Optical physics Books

This volume contains papers presented at the Tenth International Conference on Ultrafast Phenomena held at Del Coronado, California, from May 28 to June 1, 1996. The biannual Ultrafast Phenomena Conferences provide a forum for...

This volume contains contributions based on the lectures delivered at the Third In­ ternational Workshop on Nonlinear Dynamics and Quantum Phenomena in Opti­ cal Systems, which was held in Blanes, Girona, Spain, 1-3 October...

This book is subdivided into three main Parts. The common spirit in these parts is to provide, at the beginning of each, a comprehensive introduction into the subject treated, followed by specific aspects pertaining to the...

New developments in laser technology and theoretical modeling has allowed physicists to control chemical reactions using lasers and to attain an understanding of the underlying photochemical reaction mechanism. The book gives...

The imaging process in stellar interferometers is explained starting from first principles on wave propagation and diffraction. Wave propagation through turbulence is described in detail using Kolmogorov statistics. The impact of turbulence on the...

Laser Interactions in Nanomaterials Synthesis.- Basic Physics of Femtosecond Laser Ablation.- Atomic/Molecular-Level Simulations of Laser#x2013;Materials Interactions.- Continuum Models of Ultrashort Pulsed Laser Ablation.- Cluster Synthesis and...

Effect of Thermal Evaporation Conditions on Structure and Structural Changes in Amorphous Arsenic Sulfides.- Optical Absorption and Structural Transformations in Arsenic Selenide Films.- Trap Level Spectroscopy in Amorphous Selenium-Based Semiconductors...

Nonlinear Effects in Reduced-Dimensional Structures: From Wave Guide Arrays to Slow Light.- Nonlinear Effects in One-Dimensional Photonic Lattices.- Nonlinear Optical Waves in Liquid Crystalline Lattices.- Nonlinear Optics and Solitons in Photonic...

The role of quantum coherence in promoting the e ciency of the initial stages of photosynthesis is an open and intriguing question. Lee, Cheng, and Fleming, Science 316, 1462 (2007) The understanding and design of functional...

The aim of this book is to present highly accurate and extensive theoretical Atomic data and to give a survey of selected calculational methods for atomic physics, used to obtain these data. The book presents the results of calculations of cross sections...

Fundamentals of noise in optoelectronics.- Semiconductor technology for single-photon image sensing.- Hybrid Avalanche Photodiode Array (APD) Imaging.- Electron Bombarded Semiconductor Image Sensors.- Silicon Photomultipliers, SiPM.- Electron-Multiplying...

Water Soluble Poly(fluorene) Homopolymers and Copolymers for Chemical and Biological Sensors.- Polyelectrolyte-Based Fluorescent Sensors.- Structurally Integrated Photoluminescent Chemical and Biological Sensors: An Organic Light-Emitting Diode-Based...

Lenses: Basic Optics.- Electrostatic Deflection.- Magnetic Deflection.- Image Aberrations.- Fringe Field Confinement.

Optical spectroscopy of radioactive atoms.- Tests of fundamental symmetries and interactions - using nuclei and lasers.- Experimental test of special relativity by laser spectroscopy.- A vision for laser induced particle acceleration and applications.-...

Explains in detail the basics, theory, design, fabrication, and operation of vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers. All the chapters are written by pioneers and key experts who have exclusive access to the most up-to-date...

Optoelectronics will undoubtedly playamajor role in the applied sciences of the next century. This is due to the fact that optoelectronics holds the key to future communication developments which require high data transmission...

This book is devoted to dispersion theory in linear and nonlinear optics. Dispersion relations and methods of analysis in optical spectroscopy are derived with the aid of complex analysis. The book introduces the mathematical...

Atomic Multielectron Processes is the first comprehensive collection of the data (mostly cross sections and methods) devoted to the multielectron transitions in atoms and ions induced by single collisions with charged particles...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2009 im Fachbereich Physik - Optik, Note: 1,3, Fachhochschule Südwestfalen; Abteilung Soest (angewandte Physik), Veranstaltung: Grundlagen der Physik II, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Das Werk befasst sich mit den Grundlagen der...

This volume includes revised and extended versions of selected papers presented at the Tenth International Symposium on Applications of Laser Techniques to Fluid Mechanics held at the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation in Lisbon,...

