Optics, Light and Lasers: The Practical Approach to Modern Aspects of Photonics and Laser PhysicsThis new, updated and enlarged edition of the successful and exceptionally well-structured textbook features new chapters on such hot topics as optical angular momentum, microscopy beyond the resolution limit, metamaterials, femtocombs, and quantum cascade lasers. It provides comprehensive and coherent coverage of fundamental optics, laser physics, and important modern applications, while equally including some traditional aspects for the first time, such as the Collins integral or solid immersion lenses. Written for newcomers to the topic who will benefit from the author's ability to explain difficult theories and effects in a straightforward and readily comprehensible way. |
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Contents
Wave Optics | 29 |
Interfaces Dispersion | 83 |
Light Propagation in Structured Matter | 121 |
Optical Images | 149 |
Coherence and Interferometry | 181 |
B 1 | 194 |
Problems | 216 |
The Laser | 249 |
Sensors for Light | 353 |
Laser Spectroscopy and Laser Cooling | 379 |
Coherent LightMatter Interaction | 407 |
An Introduction to Quantum Optics | 417 |
Optical Mixing Processes | 457 |
FourWave Mixing | 485 |
A Mathematics for Optics | 497 |
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| Title | Optics, Light and Lasers: The Practical Approach to Modern Aspects of Photonics and Laser Physics |
| Author | Dieter Meschede |
| Edition | 3 |
| Publisher | John Wiley & Sons, 2017 |
| ISBN | 3527413316, 9783527413317 |
| Length | 552 pages |
| Subjects | › › Science / Physics / Electromagnetism Science / Physics / Optics & Light |
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