Slow Light: Science and Applications

Slow Light: Science and Applications
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Jacob B. Khurgin (Editor), Rodney S. Tucker (Editor)

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One of the Top Selling Physics Books according to YBP Library Services

The exotic effects of slow light have been widely observed in the laboratory. However, current literature fails to explore the wider field of slow light in photonic structures and optical fibers.


Reflecting recent research, Slow Light: Science and Applications presents a comprehensive introduction to slow light and its potential applications, including storage, switching, DOD applications, and nonlinear optics. The book covers fundamentals of slow light in various media, including atomic media, semiconductors, fibers, and photonic structures. Leading authorities in such diverse fields as atomic vapor spectroscopy, fiber amplifiers, and integrated optics provide an interdisciplinary perspective. They uncover potential applications in both linear and nonlinear optics.


While it is impossible to account for all the captivating developments that have occurred in the last few years, this book provides an exceptional survey of the current state of the slow light field.


About the Author
John Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA University of Melbourne
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* Hardcover: 404 pages
* Publisher: CRC; 1 edition (December 22, 2008)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 1420061518
* ISBN-13: 978-1420061512

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Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers

Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers
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Nilroy K. Dutta (Author), Qiang Wang (Author)

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This invaluable book provides a comprehensive treatment of the design and applications of the semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA). SOAs are important components for optical communication systems with applications as in-line amplifiers and as functional devices in evolving optical networks. The functional applications of SOAs were first studied in the early 1990s; since then, the diversity and scope of such applications have been steadily growing. "Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers" is self-contained and unified in presentation. The treatments in the book are detailed enough to capture the interest of the curious reader and sufficiently complete to provide the necessary background to explore the subject further. It is intended to be used as an advanced text by graduate students and by practicing engineers but is also suitable for non-experts who wish to have an overview of optical amplifiers.
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* Hardcover: 312 pages
* Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company (February 23, 2006)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 9812563970
* ISBN-13: 978-9812563972

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Photon-based Nanoscience and Nanobiotechnology (NATO Science Series II: Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry)

Photon-based Nanoscience and Nanobiotechnology (NATO Science Series II: Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry)
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Jan J. Dubowski (Editor), Stoyan Tanev (Editor)

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Light has always played a significant role in the synthesis of materials and formation of small-scale solid structures. The invention of holographic and phase mask projection has enabled engineers to fabricate devices with characteristic features much smaller than the wavelength of the light used for processing. A further reduction of device dimensions has been achieved by implementing the processes that rely strongly on the non-linear effects of light-matter interaction. The intention of this book was to provide the Reader, primarily graduate students and young researchers in materials engineering, bio(chem)physics, medical physics and biophysics, with a set of articles reviewing state-of-the art research and recent advancements in the field of photon-matter interaction for micro/nanomaterials synthesis and manipulation of properties of biological and inorganic materials at the atomic level. Photon-based nanoscience and related technologies have created exciting opportunities for the fabrication and characterization of nano(bio)material devices and systems, and it is expected to significantly contribute to the development of Nanobiophotonics and Nanomedicine.
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* Paperback: 371 pages
* Publisher: Springer; 1 edition (November 15, 2006)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 1402055226
* ISBN-13: 978-1402055225

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Laser Beam Shaping: Theory and Techniques (Optical Science and Engineering)

Laser Beam Shaping: Theory and Techniques (Optical Science and Engineering)
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Fred M. Dickey (Editor), Scott C. Holswade (Editor)

Review
"...ideal for optical engineers, scientists and students who ... need to apply laser beam shaping techniques, to improve laser processes..." -- Chemical Business, 2001

...ideal for optical engineers, scientists and students who have a need to apply laser beam shaping techniques, to improve laser processes including researchers doing research in designing, procuring, or assessing the need for beam shaping with respect to a given application.
---Chemical Business, 2001


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A guide to the most fundamental theories and techniques in laser beam shaping. Covers a wide breadth of topics which include shaping element design, current applications, and potentials of the laser beam shaping field. Reviews the underlying theory behind the applications involved.
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* Hardcover: 428 pages
* Publisher: CRC; 1 edition (July 11, 2000)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 0824703987
* ISBN-13: 978-0824703981

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Semiconductor-Laser Fundamentals: Physics of the Gain Materials

Semiconductor-Laser Fundamentals: Physics of the Gain Materials
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Weng W. Chow (Author), Stephan W. Koch (Author)

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"This book presents an in-depth discussion of the semiconductor-laser gain medium...a wealth of examples for many different material combinations bestow the book with quantitative and predictive value for a wide variety of applications."

