Light (optics) books

This work provides the answers to numerous questions about the natural world and how its inhabitants use polarized...  Read More >>

Optics with applications to photonics is a key enabling technology in telecommunications and optical computing....  Read More >>

This book provides information on the physics fundamentals and optical sources of vacuum ultraviolet spectroscopy...  Read More >>

A history of the scientific effort to understand the nature of light, to measure its velocity, and to comprehend...  Read More >>

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A collection of experimental and theoretical studies of multi-photon processes and multi-photon spectroscopy of...  Read More >>

The invention of the laser triggered a wealth of developments, many of which were reported in the 240 review articles...  Read More >>

Helps readers to design lens systems for focusing beams of charged particles that have useful characteristics. This...  Read More >>

Dissipative Quantum Chaos and Decoherence provides an overview of the state of the art of research in this exciting...  Read More >>

This text on precision frequency measurement and its key enabling techniques includes reviews written by some of...  Read More >>

Sometime between 1028 and 1038, Ibn al-Haytham completed his monumental optical synthesis, Kitab al-Manazir (""Book...  Read More >>

Between 1028-1038, Ibn al-Haytham completed his monumental optical synthesis, ""Kitab al-Manazir."" By no later...  Read More >>

A collection of tutorials on nonlinear dynamics of lasers. Topics included are: bifurcation theory, the notion of...  Read More >>

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A tutorial of phase-locked loops from analogue implementations to digital and optical designs. This text establishes...  Read More >>

Continues Its Tradition of Excellence Since 1965!  Read More >>

This text looks at the processes and techniques that go into making microlens arrays (sub-millimetre sized lenses)...  Read More >>

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Electronic and photonic materials discussed in this handbook are the key elements of continued scientific and technological...  Read More >>

Advances in ultrafast science, including ultrafast laser and measurement technology as well as studies of ultrafast...  Read More >>

A survey on long wavelength infrared semiconductor emitters, mainly based on quantum wells and superlattices. Featuring...  Read More >>

Als detailliertes Nachschlagewerk und Standardreferenz wendet es sich an technisch und kaufmännisch orientierte...  Read More >>

This work aims to enable readers to design lens systems having useful characteristics. The text covers the theory...  Read More >>

Volume 34 of Advances in Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics includes nine reviews of topics related to the applications...  Read More >>

This series, established in 1965, is concerned with recent developments in the general area of atomic, molecular,...  Read More >>