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"This book brings together experts in the field who present material on a number of important and growing topics including lighting, displays, solar concentrators. The first chapter provides an overview of the field of nonimagin and illumination optics. Included in this chapter are terminology, units, definitions, and descriptions of the optical components used in illumination systems. The next two chapters provide material within the theoretical domain, including etendue, etendue squeezing, and the skew invariant. The remaining chapters focus on growing applications.This entire field of nonimaging optics is an evolving field, and the editor plans to update the technological progress every two to three years. The editor, John Koshel, is one of the most prominent leading experts in this field, and he is the right expert to perform the task"--

Optical engineering. --- Lighting.

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The book is designed to serve as a textbook for courses offered to upper-undergraduate students enrolled in physics. The first edition of this book was published in 2014. As there is a demand for the next edition, it is quite natural to take note of the several advances that have occurred in the subject over the past five years and to decide which of these are appropriate for inclusion at the textbook level, given the fundamental nature and the significance of the subject area. This is the prime motivation for bringing out a revised second edition. Among the newer mechanisms and materials, the book introduces the super-continuum generation, which arises from an excellent interplay of the various mechanisms of optical nonlinearity. The topics covered in this book are quantum mechanics of nonlinear interaction of matter and radiation, formalism and phenomenology of nonlinear wave mixing processes, optical phase conjugation and applications, self-focusing and self-phase modulation and their role in pulse modification, nonlinear absorption mechanisms, and optical limiting applications, photonic switching and bi-stability, and physical mechanisms leading to a nonlinear response in a variety of materials. This book has emerged from an attempt to address the requirement of presenting the subject at the college level. This textbook includes rigorous features such as the elucidation of relevant basic principles of physics; a clear exposition of the ideas involved at an appropriate level; coverage of the physical mechanisms of non-linearity; updates on physical mechanisms and emerging photonic materials and emphasis on the experimental study of nonlinear interactions. The detailed coverage and pedagogical tools make this an ideal textbook for students and researchers enrolled in physics and related courses.

Statistical physics. --- Microwaves. --- Optical engineering.

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This book offers the reader a practical guide to the control and characterization of laser diode beams.  Laser diodes are the most widely used lasers, accounting for 50% of the global laser market.  Correct handling of laser diode beams is the key to the successful use of laser diodes, and this requires an in-depth understanding of their unique properties. Following a short introduction to the working principles of laser diodes, the book describes the basics of laser diode beams and beam propagation, including Zemax modeling of a Gaussian beam propagating through a lens.  The core of the book is concerned with laser diode beam manipulations: collimating and focusing, circularization and astigmatism correction, coupling into a single mode optical fiber, diffractive optics and beam shaping, and manipulation of multi transverse mode beams.  The final chapter of the book covers beam characterization methods, describing the measurement of spatial and spectral properties, including wavelength and linewidth measurement techniques.  The book is a significantly revised and expanded version of the title Laser Diode Beam Basics, Manipulations and Characterizations by the same author. New topics introduced in this volume include: laser diode types and working principles, non-paraxial Gaussian beam, Zemax modeling, numerical analysis of a laser diode beam, spectral property characterization methods, and power and energy characterization techniques.  The book approaches the subject in a practical way with mathematical content kept to the minimum level required, making the book a convenient reference for laser diode users.

Lasers. --- Photonics. --- Semiconductors. --- Microwaves. --- Optical engineering. --- Optics, Lasers, Photonics, Optical Devices. --- Microwaves, RF and Optical Engineering.

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Das Buch beschreibt die Grundlagen der Femtosekundenlaser, d.h. Strahlungsquellen mit ganz neuen Möglichkeiten in Technik, Chemie, Produktion und Medizin. Neben etablierten Verfahrenstechniken kommen modernste Einsatzgebiete des Zeitmikroskops, das zur direkten Beobachtung von Elektronen dient, zur Sprache. In der Chemie und Biologie geschehen optische Übergänge durch optische Anregung auf ganz bestimmten Zeitskalen, und der Femtosekundenlaser kann dabei helfen, die schnellsten Zeitbereiche dieser untersuchten Übergänge präzise aufzulösen. Neben den neuartigen Gebieten Femtochemie, Femtonik und Attowissenschaften werden spezielle Anwendungen an der Grenze von Forschung und Theorie erläutert. 1999 gab es den Nobelpreis für Ahmed Zewail für seine Erfolge um das Gebiet der Femtochemie. Am 20. Dezember 2013 hat die UN-Generalversammlung das Jahr 2015 als „Internationales Jahr des Lichts und der lichtbasierten Technologien“ ausgerufen. Das Jahr des Lichts „soll an die Bedeutung von Licht als elementare Lebensvoraussetzung für Menschen, Tiere und Pflanzen und daher auch als zentraler Bestandteil von Wissenschaft und Kultur erinnern“. Heute gilt die Femtosekundentechnologie als der Innovations- und Wirtschaftsmotor der Zukunft und wird viele Arbeitsplätze in der Industrie sichern helfen. Neben der Zahn- und Krebsmedizin sowie Augenheilkunde ist der Femtosekundenlaser auch bei industriellen Anwendungen nicht mehr wegzudenken. Man kann Werkstoffstrukturen im Nanometerbereich mit einem Ti:Saphir-Femtosekundenlaser herstellen. Ein Ausblick auf das nächste Technik-Zeitalter – das des Lichts – wird mit einem abschließenden kleinen Lexikonteil und Literaturzitaten gegeben.

Microwaves. --- Optical engineering. --- Lasers. --- Photonics. --- Microwaves, RF and Optical Engineering. --- Optics, Lasers, Photonics, Optical Devices.

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Ziel dieses Lehrbuches ist eine kompakte und verständliche Vermittlung des hochfrequenztechnischen Grundlagenwissens. Dazu gehört das Verständnis der Wellenausbreitung sowie der daraus resultierenden Phänomene Reflexion und Interferenz. Weiter nimmt das typische Handwerkszeug des HF-Technikers – das SMITH-Diagramm – breiten Raum ein. An geeigneten Stellen wird ein Praxisbezug mit Erläuterung spezifischer HF-Bauteile hergestellt.

Microwaves. --- Optical engineering. --- Electrical engineering. --- Microwaves, RF and Optical Engineering. --- Communications Engineering, Networks. --- Electrical Engineering.