Optics and Lasers

Our collection of 56 books.

High Power Laser Systems

Edited by Masoud Harooni
ISBN 978-1-78923-741-2, Print ISBN 978-1-78923-740-5,
Edited Volume
222 pages, October, 2018

Laser is one of the most applicable sources of energy and it can be used in a large variety of applications such as defense, industries and medicine. The special characteristics of this source of energy make it very interesting for different applicat ...
Small Angle Scattering and Diffraction

$Small Angle Scattering and Diffraction$

Edited by Margareth K. K. D. Franco and Fabiano Yokaichiya
ISBN 978-1-78923-247-9, Print ISBN 978-1-78923-246-2,
Edited Volume
116 pages, June, 2018

Reasoned and based on the difference between discovery and invention, according to the traditional conception, science can be distinguished between basic science and applied science. Nevertheless, we know that the sciences are inseparable. A century ...
Theoretical Foundations and Application of Photonic Crystals

Edited by Alexander Vakhrushev
ISBN 978-953-51-3962-1, Print ISBN 978-953-51-3961-4,
Edited Volume
228 pages, April, 2018

This book is devoted to the description of research and design of photonic crystals. Topics included in the book cover a wide range of research in the field of theoretical analysis and experimental investigation: the electromagnetic field in the phot ...
Photon Counting - Fundamentals and Applications

Edited by Nikolay Britun and Anton Nikiforov
ISBN 978-953-51-3908-9, Print ISBN 978-953-51-3907-2,
Edited Volume
296 pages, March, 2018

Photon counting is a unified name for the techniques using single-photon detection for accumulative measurements of the light flux, normally occurring under extremely low-light conditions. Nowadays, this approach can be applied to the wide variety of ...
Laser Ablation - From Fundamentals to Applications

Edited by Tatiana E. Itina
ISBN 978-953-51-3700-9, Print ISBN 978-953-51-3699-6,
Edited Volume
290 pages, December, 2017

Shortly after the demonstration of the first laser, the most intensely studied theoretical topics dealt with laser-matter interactions. Many experiments were undertaken to clarify the major ablation mechanisms. At the same time, numerous theoretical ...
Ellipsometry - Principles and Techniques for Materials Characterization

Edited by Faustino Wahaia
ISBN 978-953-51-3624-8, Print ISBN 978-953-51-3623-1,
Edited Volume
162 pages, November, 2017

Ellipsometry is rapidly emerging as a popular solution addressed to new materials science challenges and technological pitfalls hindering its effective application on modern problems. Amid the nowadays active development of materials of top notch, el ...
Quantum Cascade Lasers

Edited by Vasilios N. Stavrou
ISBN 978-953-51-3062-8, Print ISBN 978-953-51-3061-1,
Edited Volume
118 pages, April, 2017

The book Quantum Cascade Lasers is divided into two sections. More specifically, in Section 1, the calculations on the band structure of cascade lasers and on the electronic band structure of QCL (e.g., transfer matrix technique, finite element metho ...
Optical Interferometry

Edited by Alexander A. Banishev, Mithun Bhowmick and Jue Wang
ISBN 978-953-51-2956-1, Print ISBN 978-953-51-2955-4,
Edited Volume
260 pages, February, 2017

Optical methods of measurements are the most sensitive techniques of noncontact investigations, and at the same time, they are fast as well as accurate which increases reproducibility of observed results. In recent years, the importance of optical in ...

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