--Optik


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This book presents an in-depth discussion of the semiconductor-laser gain medium. The optical and electronic properties of semiconductors, particularly semiconductor quantum-well systems, are analzyed in detail, covering a wide variety of near-infrared systems with or without strain, as well as wide-gap materials such as the group-III nitride compounds or the II-VI materials. The important bandstructure modifications and Coulomb interaction effects are discussed, including the solution of the longstanding semiconductor laser lineshape problem. Quantitative comparisons between measured and predicted gain/absorption and refractive index spectra for a wide variety of semiconductor-laser materials enable the theoretical results to be used directly in the engineering of advanced laser and amplifier structures. A walth of examples for many different material combinations bestow the book with quantitative and predictive value for a wide variety of applications.
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* Hardcover: 246 pages
* Publisher: Springer; 1 edition (August 27, 1999)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 3540641661
* ISBN-13: 978-3540641667
* Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.

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Foundations for Guided-Wave Optics

Foundations for Guided-Wave Optics
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Chen C.-L.

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A classroom-tested introduction to integrated and fiber optics

This text offers an in-depth treatment of integrated and fiber optics, providing graduate students, engineers, and scientists with a solid foundation of the principles, capabilities, uses, and limitations of guided-wave optic devices and systems. In addition to the transmission properties of dielectric waveguides and optical fibers, this book covers the principles of directional couplers, guided-wave gratings, arrayed-waveguide gratings, and fiber optic polarization components.

The material is fully classroom-tested and carefully structured to help readers grasp concepts quickly and apply their knowledge to solving problems. Following an overview, including important nomenclature and notations, the text investigates three major topics:

* Integrated optics
* Fiber optics
* Pulse evolution and broadening in optical waveguides

Each chapter starts with basic principles and gradually builds to more advanced concepts and applications. Compelling reasons for including each topic are given, detailed explanations of each concept are provided, and steps for each derivation are carefully set forth. Readers learn how to solve complex problems using physical concepts and simplified mathematics.

Illustrations throughout the text aid in understanding key concepts, while problems at the end of each chapter test the readers' grasp of the material.

The author has designed the text for upper-level undergraduates, graduate students in physics and electrical and computer engineering, and scientists. Each chapter is self-contained, enabling instructors to choose a subset of topics to match their particular course needs. Researchers and practitioners can also use the text as a self-study guide to gain a better understanding of photonic and fiber optic devices and systems.
# Hardcover: 462 pages
# Publisher: Wiley-Interscience (November 17, 2006)
# Language: English
# ISBN-10: 0471756873
# ISBN-13: 978-0471756873

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Handbook of Near-Infrared Analysis

Handbook of Near-Infrared Analysis
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Donald A. Burns (Editor), Emil W. Ciurczak (Editor)

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Fast, inexpensive, and easy-to-use, near-infrared (NIR) spectroscopy can be used to analyze small samples of virtually any composition. The Handbook of Near Infrared Analysis, Third Edition explains how to perform accurate as well as time- and cost-effective analyses across a growing spectrum of disciplines.

Presenting nearly 50% new and revised material, this thoroughly updated edition incorporates the latest advances in instrumentation, computerization, calibration, and method development in NIR spectroscopy. The book underscores current trends in sample preparation, calibration transfer, process control, data analysis, and commercial NIR instrumentation. New chapters highlight novel applications including the analysis of agro-forestry products, polymers, blood, and control serum. They also cover NIR spectra, process analytical technologies (PAT), quantitative and qualitative analyses for nutraceuticals, NIR photography uses in medicine, and counterfeit detection methods for pharmaceuticals and currency.

