Handbook of Optics, Volume 4

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McGraw Hill Professional, Oct 27, 2000 - Technology & Engineering - 832 pages
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A new volume in the field's bestselling optics reference--an entirely new opus focusing exclusively on fiber-optics. Contains an ultra-handy, comprehensive index to all four Handbook of Optics volumes.

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Handbook of Optics, Vol. 1: Fundamentals, Techniques, and Design Handbook of Optics, Vol. 2: Devices, Measurements, and Properties, Second Edition Handbook of Optics, Vol. 3: Classical Optics, Vision Optics, X-Ray Optics Handbook of Optics, Vol. 4: Fiber Optics and Nonlinear Optics

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Fiber Optics
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Fiber Optics
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Nonlinear Effects in Optical Fibers John A Buck 3 1
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Michael Bass is Professor of Optics, Physics and Electrical and Computer Engineering at the School of Optics/Center for Research and Education in Optics and Lasers at the University of Central Florida. He received his B.S. in physics from Carnegie-Mellon, and his M.S. and Ph.D. in physics from the University of Michigan. Eric W. van Stryland is a Professor of Optics, Physics and Electrical and Computer Engineering at the School of Optics/Center for Research and Education in Optics and Lasers at the University of Central Florida. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Arizona. Jay M. Enoch is a Professor at the Graduate School and Dean Emeritus, School of Optometry, University of California at Berkeley. He is also a Professor at the Department of Ophthalmology, University of California at San Francisco. He received his B.S. in Optics and Optometry from Columbia University and his Ph.D. in Physiological Optics from Ohio State University. William L. Wolfe is a Professor Emeritus at the Optical Sciences Center, University of Arizona. He received his B.S. in physics from Bucknell University, and his M.S. in physics and M.S.E. in electrical engineering from the University of Michigan.

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TitleHandbook of Optics, Volume 4
AuthorOptical Society of America
Editionillustrated
PublisherMcGraw Hill Professional, 2000
ISBN0071364560, 9780071364560
Length832 pages
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