Lasers category: 528 books
by John Vetelino, Aravind Reghu
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2017
The need for new types of sensors is more critical than ever. This is due to the emergence of increasingly complex technologies, health and security concerns of a burgeoning world population, and the emergence of terrorist activities, among other factors. Depending on their application, the design,...
by H. Angus Macleod
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2017
Praise for prior editions
"an excellent treatise of thin film coatings, explaining how to produce all sorts of different filters selected according to the function they are required to play… an indispensable text for every filter manufacturer and user and an excellent guide for students."...
Sensors
Proceedings of the Fourth National Conference on Sensors, February 21-23, 2018, Catania, Italy
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2019
This book gathers the best papers presented at the Fourth Italian National Conference on Sensors, held in Catania, Italy, from 21 to 23 February 2018. The book represents an invaluable and up-to-the-minute tool, providing an essential overview of recent findings, strategies and new directions in the...
A Novel Lidar Ceilometer
Design, Implementation and Characterisation
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2014
In this thesis, a new lidar (light detection and ranging) ceilometer capable of monitoring cloud base and sensitive to boundary layer aerosols is introduced. The key to this novelty lies in its divided-lens design that addresses a classical lidar problem of balancing transmitter-receiver overlap and...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2018
This revised and updated fifth edition of the highly acclaimed “gold standard” textbook continues to provide a foundational review of health behavior change theories, research methodologies, and intervention strategies across a range of populations, age groups, and health conditions. It examines...
by Ken Barat
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2018
Understanding Laser Accidents provides a comprehensive reference addressing a wide a spectrum of laser accidents. The under-reporting and misreporting of laser accidents creates a blind spot for the laser management of institutions, laser users and laser safety officers. This book attempts to lift...
LEOMA and the US Laser Industry
The Good and Bad Moves for Trade Associations in Emerging High-Tech Industries
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2014
This book describes the approaches, both successful and not, to the political and infrastructure issues addressed by the trade association. The intent is to provide guidance to those confronting similar issues, and help them avoid unsuccessful approaches.
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by Michael Bukshtab
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2019
The revised 2nd edition of this practical book provides an expanded treatment and comparison of techniques used in advanced optical measurements, guiding its reader from fundamental radiometric and photometric concepts to the state-of-the-art in highly sensitive measurements of optical losses and...
Fiber-Optic Fabry-Perot Sensors
An Introduction
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2017
The authors deliver a complete overview of fiber-optic Fabry-Perot (FFP) sensing technology, integrating the knowledge and tools of multiple fields including optics, sensing, micromachining, instrumentation, physics, and materials science. The main chapters discuss operating principles, microstructures,...
Optical Communications
Advanced Systems and Devices for Next Generation Networks
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2018
This book focuses on recent research and developments on optical communications. The chapters present different aspects of optical communication systems, comprising high capacity transmission over long distances, coherent and intensity modulated technologies, orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing,...
Non-Stationary Electromagnetics
An Integral Equations Approach
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2018
This book is devoted to the investigations of non-stationary electromagnetic processes. The investigations are undertaken analytically mainly using the Volterra integral equations approach. The book contains a systematic statement of this approach for the investigations of electrodynamics phenomena...
by John E. Midwinter
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2012
Photonics in Switching provides a broad, balanced overview of the use of optics or photonics in switching, from materials and devices to system architecture. The chapters, each written by an expert in the field, survey the key technologies, setting them in context and highlighting their benefits and...
4th International Symposium of Space Optical Instruments and Applications
Delft, The Netherlands, October 16 -18, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2018
This book gathers selected and expanded contributions presented at the 4th Symposium on Space Optical Instruments and Applications, which was held in Delft, the Netherlands, on October 16–18, 2017. This conference series is organized by the Sino-Holland Space Optical Instruments Laboratory, a cooperative...
Light and Optics
Principles and Practices
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2018
Since the invention of the laser, our fascination with the photon has led to one of the most dynamic and rapidly growing fields of technology. As the reality of all-optical systems quickly comes into focus, it is more important than ever to have a thorough understanding of light and the optical components...