Optical Physics

Using a selection of key experiments performed over the past 30 years or so, we present a discussion of the strikingly counter-intuitive phenomena ...

A beloved introductory physics textbook, now including exercises and an answer key, accessibly explains electromagnetism, optics, and quantum mecha...

This book provides an introduction to optical multidimensional coherent spectroscopy, a relatively new method of studying materials based on using ...

The classic authority on colour measurement now fully revised and updated with the latest CIE recommendations The measurement of colour is of majo...

Recent years have witnessed rapid advances in the development of solid state, fiber, semiconductor, and parametric sources of coherent radiation, w...

Ultra-high resolution holograms are now finding commercial and industrial applications in such areas as holographic maps, 3D medical imaging, and c...

In order to ensure efficient use of lasers, and for any large-scale implementation, a thorough knowledge of the fundamental laws governing the inte...

As we reach the data transmission limits of copper wire and communications experts seek to bring the speed of long-haul fiber optics networks close...

This book cover advances in the study of processes of nonlinear propagation of continuous and pulsed laser radiation in a continuous and micro stru...

Science and Applications of Conducting Polymers emphasizes potential industrial applications of conducting polymers. The papers presented discuss t...

Biomimetic photonics is a burgeoning field. Biologists are finding and describing a whole menagerie of unique and astonishingly complex nano- and m...

This book describes a number of simple methods for showing that light is polarised and determining the direction of vibration. It is based on a dem...