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In thiscoverage of infrared fiber technology, readers are given in-depth facts about the three key types of IR fibers, including how they developed and how they work. What sets this book apart is its comprehensive look at current and future applications, such as IR fiber amplifiers and photonic bandgap fibers, as well as fabrication techniques.

What is light? Where are optics and photonics present in our lives and in nature? What lies behind different optical phenomena? What is an optical instrument? How does the eye resemble an optical instrument? How can we explain human vision? This book, written by a group of young scientists, answers these questions and many more.

Introduces interested students with backgrounds in physics, optics, computational engineering, mathematics, chemistry, material science, nanotechnology, and other areas to the fascinating field of lithographic techniques for nanofabrication. It should also help senior engineers and managers expand their knowledge of alternative methods and applications.

Over two hundred illustrations, many in colour, capture the beautiful optical effects that we see in the sky. The author describes and explains these effects in non-technical language. In addition to discussing well-known phenomena as rainbows and halos, he treats the rarer ones, including sun pillars, sun dogs, glories, and mirages.

Provides a timely review of the various optical architectures, display technologies, and building blocks for modern consumer, enterprise, and defense head-mounted displays for various applications, including smart glasses, smart eyewear, and virtual-reality, augmented-reality, and mixed-reality headsets.

Provides both the most updated formulations of the sampling theory and practical algorithms of image sampling with sampling rates close to the theoretical minimum, as well interpolation-error-free methods of image resampling and the theory of discrete representation of signal integral transforms.

Speckle, a granular structure appearing in images and diffraction patterns produced by objects that are rough on the scale of an optical wavelength, is a ubiquitous phenomenon, appearing in optics, acoustics, microwaves, and other fields. This book thoroughly covers this subject, including both statistical theory and applications of the phenomenon.

Survey investigations, with the end goal of monitoring the entire celestial sphere, have become a priority in astronomy. This is the first book devoted to wide-field telescopes, intended to bridge the gap between astronomers and professional opticians. It emphasizes the deep connection between classical and new telescopes.

This book arose from efforts to form a special session to commemorate the fortieth anniversary of the first hardware demonstration of the fiber gyro in 1976 by Vali and Shorthill. The chapters include contributions from key engineers and scientists who have worked on manufacturing high-performance fiber gyros for many applications.

After reviewing the historical background of surface scatter theory, this book describes how integrating sound radiometric principles with scalar diffraction theory results in the development of a linear systems formulation of non-paraxial scalar diffraction theory which then becomes the basis of the Generalized Harvey-Shack surface scatter theory.

Introduces readers to the roles of the data fusion processes defined by the Joint Directors of Laboratories data fusion model and the Data Fusion Information Group enhancements, data fusion algorithms, and noteworthy applications of data fusion to intelligent transportation systems.

Explores the singular optics of partially coherent, partially polarized, and polychromatic light fields. This topic gives rise to both new concepts and experimental tools for laboratory investigation, and considerable extension of the possibilities for implementation of the singular optics paradigm in solving diverse practical problems.

Presents basic structural deformation and stress analysis as applied to optical systems. The book provides the tools for first-order analyses required in the design concept phase before handling the intricate details of a full-up design.

If you want the best performance from your optics, they need to be properly maintained. This book describes the cleaning, handling, and storage methods used by professional technicians to keep optics in top condition. It is written for a diverse audience, from first-time optical cleaners to assembly technicians and seasoned engineers.

Provides a foundation for the development of MATLAB code for simulating the performance of thin-film optical structures that can be combined to make interference filters. The simulations developed in this book begin with filters based on simple dielectric materials both with and without dispersion.

In modern optics, the photon concept is indispensable for an ever-increasing range of applications, including many that are now prominent in twenty-first-century technology. This book provides a sound and up-to-date description of the theory and applications of photon science. The text is illustrated with original colour figures.

Demonstrates how to design an optical system using Synopsis CODE VR, a full-featured optical design program that has a command line interface. The complete design process (from lens definition to the description and evaluation of lens errors on to the improvement of lens performance) is illustrated using the program.

Since the publication of the first edition of the Handbook in 2002, optical methods for biomedical diagnostics have developed in many well-established directions, and new trends have also appeared. To encompass all current methods, the text has been updated and expanded into the two volumes contained in this set: Volume 1: Light - Tissue Interaction and Volume 2: Methods.

Provides a complete overview of the state of the art in colour image fusion, the associated evaluation methods, and its range of applications. The book presents a comprehensive overview of fusion metrics and a comparison of objective metrics and subjective evaluations.

Provides an in-depth, self-contained introduction of partially coherent imaging theory for researchers and engineers working on optical lithography for semiconductor manufacturing, including those in the EDA industry. It is mathematically complete: the opening chapters discuss the essential principles, and all derivations are presented with their intermediate steps.

The dynamic field of lithography demands an authoritative handbook for process development and production, and to aid in the training of scientists and engineers. This volume contains process details, recipes, tables, charts, etc., and is useful as a reference book or as a textbook.

To encompass all current methods, this updated handbook has been expanded into two volumes. Volume 2 begins by describing the basic principles and diagnostic applications of optical techniques based on detecting and processing the scattering, fluorescence, FT IR, and Raman spectroscopic signals from various tissues. The second half of the volume discusses specific imaging technologies.

To encompass all current methods, this updated handbook has been expanded into two volumes. Volume 1 features eleven chapters, five of which focus on the fundamental physics of light propagation in turbid media such as biological tissues. The six following chapters introduce near-infrared techniques for the optical study of tissues and provide a snapshot of current applications and developments.

Offers an introduction to optics and optical fabrication that provides technicians with simple explanations supported by illustrations and diagrams. The behaviour and performance of optical elements as individual components and as members of complete systems are discussed and evaluated. Detailed examples and calculations are included.