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Optical phase conjugation (OPC) combines in itself aesthetic and pragmatic attractiveness, a synthesis that has made OPC a subject of general attention. 150 100 50 1975 1980 At present, the physical pro ces ses underlying various OPC methods are quite understandable, and it is the physics of OPC to which our book is devoted.

Introduction to Microsystem Design describes both the design of micro systems and the equations needed to estimate basic elements. The text can be referenced quickly via equation tables, which are found in an index at the end of the book.

This book is intended to be an introductory text for engineers and physicists who are likely to be involved in the area of optical fiber communications. The required material was partly developed in earlier courses on integrated optics and optical fiber commu nications, and partly resulted from the authors' close cooperation with in dustry.

In this comprehensive volume, Dr. Bonnet shares her extensive experience in the management of conditions ranging from retinal tears and primary retinal detachment to giant retinal breaks and vitreoretinal surgery.

In this book metal deposits, in particular those of non-ferrous and precious metals, are classified and analyzed in terms of their plate tectonic settings. This approach allows a meaningful treatment of metal deposits of different types and provides significant insights into both their genesis and formative environments.

It is the main purpose of the book to give a logically consistent foundation of migration decision making under incomplete information in a unified framework. Decision rules for migration are derived from a general model of Stochastic Dynamic Programming and the properties of temporary migration equilibria are discussed as well.

The quantum physics of photon scattering processes in atoms, atomic ions and simple molecules, are discussed in this unique approach. Focusing on this topic from a theoretical perspective, this volume fulfills a need for researchers and students in the field.

This book deals with pen-and-paper user interfaces. It contributes to our understanding of how we can extent the interaction with documents to the physical space, leveraging the affordances of traditional paper and tabletop displays.

This monograph presents a number of label-free, fully developed and tested experimental techniques for characterizing near-field fluid flow, including total internal reflection microscopy, optical serial sectioning microscopy and thermal near-field anemometry.

Data fusion problems arise in many different fields. This book provides a specific introduction to solve data fusion problems using support vector machines. The reader will require a good knowledge of data mining, machine learning and linear algebra.

This book describes a number of techniques developed to solve a central problem in the navigation of autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs). It focuses in particular on localization methods and especially on simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM).

This book focuses on the problem of moving in a cluttered environment with pedestrians and vehicles. A framework based on Hidden Markov models is developed to learn typical motion patterns which can be used to predict motion on the basis of sensor data.

Triangulations presents the first comprehensive treatment of the theory of secondary polytopes and related topics. The text discusses the geometric structure behind the algorithms and shows new emerging applications, including hundreds of illustrations, examples, and exercises.

Due to the increasing significance of Colloid and Interface Science for both scientific and technical applications where scientific principles also contribute to new technologies in fast improving Nanotechnology and Medical Science, this book can be a source of information with respect to developments and results related to this field.

Catalysts based on these microporous, aluminosilicate minerals are used by chemical companies in the interconversion of hydrocarbons and the alkylation of aromatic compounds. This book characterizes the specific properties of zeolites and aids catalyst design.

This resource covering all theoretical aspects of modern geometrical charged-particle optics is aimed at anyone involved in the design of electron optical instruments and beam-guiding systems for charged particles.

van der Linde provide a detailed description of their research on pneumatic biped robots at the Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands. The book covers the basic theory of passive dynamic walking and explains the implementation of pneumatic McKibben muscles in a series of successful prototypes.

Not only does this monograph provide a general analysis of random effects in mechanical (engineering) systems, but it addresses deep questions concerning the nature of randomness, and gives potentially useful tips for gamblers and the gaming industry.

This book develops mathematical methods and algorithms that lead to efficient and high performance computational techniques to solve simulation based optimization problems in real-life applications.

This book introduces a novel ultrasonic nanowelding technology of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) to metal electrodes and its application for CNT devices. It will be of interest to graduates, scientists and engineers working on CNTs and related topics.

This book constitutes the first effort to summarize a large volume of results obtained over the past 20 years in the context of the Discrete Nonlinear Schroedinger equation and the physical settings that it describes.

Catastrophic cosmic events such as asteroid impacts appear in the range of some 100 million years and have drastically affected evolution. The author discusses whether and how such events could have occurred in recently found extrasolar planetary systems.

Based on the main findings of nine solar spacecraft missions, this book offers information on key advances in the field. It also provides the scientific objective of those missions and historical perspective on studies of the sun and heliosphere.

The new edition of this comprehensive reference on astronomy observation methods and techniques includes recent developments in astronomical detectors and instrumentation, from the invention of the CCD in 1970 to the current era of huge telescopes.

Written by two of the best US researchers in the field, this text investigates issues of astrobiological relevance in the context of cold aqueous planetary geochemistry.