Adaptive Optics Instrumentation, Data Acquisition and Reduction Strategies -- The Sun and (Exo-)Planets -- Star Formation and Brown Dwarfs -- Evolved Stars -- Galactic Center and AGN -- Galaxies and Cosmology.The field of Adaptive Optics (AO) for astronomy has matured in recent years, and diffraction-limited image resolution in the near-infrared is now routinely achieved by ground-based 8 to 10…
An Overview of Phototherapy -- Optical Physics and Biotechnology -- Phototherapy Light Sources -- Quantum Description of Light Interactions with Matter -- Tissue Optics -- Photochemical Damage to Biological Systems -- Optical Methods of Imaging and Diagnosis -- Light Dosimetry Modeling for Phototherapy -- Laser Interactions with Tissues -- Photodynamic Therapy: Science and Technology -- Photody…
Near-Field Imaging of Magnetic Domains -- Improvement of Interface Quality in Cleaved-Edge-Overgrowth GaAs Quantum Wires Based on Micro-optical Characterization -- Recombination Dynamics in InxGa1™xN-Based Nanostructures -- Quantum Theory of Radiation in Optical Near Field Based on Quantization of Evanescent Electromagnetic Waves Using Detector Mode.This volume focuses on the characterization…
Near-Field Optical Fiber Probes and the Imaging Applications -- A Novel Method for Forming Uniform Surface-Adsorbed Metal Particles and Development of a Localized Surface-Plasmon Resonance Sensor -- Near-Field Optical-Head Technology for High-Density, Near-Field Optical Recording -- Nano-Optical Media for Ultrahigh-Density Storage -- A Phenomenological Description of Optical Near Fields and Opt…
Vectorial Propagation of Light -- The Spin-Vector Calculus of Polarization -- Interaction of Light and Dielectric Media -- Elements and Basic Combinations -- Collimator Technologies -- Isolators -- Circulators -- Properties of Polarization-Dependent Loss and Polarization-Mode Dispersion -- Statistical Properties of Polarization in Fiber -- Review of Polarization Test and Measurement.The strong …
to polarization mode dispersion in optical systems -- Modelling of polarization mode dispersion in optical communications systems -- Statistical properties of polarization mode dispersion -- Three Representations of Polarization Mode Dispersion -- The inverse PMD problem -- Numerical modeling of PMD -- Applications of importance sampling to polarization mode dispersion -- PMD & PDL -- Interacti…
Classical Description of the Interaction of Light with Matter -- The Linear Dielectric Susceptibility General -- The Classical Treatment of Free and Bound Charge Carriers -- Derivations from the Oscillator Model -- The Kramers-Kronig Relations -- Interface Reflection and Interference Phenomena in Thin Film Systems -- Planar Interfaces -- Thick Slabs and Thin Films -- Extended Details: Gradient …
and Theory -- Theory of Digital Simulation -- Automated Image Object Recognition -- Image Fusion -- Image Texture Processing -- Image Signatures -- Miscellaneous Applications -- Hardware Implementations.This is the first book to explain and demonstrate the tremendous ability of Pulse-Coupled Neural Networks (PCNNs) when applied to the field of image processing. PCNNs and their derivatives are b…
What Is Photovoltaics? -- Physics of Solar Cells -- Silicon Solar Cell Material and Technology -- Crystalline Thin-Film Silicon -- Other Materials, New Concepts, and Future Developments -- Solar Cells and Solar Modules -- PV Systems -- PV Systems: Installation Possibilities -- Environmental Impacts by PV Systems -- Efficiency and Performance of PV Systems -- PV Markets Support Measures and Cost…
Theoretical Models for Photonic Crystals -- to Part I -- Models for Infinite Crystals -- Models for Finite Crystals -- Quasi-Crystals and Archimedean Tilings -- Specific Features of Metallic Structures -- Optical Properties of Photonic Crystals -- to Part II. The Many ‘Facets’ of Photonic Crystals -- Control of Electromagnetic Waves -- Refractive Properties -- Confinement of Light in Zero-D…