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Books in the Wiley Series in Pure and Applied Optics series

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  • - A Practical Engineering Guide
    by Klaus Grobe
    £102.49

    In this book, Optical Wavelength Division Multiplexing (WDM) is approached from a strictly practical and application-oriented point of view.

  • - 2 Volume Set
    by Keigo (University of Toronto) Iizuka
    £262.49

    Photonics reflects the growing connection between optics and electronics brought about by the increasing role that semiconductor materials and devices play in optical systems. Volume 1 deals with photonics in free space and special media such as anisotropic crystals.

  • by D Malacara
    £156.99

    The purpose of this third edition is to bring together in a single book descriptions of all tests carried out in the optical shop that are applicable to optical components and systems. This book is intended for the specialist as well as the non-specialist engaged in optical shop testing.

  • by E Udd
    £182.99

    This study discusses the methods used to embed optical fibres in modern high-strength, lightweight composite materials. It also examines the ingress and egress of optical fibres, and more specialized application concerns, including use of the Fabry-Perot interferometer.

  • by Pochi (University of California Yeh
    £210.49

    Bridging the gap between theory and practice, it clarifies important phenomena in photorefractive media and shows how to apply these phenomena in actual situations.

  • - In Free Space and Special Media
    by Keigo (University of Toronto) Iizuka
    £162.99

    Deals with photonics in free space and special media such as anisotropic crystals. Covers all important topics from Fourier optics, such as the properties of lenses, optical image processing, and holography to the Gaussian beam, light propagation in anisotropic media, external field effects, polarization of light and its major applications.

  • by Xu Ma
    £93.99

    This is the first book to address the optimization of resolution enhancement techniques in optical lithography. It provides an in-depth discussion of RET tools that use model-based mathematical optimization approaches.

  • by Pochi (Rockwell International Science Center Yeh
    £137.99

    The field of optics of liquid crystal displays has evolved vigorously during the last decade. Updated to reflect the recent advances in the field, the second edition of this highly practical guide to analyzing liquid crystal displays now offers a broader and more comprehensive discussion on the fundamentals of the field.

  • - For Fiber and Integrated Optics
    by Keigo (University of Toronto) Iizuka
    £162.99

    Provides a particularly good discussion of the electromagnetics of light in bounded media (i.e. , fibers). The only book that treats the two complementary topics, fiber and integrated optics. A careful and thorough presentation of the topics that make it well suited for self-study.

  • - Spatial Optical Solitons in Nematic Liquid Crystals
    by Gaetano Assanto
    £118.99

    The first book of its kind to introduce the fundamentals, basic features and models, potential applications and novel phenomena and its important applications in liquid crystal technology.

  • by John David (Santa Barbara Research Center Vincent
    £107.49

    Presents a comprehensive introduction to the selection, operation, and testing of infrared devices, including a description of modern detector assemblies and their operation This book discusses how to use and test infrared and visible detectors.

  • - Phenomena, Materials and Devices
    by George I. (University of Central Florida Stegeman
    £83.49

    This book is based on tried and tested courses taught by the author, George Stegeman, who is one of the experimental pioneers in nonlinear optics. The book starts with second order phenomena, goes on to explain the derivation of nonlinear susceptibilities, and finishes with a thorough discussion of third order nonlinear effects.

  • by Hongwen Ren
    £93.99

    * The book is the first textbook on adaptive lenses for senior and graduate students * Includes homework problems and solutions at the end of each chapter * Systematically addresses the basic operation principles, device structures and performances, and potential applications of adaptive lenses. .

  • by Joseph W. Goodman
    £85.99

    This book discusses statistical methods that are useful for treating problems in modern optics, and the application of these methods to solving a variety of such problems This book covers a variety of statistical problems in optics, including both theory and applications.

  • - Design and Analysis
    by Larry B. Stotts
    £106.99

    Gets you quickly up to speed with the theoretical and practical aspects of free space optical systems engineering design and analysis One of today's fastest growing system design and analysis disciplines is free space optical systems engineering for communications and remote sensing applications.

