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The field of optics of liquid crystal displays has evolved vigorously during the last decade. Updated to reflect the recent advances in the field, the second edition of this highly practical guide to analyzing liquid crystal displays now offers a broader and more comprehensive discussion on the fundamentals of the field.

Osche explores optical detection theory and the associated phenomenologies for laser system applications. Readers will learn how to apply these applications in imaging laser radar, DIAL and DISC lidar, laser remote wind sensing systems, laser pointing systems, rangefinders, and laser communications systems.

Provides a particularly good discussion of the electromagnetics of light in bounded media (i.e. , fibers). The only book that treats the two complementary topics, fiber and integrated optics. A careful and thorough presentation of the topics that make it well suited for self-study.

Photonics reflects the growing connection between optics and electronics brought about by the increasing role that semiconductor materials and devices play in optical systems. Volume 1 deals with photonics in free space and special media such as anisotropic crystals.

The purpose of this third edition is to bring together in a single book descriptions of all tests carried out in the optical shop that are applicable to optical components and systems. This book is intended for the specialist as well as the non-specialist engaged in optical shop testing.

This study discusses the methods used to embed optical fibres in modern high-strength, lightweight composite materials. It also examines the ingress and egress of optical fibres, and more specialized application concerns, including use of the Fabry-Perot interferometer.

Bridging the gap between theory and practice, it clarifies important phenomena in photorefractive media and shows how to apply these phenomena in actual situations.

Designed as a source of facts, data, and definitions, this work reflects the developments in technology and practices in the United States and abroad. It is based on an unpublished revision of the standard reference in the German optics industry.

Deals with photonics in free space and special media such as anisotropic crystals. Covers all important topics from Fourier optics, such as the properties of lenses, optical image processing, and holography to the Gaussian beam, light propagation in anisotropic media, external field effects, polarization of light and its major applications.

This is the first book to address the optimization of resolution enhancement techniques in optical lithography. It provides an in-depth discussion of RET tools that use model-based mathematical optimization approaches.

This text examines the theory and application of infrared detectors. It describes the optical detection process and the electronics involved in mimicking the eye. It further describes how well optical systems detect radiation.

In this book, Optical Wavelength Division Multiplexing (WDM) is approached from a strictly practical and application-oriented point of view.

The first book of its kind to introduce the fundamentals, basic features and models, potential applications and novel phenomena and its important applications in liquid crystal technology.

Presents a comprehensive introduction to the selection, operation, and testing of infrared devices, including a description of modern detector assemblies and their operation This book discusses how to use and test infrared and visible detectors.

This book is based on tried and tested courses taught by the author, George Stegeman, who is one of the experimental pioneers in nonlinear optics. The book starts with second order phenomena, goes on to explain the derivation of nonlinear susceptibilities, and finishes with a thorough discussion of third order nonlinear effects.

* The book is the first textbook on adaptive lenses for senior and graduate students * Includes homework problems and solutions at the end of each chapter * Systematically addresses the basic operation principles, device structures and performances, and potential applications of adaptive lenses. .

This book discusses statistical methods that are useful for treating problems in modern optics, and the application of these methods to solving a variety of such problems This book covers a variety of statistical problems in optics, including both theory and applications.

Gets you quickly up to speed with the theoretical and practical aspects of free space optical systems engineering design and analysis One of today's fastest growing system design and analysis disciplines is free space optical systems engineering for communications and remote sensing applications.

The latest edition of the leading resource on the properties and applications of liquid crystals In the newly revised Third Edition of Liquid Crystals, Professor Iam Choon Khoo delivers a comprehensive treatment of the fundamentals and applied aspects of optical physics, light scattering, electro-optics, and non-linear optics of liquid crystals. The book's opening chapters include coverage of the foundational physics and optical properties of liquid crystals and lead to more advanced content on the display, photonics and nonlinear optics applications of liquid crystals. New topics, including photonic crystals, metamaterials, ultrafast nonlinear optics, and fabrication methods for massive cholesteric and blue phase liquid crystals are discussed at length. Analytical methods and experimental observations of nonlinear light propagation through liquid crystalline and anisotropic materials and devices are also discussed. Liquid Crystals offers an insightful and unique treatment of the nonlinear optics of liquid crystals. New and expanded sections round out this new edition and add to the most up-to-date resource on this topic available today. The book also includes: A thorough introduction to liquid crystals, including their molecular structures, chemical compositions, order parameter, phase transition, and free energies. Practical discussions of nematic, cholesteric, smectic, and ferroelectric liquid crystals, and explorations of linear and nonlinear light scattering in these phases. A detailed quantum mechanical treatment of the linear and nonlinear electronic optical response of liquid crystal molecules to optical fields. A self-contained discussion of the fundamentals of nonlinear optics/photonics and comprehensive review of all liquid crystalline materials-based nonlinear optical processes and applications. The latest edition of Liquid Crystals is an indispensable resource for graduate students, professors, research scientists and engineers in industrial or government laboratories. It's also an ideal reference for anyone seeking a one-stop textbook with complete coverage of the optical, electro-optical, and non-linear optical properties and processes of liquid crystals.

