Optics & optoelectronics

Carefully designed to make information accessible without sacrificing coverage of advanced topics, this book discusses fundamental principles and techniques before exploring practical applications of optical methods. It includes contributions from veterans of the field and up-and-coming researchers...

The rapid growth in the applications of electronic materials has created an increasing demand for reliable techniques for examining and characterizing these materials. This book explores the area of x-ray diffraction and the techniques available for deployment in research, development, and productio..

High brightness metal vapor lasers have become the most bright and powerful in the visible spectral range among all existing laser types, resulting in numerous applications ranging from purely fundamental research to practical application in large-scale commercial problems such as isotope selection...

This book begins by establishing the theoretical foundations of fringe pattern analysis, reviewing various 3D imaging techniques while highlighting the advantages of digital fringe projection. The author then describes the differences between digital light processing, liquid crystal display, and liq..

High-Speed Photonic Devices examines the enabling technologies behind high-speed telecommunication systems. Written by experts in the field, the book explores high-speed transmitters, receivers, electronics, and all-optical techniques. The discussions cover a wide variety of modulators currently in ..

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 both current and next-generation engineers with the concepts, applications, and future directio..

Completely revised and reorganized while retaining the approachable style of its predecessor, this second edition addresses the latest developments in the science and technology of IR detection. This edition discusses the fundamentals of IR detection, radiometry, and flux-transfer issues needed for ..

This book presents theoretically and experimentally gained data on novel techniques in optical communication applications, signals transmission and multi-ring resonator passive systems used for secured and high capacity optical communication. _x000D_ It focussed on readers and researchers in the fie..

This book covers the theoretical foundations and design methods of nonimaging optics, as well as key concepts from related fields...

This book provides a comprehensive account of laser beam propagation, reflecting the major impact of new characterization methods, computational approaches, and fabrication techniques. It highlights new discoveries on laser beams and their propagation properties, including orbital angular momentum o..

This book provides a collection of expressions, equations, formulas, and derivations used in calculating laser beam propagation through linear and nonlinear media which are useful for predicting experimental results. The authors address light propagation in anisotropic media, oscillation directions ..

This book addresses the theory and practice of every important technique for lossless beam shaping. It provides experimental results as well as guidance on when beam shaping is practical and when each technique is appropriate, describes the latest advances in beam profile measurement technology and ..