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Subjects covered: light and optics, lasers, optical fibers, and optical fiber systems, optical materials, and LED's, and applications of all these in control and manufacturing, data processing and storage, applications in environment, engineering, defence, ocean study, medicine and biology.

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Author:   Bob D. Guenther (Duke University, Durham, USA) ,  Bob D. Guenther (University of Michigan, USA) ,  Bob D. Guenther (Duke University, Durham, USA) ,  Bob D. Guenther (Duke University, Durham, USA)
Publisher:   Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc
Imprint:   Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 20.30cm , Height: 20.00cm , Length: 27.90cm
Weight:   0.400kg
ISBN:  

9780122276002

ISBN 10:   0122276000
Pages:   2400
Publication Date:   25 November 2004
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Replaced By:   9780128092835
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Unknown
Availability:   Out of stock  

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Included in the encyclopedia, for example, will be coverage of the principles of light and optics, lasers, optical fibers, and optical fiber systems, optical materials, and LED's, and applications of all these in control and manufacturing, data processing and storage, applications in environment, engineering, defence, ocean study, medicine and biology. The encyclopedia will be divided into 3000-4000 word articles with large subject areas being sub-divided and covered by a number of articles. Each article is explained at a level intended to be understood by an undergraduate and 'educated lay-person', and information will be presented in as intuitive a manner as possible, with extensive cross-referencing and a list of further reading at the end to point users to more in-depth or advanced material

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Among reference sources for optics, none offers this set's depth of coverage across many disciplines: physics, engineering, information processing, imaging, materials, and nonlinear optics. (...) Highly recommended . (A. N. Murrell, New Mexico State University, 2005 sep CHOICE ) (...) you will find answers to many questions you might have in optics, thus it can be recommended (...) to the libraries of the institutes who have to be up to date in modern optics (CIE NEWS, 73, 2005, JS) Electronic version available on ScienceDirect.com

Among reference sources for optics, none offers this set's depth of coverage across many disciplines: physics, engineering, information processing, imaging, materials, and nonlinear optics. (...) Highly recommended . (A. N. Murrell, New Mexico State University, 2005 sep CHOICE ) (...) you will find answers to many questions you might have in optics, thus it can be recommended (...) to the libraries of the institutes who have to be up to date in modern optics (CIE NEWS, 73, 2005, JS) Electronic version available on ScienceDirect.com

""Among reference sources for optics, none offers this set's depth of coverage across many disciplines: physics, engineering, information processing, imaging, materials, and nonlinear optics. ...Highly recommended"" --A. N. Murrell, New Mexico State University, September 2005, CHOICE ""...you will find answers to many questions you might have in optics, thus it can be recommended ...to the libraries of the institutes who have to be up to date in modern optics"" --(CIE NEWS, 73, 2005, JS), Electronic version available on ScienceDirect.com

Author Information

Professor Bob D. Guenther is Adjunct Professor in the Department of Physics at Duke University, Durham, NC, USA. He uses femtosecond pulsed laser systems to study ultrafast phenomena. Current research includes characterization of quantum well devices, development of terahertz electronics, and analysis of bunched relativistic electron beams. Because these projects are of fundamental interest to physicists, engineers, and material scientists, Prof. Guenther's research involves collaboration with other departments at Duke and other major universities. He is presently working on the application of femtosecond technology to the study of solids, the development of terahertz sources, and new measurement techniques associated with electron beams. He has used a Michaelson Interferometer to observe the temporal characteristics of the electron-beam used in the FEL.

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