  • by Iam-Choon (The Pennsylvania State University) Khoo
    £105.99

    The latest edition of the leading resource on the properties and applications of liquid crystals In the newly revised Third Edition of Liquid Crystals, Professor Iam Choon Khoo delivers a comprehensive treatment of the fundamentals and applied aspects of optical physics, light scattering, electro-optics, and non-linear optics of liquid crystals. The book's opening chapters include coverage of the foundational physics and optical properties of liquid crystals and lead to more advanced content on the display, photonics and nonlinear optics applications of liquid crystals. New topics, including photonic crystals, metamaterials, ultrafast nonlinear optics, and fabrication methods for massive cholesteric and blue phase liquid crystals are discussed at length. Analytical methods and experimental observations of nonlinear light propagation through liquid crystalline and anisotropic materials and devices are also discussed. Liquid Crystals offers an insightful and unique treatment of the nonlinear optics of liquid crystals. New and expanded sections round out this new edition and add to the most up-to-date resource on this topic available today. The book also includes: A thorough introduction to liquid crystals, including their molecular structures, chemical compositions, order parameter, phase transition, and free energies. Practical discussions of nematic, cholesteric, smectic, and ferroelectric liquid crystals, and explorations of linear and nonlinear light scattering in these phases. A detailed quantum mechanical treatment of the linear and nonlinear electronic optical response of liquid crystal molecules to optical fields. A self-contained discussion of the fundamentals of nonlinear optics/photonics and comprehensive review of all liquid crystalline materials-based nonlinear optical processes and applications. The latest edition of Liquid Crystals is an indispensable resource for graduate students, professors, research scientists and engineers in industrial or government laboratories. It's also an ideal reference for anyone seeking a one-stop textbook with complete coverage of the optical, electro-optical, and non-linear optical properties and processes of liquid crystals.

  • by Anthony VanderLugt
    £78.49

    This excellent text combines a solid treatment of optical signal processing theory with detailed descriptions of selected processing applications. With a focus on processing two-dimensional analog signals, it treats the important area of acousto-optic signal processing.

  • by Keith J. Kasunic
    £90.49

    Covers the fundamental principles behind optomechanical design This book emphasizes a practical, systems-level overview of optomechanical engineering, showing throughout how the requirements on the optical system flow down to those on the optomechanical design.

  • by Jack D. (University of Arizona) Gaskill
    £205.49

    A complete and balanced account of communication theory, providing an understanding of both Fourier analysis (and the concepts associated with linear systems) and the characterization of such systems by mathematical operators. Presents applications of the theories to the diffraction of optical wave-fields and the analysis of image-forming systems.

  • - Propagation and Control of Laser Radiation
    by Amnon Yariv
    £103.49

    As most crystals are generated by crystals, the interaction between light and crystals is vital to the success of any optics-related endevour. This paperback reprint of the classic reference provides a new generation of engineers and physicists with the fundamental knowledge needed to study this complex interaction.

  • by John A. (Georgia Institute of Technology) Buck
    £114.49

    Offers readers an introduction to the fundamental principles of light propagation in fibers.

  • by Harrison H. (University of Arizona) Barrett
    £185.49

    In a visually oriented computer dominated society, images play an important role in conveying messages. This book presents a coherent treatment of the principles, mathematics, and statistics needed to understand imaging systems. The diverse imaging systems are treated within a theoretical and experimental context.

  • by Pochi (Rockwell International Science Center Yeh
    £68.99

    Bridges the gap between theory and practice by employing numerical examples based on real-life situations. This book uses only classical electrodynamics in dealing with the interaction of light with matter, except in the last chapter on quantum wells.

  • by Okan K. (Purdue University) Ersoy
    £123.99

    Fourier and Diffractive Optics is a required course in electrical engineering and physics programs. Based upon Professor Ersoy's class notes, Diffraction, Fourier Optics and Imaging is an innovative and comprehensive work, presenting both theory and applications using MATLAB in examples and exercises.

  • by Andrew M. (Purdue University) Weiner
    £122.99

    This is the first comprehensive description of an important topic, both in terms of technology and pure research, in a number of different disciplines. It is beginning to be offered as a graduate-level course and there are many researchers and engineers who use ultrafast laser systems in their daily work.

  • - with Applications in Optics and Signal Processing
    by Haldun M. (Bilkent University Ozaktas
    £158.49

    The discovery of the Fractional Fourier Transform and its role in optics provides an elegant mathematical framework within which to discuss diffraction and other fundamental aspects of optical systems. Easily-accessible, the reference work will serve as the standard reference on Fourier Transforms for many years to come.

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