Bücher der Reihe Optical Science and Engineering

This book discusses the physics of plasma initiation and reviews the features of dissipating, propagating plasmas. It deals with advances in diagnostics for high-energy, laser-fusion plasmas. The book reviews the basic physical processes, plasma characteristics of the "continuous optical discharge".

Assembling an international team of experts, this book reports on progress in the rapidly growing field of monolithic micro- and nanoresonators. The book opens with a chapter on photonic crystal-based resonators (nanocavities). It goes on to describe resonators in which the closed trajectories of light are supported by any variety of total internal reflection in curved and polygonal transparent dielectric structures. The book also covers distributed feedback microresonators for slow light, controllable dispersion, and enhanced nonlinearity. A portion of coverage is dedicated to the unique properties of resonators, which are extremely efficient tools when conducting multiple applications.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 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.

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.

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.

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.

This book highlights important facets of photoconductivity and photodetection. It focuses on modem photodetectors, describes various configurations for experimental techniques in photoconductivity measurements, and observes unusual photoconducting properties in diluted magnetic semiconductors.

This book presents a wide spectrum of applications where image analysis has been successfully employed, providing the reader with an insight into the merits or demerits of a particular technique. It deals with the domain of graphics recognition, document analysis, and map data interpretation.

Describes the major devices used in photonic systems. This book provides an overview of the field of photonics, detailing practical examples of photonic technology in a wide range of applications. It discusses photonic systems and devices.

Discusses the various aspects of acousto-optic deflectors, modulators and tunable filters, emphasizing hands-on procedures for design, fabrication and testing. This book covers acousto-optic device design and impedance matching that permits the actual design of real devices and device-matching circuits.

Presents the advancements made in the level of achievable integration of optical circuits and components. This title highlights the commercial success of particular devices and introduces multiple facets of integrated optics.

With 300 figures, tables, and equations, this book presents a unified approach to image quality research and modeling. It discusses how the results of different, calibrated psychometric experiments can be rigorously integrated to construct predictive software using Monte Carlo simulations.

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 reference provides an overview of near-earth laser communication theory developments including component and subsystem technologies, fundamental limitations, and approaches to reach those limits. It covers basic concepts and state-of-the-art technologies, emphasizing device technology, implementation techniques, and system trades.

Covers speckle metrology and its value as a measuring technique in industry. This book also surveys the origin of speckle displacement and decorrelation, presents procedures for deformation analysis and shape measurement of rough objects, and explains particle image velocimetry (PIV).

This book describes the physics and architectures of widely tunable lasers. Fully updated and expanded to address important advances in science and technology, the third edition contains new chapters on tunable laser microscopy and laser isotope separation; extends coverage of optical parametric oscillators and their application to biomedicine, counter measures, microscopy, and spectroscopy; and discusses new applications in astronomy and medicine. Featuring fresh contributions from internationally recognized experts¿including 100+ new pages and extensive references¿this edition provides a timely account of highly successful tunable laser applications.

Examines a broad spectrum of the topics in visual science, relating basic studies to applications and delineating points of intersection among the various disciplines that study the mechanisms of vision. This work discusses: the Purkinje-image eyetracker; the principles of high-definition television; and, the role of stabilized-image technology.

Covers methods and applications of digital image processing describing various computer architectures ideal for satisfying specific image processing demands.

This book discusses the techniques of processing and manipulating signals propagating in the optical domain. Photonic components essential for photonic processing systems are included as well as the representation of photonic circuits. This new edition will be fully revised and include four new chapters.

The current rapid and complex advancement applications of electromagnetic (EM) and optical systems calls for a much needed update on the computational methods currently in use. Completely revised and reflecting ten years of develoments, this second edition of the bestselling Computational Methods for Electromagnetic and Optical Systems provides the update so desperately needed in this field. Offering a wealth of new material, this second edition begins with scalar wave propagation and analysis techniques, chiral and metamaterials, and photonic band gap structures. It examines Pontying vector and stored energy, as well as energy, group, and phase velocities; reviews k-space state variable formation with applications to anistropic planar systems; and presents full-field rigorous coupled wave analysis of planar diffraction gratings with applications to H-mode, E-mode, crossed gratings, single and multilayered diffraction grating analysis, and diffraction from anistropic gratings. Later chapters highlight spectral techniques and RCWA as applied to the analysis of dynamic wave-mixing in PR materials with induced transmission and reflection gratings and demonstrate the RCWA algorithm to analyze cylindrical and spherical systems using circular, bipolar cylindrical, and spherical coordinates. The book concludes with several RCWA computational case studies involving scattering from spatially inhomogeneous eccentric circular cylinders, solved in bipolar coordinates. Many of these examples apply the complex Poynting theorem or the forwardscattering (optical) theorem to validate numerical solutions by verifying power conservation. Using common computational tools such as Fortran, MATLAB, COMSOL, and RSOFT, the text offers numerous examples to illuminate the material, many of which employ a full-field vector approach to analyze and solve Maxwell''s equations in anisotropic media where a standard wave equation approach is intractable. Designed to introduce novel spectral computational techniques, the book demonstrates the application of these methods to analyze a variety of EM and optical systems.

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.

Written in an easy-to-read style, this comprehensive guide examines the currentknowledge on opto-mechanical laser beam scanning technology

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.