded upon many areas of both fundamental and practical...

Polarization involves the vectorial nature of light fields. In current applications of optical science, the electromagnetic description of light with its vector features has been shown to be essential: In practice, optical radiation also exhibits...

Catering to the current interest in increasing the spectral efficiency of optical fiber networks by the deployment of high-order modulation formats, this monograph describes transmitters, receivers and performance of optical systems with high-order phase...

This book is an introduction to the two closely related subjects of quantum optics and quantum information. The book gives a simple, self-contained introduction to both subjects, while illustrating the physical principles of quantum information...

Focusing on nanophotonics, which has been proposed by M. Ohtsu in 1993, this volume begins with theories for operation principles of characteristic nanophotonic devices and continues with novel optical near field phenomena for fabricating nanophotonic...

This book explores the role of surface effects in optical phenomena in nanoscience, from two different perspectives. When systems are reduced in volume, the ratio of surface versus volume increases. At the level of single nanostructures this translates...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781475708264Author Glen WadeFormat PaperbackPage Count 325Imprint Springer-Verlag New York Inc.Publisher Springer-Verlag New York Inc.Weight(grams) 499g

The Advanced Study Institute on Molecular Electro-Optics was held on the campus of the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, USA, from July 14 through July 24, 1980. This Advanced Study Institute was attended by sixteen invited lecturers and...

Studying and using light or "photons" to image and then to control and transmit molecular information is among the most challenging and significant research fields to emerge in recent years. One of the fastest growing areas involves research in the...

Random lasers are the simplest sources of stimulated emission without cavity, with the feedback provided by scattering in a gain medium. First proposed in the late 1960s, random lasers have grown to a large research field. This book reviews the history...