In a visually oriented computer dominated society, images play an important role in conveying messages. This book presents a coherent treatment of the principles, mathematics, and statistics needed to understand imaging systems. The diverse imaging systems are treated within a theoretical and experimental context.

Bridges the gap between theory and practice by employing numerical examples based on real-life situations. This book uses only classical electrodynamics in dealing with the interaction of light with matter, except in the last chapter on quantum wells.

Covers the fundamental principles behind optomechanical design This book emphasizes a practical, systems-level overview of optomechanical engineering, showing throughout how the requirements on the optical system flow down to those on the optomechanical design.

A complete and balanced account of communication theory, providing an understanding of both Fourier analysis (and the concepts associated with linear systems) and the characterization of such systems by mathematical operators. Presents applications of the theories to the diffraction of optical wave-fields and the analysis of image-forming systems.

AERO-OPTICAL EFFECTSExplore the newest techniques and technologies used to mitigate the effects of air flow over airborne laser platformsAero-Optical Effects: Physics, Analysis and Mitigation delivers a detailed and insightful introduction to aero-optics and fully describes the current understanding of the physical causes of aero-optical effects from turbulent flows at different speeds. In addition to presenting a thorough discussion of instrumentation, data reduction, and data analysis, the authors examine various approaches to aero-optical effect mitigation using both flow control and adaptive optics approaches.The book explores the sources, characteristics, measurement approaches, and mitigation means to reduce aero-optics wavefront error. It also examines the precise measurements of aero-optical effects and the instrumentation of aero-optics. Flow control for aero-optical applications is discussed, as are approaches like passive flow control, active and hybrid flow control, and closed-loop flow control.Readers will benefit from discussions of the applications of aero-optics in relation to fields like directed energy and high-speed communications. Readers will also enjoy a wide variety of useful features and topics, including:* Comprehensive discussions of both aero-effects, which include the effects that air flow has over a beam director mounted on an aircraft, and aero-optics, which include atmospheric effects that degrade the ability of an airborne laser to focus a beam* A treatment of air buffeting and its effects on beam stabilization and jitter* An analysis of mitigating impediments to the use of high-quality laser beams from aircraft as weapons or communications systems* Adaptive optics compensation for aero-optical disturbancesPerfect for researchers, engineers, and scientists involved with laser weapon and beam control systems, Aero-Optical Effects: Physics, Analysis and Mitigation will also earn a place in the libraries of principal investigators in defense contract work and independent research and development.

Photonics technology has been developing at a rapid pace since this texts first publication 15 years ago. In the new, full colour Second Edition of this landmark book, two new chapters have been written to cover the advances in the field of photonics: Photonic-Crystal Optics and Ultrafast Optics.

This text describes the physics and chemistry behind the 15 causes of colour. The fundamental concepts required to understand such processes are covered so that specialized knowledge is not required.

As most crystals are generated by crystals, the interaction between light and crystals is vital to the success of any optics-related endevour. This paperback reprint of the classic reference provides a new generation of engineers and physicists with the fundamental knowledge needed to study this complex interaction.

Offers readers an introduction to the fundamental principles of light propagation in fibers.

Building Electro-Optical SystemsIn the newly revised third edition of Building Electro-Optical Systems: Making It All Work, renowned Dr. Philip C. D. Hobbs delivers a birds-eye view of all the topics you'll need to understand for successful optical instrument design and construction. The author draws on his own work as an applied physicist and consultant with over a decade of experience in designing and constructing electro-optical systems from beginning to end.The book's topics are chosen to allow readers in a variety of disciplines and fields to quickly and confidently decide whether a given device or technique is appropriate for their needs. Using accessible prose and intuitive organization, Building Electro-Optical Systems remains one of the most practical and solution-oriented resources available to graduate students and professionals.The newest edition includes comprehensive revisions that reflect progress in the field of electro-optical instrument design and construction since the second edition was published. It also offers approximately 350 illustrations for visually oriented learners. Readers will also enjoy:* A thorough introduction to basic optical calculations, including wave propagation, detection, coherent detection, and interferometers* Practical discussions of sources and illuminators, including radiometry, continuum sources, incoherent line sources, lasers, laser noise, and diode laser coherence control* Explorations of optical detection, including photodetection in semiconductors and signal-to-noise ratios* Full treatments of lenses, prisms, and mirrors, as well as coatings, filters, and surface finishes, and polarizationPerfect for graduate students in physics, electrical engineering, optics, and optical engineering, Building Electro-Optical Systems is also an ideal resource for professional designers working in optics, electro-optics, analog electronics, and photonics.

This text provides the reader with expanded material on colour science, particularly colour matching, increment-threshold work, chromatic adaptation, and the theoretical modelling of colour discrimination and other colour-vision phenomena.