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This book covers laser topics that have been a part of the rapid expansion of optical engineering, including emission spectra of molecular lasers, CO2 transversely excited atmospheric-pressure lasers, and radiofrequency discharge excited CO2 lasers.

Explains the devices based upon the fusion of optics, electronics, and mechanics via MEMS technology. This book demonstrates how devices are classified based upon the control methods of power and position of the laser beam. It then describes the devices according to the classification of control methods.

Ranging from fundamental theoretical concepts to advanced device technologies, this work explores the engineering, characteristics and performance of semiconductor lasers. It defines key principles in electromagnetics, optoelectronics and laser implementation for novel applications in optical communications, storage, measurement and sensing.

Examines critical breakthroughs in the design and provision of effective public service networks in areas including traffic control, telephone service, real-time video transfer, voice and image transmission for a content delivery network (CDN), and Internet access. This book explores system structures and experimental prototypes.

Examining theories, experimental methods, and practical formulas for exploration of the core topics in nonlinear optics, this text reflects advances in the analysis and modification of material properties for application in frequency conversion, optical switching and limiting, multiphoton absorption, and electro-optic effects.

Brings together results from electromagnetic, mechanics, thermodynamics, solid state physics, chemistry, optics, and materials science to provide a picture of materials science, in particular their optical properties. This book discusses the underlying physical basis of the various properties, including constituents, bonding, and structural order.

Covers the history of optical communications, fibres and fiber cables, and compares optical fibres with other transmission media. This work also discusses optical fibre materials, reliability and manufacture, illustrates the design, construction and properties of recent cables used for optical fibre, and describes fibre splicing.

The technological potential of nanocrystalline materials has led to growth in research on semiconductor nanocrystals. This work addresses topics impacting the field including synthesis and assembly of nanocrystals, single-nanocrystal optical and tunneling spectroscopies and physical and engineering aspects of nanocrystal-based devices.

Details the latest image processing algorithms and imaging systems for image recognition with diverse applications to the military; the transportation, aerospace, information security and biomedical industries; radar systems and image tracking systems.

Furnishes table of nonlinear optical properties of organic substances as well as experimental procedures for measuring the nonlinearity of the elements tabulated, including composite materials-offering support for scientists and engineers involved in characterizing, optimizing, and producing materials for manufacturing optical devices.

Offers a theoretical description of charge transport in organic semiconductors at the molecular level. This volume discusses charge transport in single-crystal devices, small molecules and oligomers, conjugated polymer devices, and charge injection issues in organic transistors.

Based on more than 30 years of research on differential theories of gratings, this book describes developments in differential theory for applications in spectroscopy, acoustics, X-ray instrumentation, optical communication, information processing, photolithography, high-power lasers, high-precision engineering, and astronomy.

Presents the statistical analysis of morphological filters and their automatic optical design, the development of morphological features for image signatures, and the design of efficient morphological algorithms. This work extends the morphological paradigm to include other branches of science and mathematics.

Offers a comprehensive overview of organic and polymeric PV materials and devices. This work contains discussions including sunlight capture, exciton diffusion and dissociation, interface properties, charge recombination and migration and a variety of OPV materials/devices.

Presents optical techniques and measurement procedures, providing basic background information on optics and lasers, their components and basic systems. Contains information on thermal and laser sources, detectors, and recording materials, semi-conductor laser diodes, and optical techniques such as

This book provides an introduction on applications of lasers in Chemistry. It describes laser as a tool for chemistry, the consideration involved in describing a laser beam and what happens to beam as it is propagated through a gas. The book is useful for graduates and advanced undergraduates.

This monograph offers detailed and easy-to-read descriptions of the main techniques of laser spectroscopy and its applications. It is useful to engineers, technical managers, nonlaser scientists who require an introduction to the field, graduate students, and laser spectroscopists.

A guide for design information and procedures for a range of optical systems. It includes various designs and sections on stabilized systems, the human eye, spectrographic systems, and diffractive systems.

Improvements in sensor technology as well as in optics and electronics technologies have elevated digital still cameras (DSCs) to levels of quality comparable to those of film cameras. This book acquaints engineers with the concepts, applications, and directions of digital image acquisition and signal processing technology in DSCs.

Examines the scientific principles, characterization techniques, and fabrication methods used to design and produce high quality optical fibers. This book documents the underlying physics of polymer fibers, particularly aspects of light interaction.

Begins with a comparison of nonlinear optical spectroscopy and x-ray crystallography. This text examines the use of multiphoton fluorescence to study chemical phenomena in the skin, the use of nonlinear optics to enhance traditional optical spectroscopy, and the multimodal approach, which incorporates spectroscopic techniques in one instrument.

Offers a basic understanding of the physical background and engineering considerations required for the design of IR systems, examining various components and combining them into examples of current surveillance systems. This work presents coverage of optical systems, including lightweight mirrors and adaptive optics.

Combining electromagnetic and ultrasonic waves synergistically, photoacoustics can provide deep speckle-free imaging with high electromagnetic contrast at high ultrasonic resolution. Dealing with photoacoustic imaging and spectroscopy, this book presents an account of the research and applications in the area of biomedical photoacoustics.

Presents developments in organic electroluminescence and their application to light emitting diodes. This work describes and illustrates the physical principles of organic LEDs and their electrical and optical characteristics with a range of examples and practical studies.

Reports on the progress in the field of monolithic micro and nano-resonators. This book describes resonators in which the closed trajectories of light are supported by any variety of total internal reflection in curved and polygonal transparent dielectric structures.

Covers optical devices utilized in communication and information processing systems, highlighting the physics of optoelectronics necessary for both hybrid and monolithic optical integrated circuits. This text bridges the gap between thin-film switches and active semiconductors by analyzing lithium niobate as well as compound semiconductor devices.

A basic reference presents the scientific and engineering principles of single-mode optical fibers. It provides discussions to reflect developments since the 1983 first edition.