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This revised edition has been updated to include important new research in scanning force microscopy since the publication of the original edition in 1991. The bibliography has been thoroughly revised. Basic theory, instrumentation and applications are discussed.

This book is a practical guide to the use of Monte Carlo simulation techniques for the study of electron solid interactions in the electron microscope. Programs, optimized for use on personal computers, are developed to deal with typical applications including secondary, and back- scattered, electron imaging. EBIC imaging of semiconductors and X-ray microanalysis.

This work presents the mathematical methods widely used by workers in the field of quantum optics. It deals with the physical assumptions which lead to the models and approximations employed, but the main purpose of the text is to give a firm grounding in those techniques needed to derive analytical solutions to problems.

Focuses on the fundamentals of the technique of analysing material based on the atomic weight of the species, using the power and definition of lasers to enable measurement of smaller quantities and more finely localized particles. This book provides the full discussion of the techniques of laser applications in the field.

This book, the first comprehensive reference book on photographic sensitivity to be published since 1977, systematically describes the theory of photographic sensitivity. This book is based on the wide knowledge gained by the author in his 30 years of research.

This work presents the mathematical methods widely used by workers in the field of quantum optics. It deals with the physical assumptions which lead to the models and approximations employed, but the main purpose of the text is to give a firm grounding in those techniques needed to derive analytical solutions to problems.

The behaviour of very short electromagnetic pulses as they travel in dispersive media is impossible to analyse and model by the usual Fourier methods. Shvartsburg assembles here for the first time alternative mathematical methods and tools to accomplish these tasks. Such pulses are of great practical interest and importance to laser physicists and telecommunications engineers among others.

Photorefractive materials combine photoconductive and electro-optic properties. A large amount of research has been poured into the subject of photorefractive materials in the last two decades. This book provides an introduction and a detailed account of all the major advances.

This work covers the fundamental theory and then describes in detail how optic technology can be applied to large ground-based telescopes to compensate for the effects of atmospheric turbulence. It includes information on basic adaptive optics components and technology.

This introduction to a field of applied physics on the frontier between integrated optics and non-linear wave dynamics deals with third-order non-linear optical phenomena in layered structures, guiding interfaces and channel waveguides. Energy dependent periodicity, gyrotropy, reflection, mode conversion and non-reciprocity are all explored.

Intended for researchers in industry and academia working on optical communications, this text includes chapters on: perturbation methods; effects on higher order terms; and electric properties of the dielectric fibre.