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This revised compendium integrates basic concepts of polarization phenomena from the dual viewpoints of polarization of electromagnetic waves and transformations by the action of material media. Through selected examples, it illustrates actual and potential applications in materials science, biology, and optics technology.

Detection of Optical Signals provides a comprehensive overview of important technologies for photon detection, from the X-ray through ultraviolet, visible, infrared to far-infrared spectral regions.

This second edition of the Handbook of Optoelectronics gives a complete overview of the field, from fundamentals to technology developments and industry applications. This revised edition contains numerous new topics, from VCSELs to biosensors, flexible displays, 3D optical data storage, and laser diodes.

This second edition of the Handbook of Optoelectronics gives a complete overview of the field, from fundamentals to technology developments and industry applications. It covers the entire discipline, which encompasses the study and use of electronic devices for generating, controlling, and detecting light.

The propagation of light in dispersive media is a subject of fundamental as well as practical importance. This work focuses on the fact that superluminal group velocities are not in conflict with special relativity and to the role of quantum effects in preventing superluminal communication and violations of Einstein causality.

Presents the theoretical concepts and experimental techniques involved in modern quantum optics. This book reviews basic theory and experimental evidence for the quantization of light, addressing such concepts as entanglement and two-photon phenomena.

Stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS) is the important example of a stimulated scattering process - light scattering that occurs when the intensity of the light field itself affects the propagating medium. This work describes the underlying physics of SBS, much of which applies to other fields of research including, to some extent, plasma physics.

Featuring contributions from pioneers of next generation photovoltaic research, Next Generation Photovoltaics: High Efficiency through Full Spectrum Utilization presents a comprehensive account of the current state-of-the-art in all aspects of the field. The book first discusses topics, such as multi-junction solar cells (the method closest to comm

While several available texts discuss molded plastic optics, none provide information on all classes of molded optics. Filling this gap, Molded Optics presents detailed descriptions of molded plastic, glass, and infrared optics. Since an understanding of the manufacturing process is necessary to develop cost-effective, producibl

Drawing on the authors' extensive experimental work, this book provides an in-depth introduction to the crystal chemistry, synthesis, luminescence, and applications of phosphor materials for solid-state lighting, mainly focusing on new nitride phosphors. It collects the latest data and trends on LED phosphors and discusses the use of new white L

This book explores a biomimetic approach for developing and improving photonic devices and structures. Leaders in the field discuss not only the mimicking of natural structures and solutions to engineering problems, but also the true understanding of natural processes and the application of these techniques to established technologies. Suitable

Requiring no prior expertise in optical dimensional metrology, this handbook helps readers understand the capabilities and limitations of optical metrology methods. It shows them how to successfully apply optical metrology to a vast array of current engineering and scientific problems. After building a foundation for evaluating optical measureme

After describing how certain problems in optics can be solved by liquid microlenses, this book introduces the physics and fabrication methods involved in microlenses. It also details the facility and equipment requirements for general fabrication methods. The authors then present examples of various microlenses with non-tunable and tunable focal

With many illustrations, including some in color, this handbook provides an up-to-date reference to the broad and rapidly changing area of silicon photonics. It shows how basic science and innovative technological applications are pushing the field forward. Suitable for both specialists and newcomers, the book covers a broad spectrum of material

Based on the authors' experimental work over the last 25 years, this self-contained book presents basic concepts, state-of-the-art applications, and future trends in optical, atomic, and molecular physics. It gives a wide-ranging, balanced overview of the areas revolutionized by optical frequency comb synthesizers based on femtosecond mode-locke

This much-needed text brings the treatment of optical pattern recognition up-to-date in one comprehensive resource. Optical pattern recognition, one of the first implementations of Fourier Optics, is now widely used, and this text provides an accessible introduction for readers who wish to get to grips with how holography is applied in a practic

Reflects the substantial progress made in the area of optical fibers and provides a description of linear and non-linear fiber devices, including fiber couplers, splices, connectors, multiplexers, switches, and modulators. This book is suitable for scientists and engineers working in optoelectronics and related fields in industry and academic.

The KDP family of single crystals is composed of compounds of alkali metals with light or heavy water and oxides of phosphate or arsenate. Their production exceeds that of any other water-soluble crystals and there is a demand for optically pure crystals. This work offers an investigation of the crystallization mechanism for these systems.

Introducing the basic spectroscopic techniques used in art conservation and archeology, this book describes the fundamental laser-matter interactions that underlie most conservation and cleaning methods. It considers structural diagnostics through interferometric techniques - methods that identify deformations and distortions at a smaller scale.

This book brings together the concept of resolution, which limits what we can determine about our physical world, with linear inverse problems, with an emphasis on showcasing real examples and practical applications. The book focuses on methods for solving illposed problems that do not have unique stable solutions. After introducing basic concep

Optoelectronic devices utilize semiconductor structures that enable the interaction and propagation of electrons and photons, and are the foundation of a huge range of devices. This handbook provides an overview of modeling and simulation for optoelectronic device design, analysis, and performance optimization.

This book addresses material growth, device fabrication, device application, and commercialization of energy-efficient white light-emitting diodes (LEDs), laser diodes, and power electronics devices. It covers the basics of semiconductor materials, physics, growth and characterization techniques.

This handbook addresses the development of energy-efficient, environmentally friendly solid-state light sources, in particular gallium nitride (GaN)-based and related wide bandgap semiconductor light emitting diodes (LEDs) and other solid-state lighting (SSL) devices. It reflects the vast growth of this field and impacts in diverse industries, f

This second edition of the Handbook of Optoelectronics gives a complete overview of the field, from fundamentals to technology developments and industry applications. This revised edition contains numerous new topics, from VCSELs to biosensors, flexible displays, 3D optical data storage, and laser diodes.

Developments in and applications of laser spectroscopy and laser imaging are growing rapidly. This book is a concise collection of laser analysis and imaging techniques, providing a solid overview of the field.

Despite a number of books on biophotonics imaging for medical diagnostics and therapy, the field still lacks a comprehensive imaging book that describes state-of-the-art biophotonics imaging approaches intensively developed in recent years. Addressing this shortfall, Advanced Biophotonics presents contemporary methods and applications of biophotonics imaging. Gathering research otherwise scattered in numerous physical, chemical, biophysical, and biomedical journals, the book helps researchers, bioengineers, and medical doctors understand major recent bioimaging technologies and the underlying biophotonics science.