Offering the most complete single-source guide of its kind, the Handbook of Near Infrared Analysis, Third Edition continues to offer practicing chemists and spectroscopists an unparalleled combination of theoretical foundations, cutting-edge applications, and practical experience provided firsthand by more than 60 experts in the field.
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* Hardcover: 826 pages
* Publisher: CRC; 3 edition (September 7, 2007)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 084937393X
* ISBN-13: 978-0849373930

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The history of the laser

The history of the laser
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Mario Bertolotti (Author)

Review
Bertolotti's entertaining book gives a good sense of the long history of the development of ideas which finally resulted in the laser.
E-Streams, Volume 8, no. 9, 2005

Bertolottis entertaining book gives a good sense of the long history of the development of ideas which finally resulted in the laser.
E-Streams, Volume 8, no. 9, 2005

This rather scholarly work-much more than a mere history of the laser-sets out to cover a huge canvas. The origins of the science of optics, Newtonian mechanics, the wave theory of light, statistical mechanics, the old quantum theory, quantum mechanics, atomic physics and spectroscopy are all traced via detailed accounts of the life histories of the main protagonists. …readers familiar with the underlying science will find the glimpses into the lives of the hundred or more personalities truly fascinating. The book also contains a fine gallery of photographs of the scientists whose work contributed to the history and prehistory of the laser.
-Collin Webb, Times Higher Education Supplement

This rather scholarly work-much more than a mere history of the laser-sets out to cover a huge canvas. The origins of the science of optics, Newtonian mechanics, the wave theory of light, statistical mechanics, the old quantum theory, quantum mechanics, atomic physics and spectroscopy are all traced via detailed accounts of the life histories of the main protagonists. …readers familiar with the underlying science will find the glimpses into the lives of the hundred or more personalities truly fascinating. The book also contains a fine gallery of photographs of the scientists whose work contributed to the history and prehistory of the laser.
-Collin Webb, Times Higher Education Supplement


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Synopsis
Since the invention of the first working laser in 1960, development of these devices has progressed at an unprecedented rate, to the extent that the laser is now a common part of everyday life, from the semiconductor laser used in CD players and telecommunication systems to the high power eximer lasers used in manufacturing processes.

This book traces the history of the laser, from the first theoretical predictions of stimulated emission made in the 1920s, through the experimental development of masers and lasers in the 50s and 60s, to the advanced applications of lasers in the present day. Along the way it tells the fascinating and at times controversial story of the people behind the discoveries. Written in a style suitable for the general public, it will be of interest to those working within the laser community, and to anyone with an interest in the history of science.
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* Hardcover: 316 pages
* Publisher: Taylor & Francis; 1 edition (October 1, 2004)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 0750309113
* ISBN-13: 978-0750309110

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Lasers: Invention to Application

Lasers: Invention to Application
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National Academy of Engineering (Author), John R. Whinnery (Editor), Jesse H. Ausubel (Editor), H. Dale Langford (Editor)

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Since the initial laser beam in 1960, use of lasers has mushroomed, opening new frontiers in medicine, manufacturing, communications, defense, and information storage and retrieval. "Lasers: Invention to Application" brings together a series of chapters by eminent scientists, spanning the broad range of today's laser technology.


Book Description
Since the initial laser beam in 1960, use of lasers has mushroomed, opening new frontiers in medicine, manufacturing, communications, defense, and information storage and retrieval. Lasers: Invention to Application brings together a series of chapters by eminent scientists spanning the broad range of today's laser technology.
# Paperback: 144 pages
# Publisher: National Academies Press (January 1, 1987)
# Language: English
# ISBN-10: 030903776X
# ISBN-13: 978-0309037761

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The Supercontinuum Laser Source: Fundamentals with Updated References

The Supercontinuum Laser Source: Fundamentals with Updated References
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Alfano R.R. (ed.)

