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The laser--a milestone invention of the mid-twentieth century--quickly captured the imagination of the Pentagon as the key to the ultimate weapon. Veteran science writer Jeff Hecht tells the inside story of the adventures and misadventures of scientists and military strategists …
Distributed Feedback Laser Diodes and Optical Wavelength Tunable Filters deals with the advances in optical fibre based communication systems that have played a crucial role in the development of the information highway. By offering a single mode oscillation and narrow spectral …
Handbook of Visual Optics offers an authoritative overview of encyclopedic knowledge in the field of physiological optics. It builds from fundamental concepts to the science and technology of instruments and practical procedures of vision correction, integrating expert knowledge…
This book systematically introduces readers to laser imaging target detection principles and techniques. It covers the fundamentals of laser imaging and presents an extensive, up-to-date analysis of how to best use laser imaging to detect targets. This is followed by a comprehen…
This fourth volume of a four-volume textbook covers the oscillations of systems with one or more degrees of freedom; the concept of waves, focusing on light and sound; phase and group velocities, their physical meaning, and their measurement; diffraction and interference of ligh…
This textbook offers a clear and comprehensive introduction to electrodynamics, one of the core components of undergraduate physics courses. It follows on naturally from the previous volumes in this series. The first part of the book describes the interaction of electric charges…
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This book provides a chronological introduction to the electromagnetic theory of light, using selected extracts from classic texts such as Gilbert?s De Magnete, Franklin?s Experiments and Observations on Electricity, and Huygens? Treatise on Light. Particular attention is given …