Optics, light, and lasers : the practical approach to modern aspects of photonics and laser physics

This new, updated and enlarged edition of the successful and exceptionally well-structured textbook features new chapters on such hot topics as optical angular momentum, microscopy beyond the resolution limit, metamaterials, femtocombs, and quantum cascade lasers. It provides comprehensive and coher...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author Meschede, Dieter, 1954- (Author)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Weinheim, Germany : Wiley-VCH, [2017]
EditionThirde revised and enlarged edition.
Subjects
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9783527685516
3527685510
9783527685486
3527685480
9781523115235
1523115238
9783527413317
Physical Description1 online resource

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Table of Contents:
  • Light Rays
  • Wave Optics
  • Light Propagation in Matter: Interfaces, Dispersion, and Birefringence
  • Light Propagation in Structured Matter
  • Optical Images
  • Coherence and Interferometry
  • Light and Matter
  • The Laser
  • Laser Dynamics
  • Semiconductor Lasers
  • Sensors for Light
  • Laser Spectroscopy and Laser Cooling
  • Coherent Light-Matter Interaction
  • Photons: An Introduction to Quantum Optics
  • Nonlinear Optics I: Optical Mixing Processes
  • Nonlinear Optics II: Four-Wave Mixing
  • Mathematics for Optics
  • Supplements in Quantum Mechanics.