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Photonics and nonlinear optics are important areas of science, engineering and technology. One of the most important ultrafast nonlinear optical processes is the supercontinuum (SC) – the production of intense white light pulses covering: uv, visible, NIR, MIR, and IR. It is produced using ultrashort laser pulses (ps/fs) to produce the ultrabroad band of frequencies. This book covers the fundamental principles and surveys research of current thinkers and experts in the field with updated references of the key breakthroughs over the past decade and a half. The application of SC are time-resolved pump-SC probe absorption and excitation spectroscopy for chemistry, biology and physics fundamental processes; optical coherence tomography; ultrashort pulse generation in femtosecond and attosecond regions; frequency clocks; phase stabilization; optical communication; atmospheric science; lightning control; optical medical imaging; biological cell imaging; and metrology standards.


About the Author

Dr. Robert R. Alfano's accomplishments in the field include:

Seminal patent on the supercontinuum.

Discovery of the supercontinuum.

Fellow of APS, OSA, IEEE, AP Sloan Fellow, published three (3) Physical Review Letters in one volume in 1970 on the supercontinuum.

700 published works, 80 patents, Distinguished Professor of Science and Engineering.

Photonic and ultrafast phenomena expert

Inventor of Cr4+ tunable lasers
Product Details

* Hardcover: 537 pages
* Publisher: Springer; 2nd edition (November 16, 2005)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 0387245049
* ISBN-13: 978-0387245041

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Nonlinear Fiber Optics, Fourth Edition (Optics and Photonics)

Nonlinear Fiber Optics, Fourth Edition (Optics and Photonics)
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Agrawal G.

Review
Taking into account recent research on polarization, additions have been made to chapters on stimulated Raman scattering and four-wave mixing. Targeted for optical engineers, researchers, scientist and graduate students, the 549-page volume addresses pulse propagation in fibers.-Photonics Spectra, january 2007


Book Description
The one and only "classic" work in the field of nonlinear fiber optics!

# Hardcover: 552 pages
# Publisher: Academic Press; 4 edition (October 24, 2006)
# Language: English
# ISBN-10: 0123695163
# ISBN-13: 978-0123695161

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Single-Molecule Optical Detection, Imaging and Spectroscopy (Hardcover)

Single-Molecule Optical Detection, Imaging and Spectroscopy (Hardcover)
~ W. E. Moerner (Editor), M. Orrit (Editor), U. P. Wild (Editor), Thomas Basché (Editor)

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# Hardcover: 250 pages
# Publisher: Wiley-VCH (November 1996)
# Language: English
# ISBN-10: 3527293167
# ISBN-13: 978-3527293162

Description

Review
"This book offers a good overview of these new single-molecule approaches. I recommend it for everybody working in the field or interested in the subject."
Angewandte Chemie

"It is a must-read for anyone who is interested in applying single-molecule techniques to their own research."
Journal of the American Chemical Society

"It is very strongly recommended for progressive workers and students in this area of activity."
Journal of the Institution of Chemists, India


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Presents the latest developments in detecting and probing single entities. A thorough yet concise survey of current methods and their applications are included.
FEBS Letters

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Photonic Microsystems: Micro and Nanotechnology Applied to Optical Devices and Systems (MEMS Reference Shelf)

Photonic Microsystems: Micro and Nanotechnology Applied to Optical Devices and Systems (MEMS Reference Shelf)
by: Olav Solgaard

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# Hardcover: 632 pages
# Publisher: Springer; 1 edition (December 2, 2008)
# Language: English
# ISBN-10: 0387290222
# ISBN-13: 978-0387290225

Description

Photonic Microsystems: Micro and Nanotechnology Applied to Optical Devices and Systems, describes MEMS technology and demonstrates how MEMS allow miniaturization, parallel fabrication, and efficient packaging of optics, as well as integration of optics and electronics. It shows how the characteristics of MEMS enable practical implementations of a variety of applications, including projection displays, fiber switches, interferometers, spectrometers.

The book describes the phenomenon of Photonic crystals (nanophotonics) and demonstrates how Photonic crystals enable synthesis of materials with optimized optical characteristics and allow control over optical fields over sub-wavelength distances, leading to devices with improved scaling and functionality compared to traditional optics.

It concludes with a discussion of the need for the combination of MEMS and Photonic crystals by demonstrating that practical photonic-crystal devices leverage MEMS technology for integration and packaging.

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