Eigenmodes of Photonic Crystals -- Symmetry of Eigenmodes -- Transmission Spectra -- Optical Response of Photonic Crystals -- Defect Modes in Photonic Crystals -- Band Calculation with Frequency-Dependent Dielectric Constants -- Photonic Crystal Slabs -- Low-Threshold Lasing Due to Group-Velocity Anomaly -- Quantum Optics in Photonic Crystals -- Superfluorescence -- Epilogue.This is the first c…
Summary of Optical Data Storage and the Future Trend -- Basic Theory of Optical Near-Field and Surface Plasmon Polaritons -- Near-Field Recording and Its Actual Methods -- Role of Surface Plasmons in Optical Disc -- Epilogue.This textbook is written for all those wishing to understand the concepts behind modern optical recording. It also paves the way towards the future science and technology b…
to Optical Frequency-Modulated Continuous-Wave Interference -- Principles of Optical Frequency-Modulated Continuous-Wave Interference -- Optical Sources for Optical Frequency-Modulated Continuous-Wave Interference -- Optical Detectors for Optical Frequency-Modulated Continuous-Wave Interference -- Coherence Theory of Optical Frequency-Modulated Continuous-Wave Interference -- Optical Frequency-…
Fiber Preparation and Alignment -- Mechanics of Fusion Splicing -- Optics of Fusion Splicing -- Splice Loss Estimation and Fiber Imaging -- Splice Strength, Reliability, and Packaging -- Splice Measurement and Characterization -- Splice Process Optimization and Special Splicing Strategies -- Fusion Splicing of Specialty Fiber -- Splicer Hardware: State of the Art.This book is an up-to-date trea…
Quantum Cryptography -- New OVDs for Personalized Documents Based on Color Holography and Lippmann Photography -- Distortion- and Noise-Robust Digital Watermarking Using Input and Fourier-Plane Phase Encoding -- Steganography and Encryption Systems Based on Spatial Correlators with Meaningful Output Images -- Optoelectronic Information Encryption with Incoherent Light -- Information Hiding: Ste…
A Summary of Observed Data and Pre-Amble -- Energy-Density Functional Formalism and Nuclear Masses -- The Decay Process, Fission Barrier, Half-Lives, and Mass Distributions in the Energy-Density-Functional Approach -- Spontaneous Fission Half-Lives of Fermium and Super-Heavy Elements -- Empirical Barrier and Spontaneous Fission -- Induced Fission -- Hot and Cold Fission -- Isomer Fission -- Clu…
Basic Nonlinear Optical Crystals -- Main Infrared Materials -- Often-Used Crystals -- Periodically Poled Crystals and “Wafer” Materials -- Newly Developed and Perspective Crystals -- Self-Frequency-Doubling Crystals -- Rarely Used and Archive Crystals -- Some Recent Applications -- Concluding Remarks.Nonlinear optical crystals are widely used in modern optical science and technology for fre…
Network Architectures -- Enabling Architectures for Next Generation Optical Networks -- Hybrid Hierarchical Optical Networks -- Advances in Passive Optical Networks (PONS) -- Regional-Metro Optical Networks -- Switching -- Optical Packet Switching -- Waveband Switching: A New Frontier in Optical WDM Networks -- Optical Burst Switching: Quality of Service, Multicast, and Operation and Maintenanc…
Introduction -- Tools -- Spatial Processing Techniques -- Image Filtering -- Edge Detection and Segmentation -- Wavelets -- Appendix A Putting it together: a streaming video application -- Appendix B Code Optimization.Embedded Image Processing on the TMS320C6000™ DSP: Examples in Code Composer Studio™ and MATLAB focuses on efficient implementations of advanced image processing algorithms f…
Intrinsic Noise -- Fundamental Concepts -- Physical Noise Sources -- Noise Parameters -- Noise Analysis of Linear Circuits -- Frequency Domain Noise Analysis of Linear Multiports -- Noise Models of Electronic Devices -- Interfering Signals -- External Noise -- Interference Reduction Methods -- Methods of Reducing Emission of Interfering Signals -- Interconnection Modeling and Crosstalk -- Metho…