The contributors to the book are world best experts in the optics of random media; they provide a state-of-the-art review of recent developments in the field including nonlinear optical and magneto-optical properties, Raman and...

Progress in atomic physics has been so vigorous during the past decade that one is hard pressed to follow all the new developments. In the early 1990s the first atom interferometers opened a new field in which we have been able...

Addressed to both students as a learning text and scientists/engineers as a reference, this book discusses the physics and applications of quantum-well infrared photodetectors (QWIPs). It is assumed that the reader has a basic...

"Nonequilibrium Carrier Dynamics in Semiconductors" is a well-established, specialist conference, held every two years, covering a range of topics of current interest to R&D in semiconductor physics/materials,...

This volume presents a coherent and detailed description of the field, and brings together leaders in theoretical research. The book discusses today's state-of-the-art, as well as tomorrow's tools: the supercell-pseudopotential...

In 1989 the time was hot to create a workshop series dedicated to the dicussion of the latest results in the automatic processing of fringe patterns. This idea was promoted by the insight that automatic and high precision phase...

This book provides an account of recent developments in light scattering media optics. Leading researchers focus on both the theoretical and experimental results in the area. In particular, light scattering by ice crystals,...

This book offers a systematic and comprehensive exposition of the quantum stochastic methods that have been developed in the field of quantum optics. It includes new treatments of photodetection, quantum amplifier theory,...

Das Buch wendet sich an Studenten Technischer Universitäten und Fachhochschulen und an Ingenieure in Forschung und Entwicklung, die sich in das Thema Bildübertragungstechnik einarbeiten wollen. Es werden nur die Grundkenntnisse...

The theory of the scattering of light by small particles is very important in a wide range of applications in atmospheric physics and atmospheric optics, ocean optics, remote sensing, astronomy and astrophysics and biological...

Provides the state of the art of modelling, simulation and calculation methods for electromagnetic fields and waves and their application.

A comprehensive overview of the principles and applications of femtosecond lasers, especially applied to medicine and to production technology. The advantages and problems of ultrashort laser pulses are discussed in more detail...

This book directly addresses a long-felt, unsatisfied need of modern color science - an appreciative and technically sound presentation of the principles and main offerings of colorimetry to artists and designers, written by...

Acknowledgments.- Introduction.- 1. This Edition.- 2. Arabic Text and Translation.- 3. Ibn al-Haytham's Method.- 4. Ibn al-Haytham's Optical Analysis.- Appendix. A tentative Dating of On the Shape of the Eclipse.- References.- Index Nominum.- Index Rerum...

This introduction to quantum mechanics is intended for undergraduate students of physics, chemistry, and engineering with some previous exposure to quantum ideas. Following in Heisenberg's and Dirac's footsteps, this book is centered on the concept of...

The book bridges the gap between fundamental physics courses (such as optics, electrodynamics, quantum mechanics and solid state physics) and highly specialized literature on the spectroscopy, design, and application of optical thin film coatings. Basic...

This book provides a comprehensive review of the state-of-the art of optical signal processing technologies and devices. It presents breakthrough solutions for enabling a pervasive use of optics in data communication and signal storage applications. It...

The field of ultrafast nonlinear optics is broad and multidisciplinary, and encompasses areas concerned with both the generation and measurement of ultrashort pulses of light, as well as those concerned with the applications of such pulses. Ultrashort...

This book, the first of its kind, bridges the gap between the increasingly interlinked fields of nanophotonics and artificial intelligence (AI). While artificial intelligence techniques, machine learning in particular, have revolutionized many different...

This book provides guidelines and design rules for developing high-performance, low-cost, and energy-efficient quantum-dot (QD) lasers for silicon photonic integrated circuits (PIC), optical frequency comb generation, and quantum information systems. To...

This volume builds upon the successful book Lanthanide Luminescence published in the Springer Series on Fluorescence in 2011. Since its publication, the field of lanthanide spectroscopy and the areas in which the light emission properties of the...

This book advances understanding of light-induced phase transitions and nonequilibrium orders that occur in a broken-symmetry system. Upon excitation with an intense laser pulse, materials can undergo a nonthermal transition through pathways different...

This book discusses fundamentally new biomedical imaging methods, such as holography, holographic and resonant interferometry, and speckle optics. It focuses on the development of holographic interference microscopy and its use in the study of phase...