Kategoria BISAC: Technology & Engineering >> Lasers & Photonics

Developed from the authors classroom-tested material, Semiconductor Laser Theory takes a semiclassical approach to teaching the principles, structure, and applications of semiconductor lasers. Designed for graduate students in physics, electrical engineering, and materials science, the text covers many recent developments, including diode lasers using quantum wells, quantum dots, quantum cascade lasers, nitride lasers, group IV lasers, and transistor lasers.

The first half of the book presents basic concepts, such as the semiconductor physics needed to...

Advanced Manufacturing for Optical Fibers and Integrated Photonic Devices explores the theoretical principles and industrial practices of high-technology manufacturing. Focusing on fiber optic, semiconductor, and laser products, this book:

• Explains the fundamentals of standard, high-tech, rapid, and additive manufacturing workshops
• Examines the production lines, processes, and clean rooms needed for the manufacturing of products
• Discusses the high-technology manufacturing and installation of fiber optic cables, connectors, and active/passive...

Dieses Lehrbuch fuhrtumfassend in die Grundlagen der Laserstrahlerzeugung ein und gibt einen guten Uberblick uber die gebrauchlichsten Laserstrahlquellen.Didaktisch zeichnet sich das Lehrbuch durch eine schrittweise nachvollziehbare Herleitung der Ergebnisse aus, wasneben der Vermittlung der Grundlagen auch gleich deren Anwendung trainiert. Diese didaktische Vorgehensweise zeigt sich auch bei den ausfuhrlicher als ublich behandelten Ratengleichungen. In der aktuellen Auflage wurden die Moden in optischen Fasern und die Herleitung des Schwarzkorperspektrums aufgenommen sowie fur einen...

Harness the Wonders of the Natural World

As our in-depth knowledge of biological systems increases, the number of devices and applications built from these principles is rapidly growing. Bioinspired Photonics: Optical Structures and Systems Inspired by Nature provides an interdisciplinary introduction to the captivating and diverse photonic systems seen in nature and explores how we take inspiration from them to create new photonic materials and devices.

See How Photonic Systems in Nature Work

The book presents important examples of...

These proceedings comprise invited and contributed papers presented at the 14th International Conference on X-Ray Lasers (ICXRL 2014). This conference is part of a continuing series dedicated to recent developments and applications of x-ray lasers and other coherent x-ray sources with attention to supporting technologies and instrumentation.

New results in the generation of intense, coherent x-rays and progress toward practical devices and their applications in numerous fields are reported. Areas of research in plasma-based x-ray lasers, 4th generation accelerator-based sources and...

This book focuses on Nuclear-Pumped Laser (NPL) technology and provides the reader with a fundamental understanding of NPLs, a review of research in the field and exploration of large scale NPL system design and applications.

Early chapters look at the fundamental properties of lasers, nuclear-pumping and nuclear reactions that may be used as drivers for nuclear-pumped lasers. The book goes on to explore the efficient transport of energy from the ionizing radiation to the laser medium and then the operational characteristics of existing nuclear-pumped lasers. Models based on...

The book reviews the most recent achievements in optical technologies for XUV and X-ray coherent sources. Particular attention is given to free-electron-laser facilities, but also to other sources available at present, such as synchrotrons, high-order laser harmonics and X-ray lasers. The optical technologies relevant to each type of source are discussed. In addition, the main technologies used for photon handling and conditioning, namely multilayer mirrors, adaptive optics, crystals and gratings are explained.

Experiments using coherent light received during the last decades a lot...

This book covers main fiber lasers and amplifier devices based on rare-earth-doped silicia and flourozirconate fibers. It describes the erbium-doped fiber amplifier and its role as foundational in optical communication systems. This new edition is fully revised including new material on visible fluoride fiber lasers, single-frequency fiber lasers, broadband fiber sources, Qswitch fiber lasers, and rare-earth doped infrared-transmitting glass fibers. Three brand new chapters include high-power Ybdoped fiber lasers, Tm-doped mode-locked fiber lasers at 2ųm, and Ho-doped mode-locked...

The Nano Science and Technology Institute (NSTI) have built a tradition of being the most prestigious forum in the world for leading Nano Scientists. NSTI provides Nano Scientists with up-to-date global perspective on the latest developments in nanotechnology. This volume outlines the latest developments in: Advanced Manufacturing, Sustainable Nanomanufacturing, NanoFab: Manufacturing & Instrumentation, Flexible Electronics, Photonic Materials & Devices, Nanoelectronics, Materials & Devices, Modeling & Simulation of Microsystems, MEMS & NEMS Devices & Applications, Micro, Nano &...

Photodetectors: Materials, Devices and Applications discusses the devices that convert light to electrical signals, key components in communication, computation, and imaging systems.

In recent years, there has been significant improvement in photodetector performance, and this important book reviews some of the key advances in the field.

Part one covers materials, detector types, and devices, and includes discussion of silicon photonics, detectors based on reduced dimensional charge systems, carbon nanotubes, graphene, nanowires, low-temperature grown gallium...

This book presents the basics and applications of photonic materials. It focuses on the utility of these devices for sensing, biosensing, and displays.
The book includes fundamental aspects with a particular focus on the application of photonic materials.
The field of photonic materials is both a burgeoning, and mature field. There are new advances being made on a daily basis, all based on the fundamental roots set by work by those like Ozin, Thomas, Asher, and others.