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Optics and Optical Instruments: An Introduction
Optics and Optical Instruments: An Introduction
by B K Johnson
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Practical guide shows how to set up working models of telescopes, microscopes, photographic lenses and projecting systems; how to conduct experiments for determining accuracy, resolving power, more. 234 diagrams.... (read more)

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Introduction to the Theory of Coherence and Polarization of Light
Introduction to the Theory of Coherence and Polarization of Light
by Emil Wolf
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Before the development of lasers, all available light sources, whether used in laboratories or found in nature, generated light which underwent uncontrollable fluctuations inherent in the emission process. Such fluctuations are detrimental to many... (read more)

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Molecular Vibrations (55 Edition)
Molecular Vibrations (55 Edition)
by Wilson
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This pedagogical classic and essential reference for anyone engaged in research in molecular spectroscopy focuses on the mathematics involved in detailed vibrational analyses of polyatomic molecules. It leads the reader gradually from... (read more)

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Optics in the Age of Euler: Conceptions of the Nature of Light, 1700-1795
Optics in the Age of Euler: Conceptions of the Nature of Light, 1700-1795
by Casper Hakfoort
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This book studies the eighteenth-century origins and early phase of a fundamental debate in optics: whether light is a particle or wave. Specifically, it is the first in-depth study of the contents and reception of Leonhard Euler's wave theory of light... (read more)

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Spatial Filtering Velocimetry
Spatial Filtering Velocimetry
by Y. Aizu
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The first monograph devoted exclusively to spatial filtering velocimetry, this book includes fundamental theory, imaging optics, signal analysis, spatial filtering devices and systems, plus applications. Also suitable as a tutorial for students and users... (read more)

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Elements of Modern Optical Design (Wiley Series in Pure & Applied Optics)
Elements of Modern Optical Design (Wiley Series in Pure & Applied Optics)
by Donald C. O'shea
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A textbook for elementary optical design that treats lasers, modulators, and scanners as part of the design process. Moves from the simplest concepts in optics to a basic understanding of ray tracing in optical systems, the components of those systems... (read more)

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A User's Guide to Ellipsometry
A User's Guide to Ellipsometry
by Harland G Tompkins
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This text on optics for graduate students explains how to determine material properties and parameters for inaccessible substrates and unknown films as well as how to measure extremely thin films. 14 case studies illustrate concepts and applications... (read more)

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Optics (4TH 02 Edition)
Optics (4TH 02 Edition)
by Eugene Hecht
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Accurate, authoritative and comprehensive, Optics, Fourth Edition has been revised to provide readers with the most up-to-date coverage of optics. The market leader for over a decade, this book provides a balance of theory and instrumentation, while also... (read more)

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Nonequilibrium Electrons & Phonons in Superconductors
Nonequilibrium Electrons & Phonons in Superconductors
by A.m. Gulian
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This book introduces the main concepts of nonequilibrium phenomena in superconductors. The authors cover both experimentally well-understood topics and problems which physicists could challenge more in view of current theoretical understanding. Some of... (read more)

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The Stationary Semiconductor Device Equations (Computational Microelectronics)
The Stationary Semiconductor Device Equations (Computational Microelectronics)
by P. A. Markowich
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The static semiconductor device problem is treated in an "applied mathematics" way. Qualitative properties, e.g. existence and uniqueness of solutions, and quantitative properties, particularly the structure of steady state solutions, are analysed... (read more)

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Nitride Semiconductor Light-Emitting Diodes (LEDs): Materials, Performance and Applications (Woodhead Publishing Series in Electronic and Optical Materials)
Nitride Semiconductor Light-Emitting Diodes (LEDs): Materials, Performance and Applications (Woodhead Publishing Series in Electronic and Optical Materials)
by Huang Jian-jang
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Light emitting diode (LED) performance, including energy efficiency, has improved dramatically in recent years, resulting in new applications of this technology. In the 1980s, the blue LED, a wavelength that had previously been missing from the... (read more)

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Laser Wakefield Electron Acceleration: A Novel Approach Employing Supersonic Microjets and Few-Cycle Laser Pulses (Springer Theses)
Laser Wakefield Electron Acceleration: A Novel Approach Employing Supersonic Microjets and Few-Cycle Laser Pulses (Springer Theses)
by Karl Schmid
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This thesis covers the few-cycle laser-driven acceleration of electrons in a laser-generated plasma. This process, known as laser wakefield acceleration (LWFA), relies on strongly driven plasma waves for the generation of accelerating gradients in... (read more)

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Photonic Crystals: Physics and Technology
Photonic Crystals: Physics and Technology
by C. (edt) Sibilia
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The aim of the work is give an overview of the activity in the field of Photonic Crystal developed in the frame of COST P11 action . The main objective of the COST P11 action was to unify and coordinate national efforts aimed at studying linear and... (read more)

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Springer Series in Optical Sciences #106: Coherent Sources of Xuv Radiation: Soft X-Ray Lasers and High-Order Harmonic Generation
Springer Series in Optical Sciences #106: Coherent Sources of Xuv Radiation: Soft X-Ray Lasers and High-Order Harmonic Generation
by Pierre Jaegle
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Extreme ultraviolet radiation, also referred to as soft X-rays or XUV, offers very special optical properties. The X-UV refractive index of matter is such that normal reflection cannot take place on polished surfaces whereas beam transmission through one... (read more)

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Springer Series in Optical Sciences #1006: High Power Diode Lasers
Springer Series in Optical Sciences #1006: High Power Diode Lasers
by Reinhart Poprawe
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In a very comprehensive way this book covers all aspects of high power diode laser technology for materials processing. Basics as well as new application oriented results obtained in a government funded national German research project are described in... (read more)

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Coherent Dynamics of Complex Quantum Systems (Texts and Monographs in Physics)
Coherent Dynamics of Complex Quantum Systems (Texts and Monographs in Physics)
by Vladimir M Akulin
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Coherent Dynamics of Complex Quantum Systems is aimed at senior-level undergraduate students in the areas of atomic, molecular, and laser physics, physical chemistry, quantum optics and quantum informatics. It should help them put particular problems in... (read more)

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Springer Series in Advanced Microelectronics #23: Highly Sensitive Optical Receivers
Springer Series in Advanced Microelectronics #23: Highly Sensitive Optical Receivers
by Kerstin Schneider
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Highly Sensitive Optical Receivers primarily treats the circuit design of optical receivers with external photodiodes. Continuous-mode and burst-mode receivers are compared. The monograph first summarizes the basics of III/V photodetectors... (read more)

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Introduction to the Classical Theory of Particles and Fields
Introduction to the Classical Theory of Particles and Fields
by Boris Kosyakov
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This volume is intended as a systematic introduction to gauge field theory for advanced undergraduate and graduate students in high energy physics. The discussion is restricted to the classical (non-quantum) theory in Minkowski spacetime. Particular... (read more)

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Light Driven Self-organization
Light Driven Self-organization
by Boris P. Antonyuk
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This book presents a theoretical approach to the problem of self- organization and covers domain charge structure of amorphous semiconductors, looking at light-driven electron-hole kinetics in amorphous media. Material on self-organization in -doped... (read more)

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Springer Series in Optical Sciences #81: Photonic Analog-To-Digital Conversion
Springer Series in Optical Sciences #81: Photonic Analog-To-Digital Conversion
by Barry L. Shoop
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Photonic-based A/D conversion has received and continues to receive considerable attention as an alternative approach to providing enhanced resolution and speed in high-performance applications. Some of the potential advantages of using pho- tonic... (read more)

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