"Version: 202110"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Basics of photoelasticity and photoplasticity -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. Birefringence and its use in photoelasticity -- 1.3. Retardation plates -- 1.4. Stress-optic law -- 1.5. Optical arrangements and fringe fields in conventional photoelasticity -- 1.6. Jones calculus -- 1.7. Analysis of plane polariscope by Jones c…
"Version: 202109"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Interaction of gammas with matter -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. Gamma-ray -- 1.3. Principles of operation of gamma-ray detectors -- 1.4. Material requirements for scintillators -- 1.5. Detailed scintillation mechanism2. Performance of gamma radiation detectors materials -- 2.1. The performance parameters -- 2.2. Character…
"Version: 20210207"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. High energy, high average power ytterbium lasers / Jorge J. Rocca, Yong Wang, Han Chi, Cory Baumgarten, Brendan A. Reagan, Kristian Dehne and Carmen S. Menoni -- 2. High-performance, thulium-doped, ultrafast fiber lasers / Christian Gaida, Martin Gebhardt, Cesar Jauregui and Jens Limpert -- 3. Transition metal doped zi…
"Version: 202112"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Single-photon avalanche diodes (SPADs) -- 1.1. Basics and properties -- 1.2. Discrete dedicated SPADs -- 1.3. SPADs integrated into CMOS and BiCMOS -- 1.4. A model for photon detection probability2. Photon-counting modules -- 2.1. Quenching -- 2.2. PCMs using discrete circuits -- 2.3. PCMs using integrated circuits3. Adv…
"Version: 202109"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction to optical lithography -- 1.1. Principle of optical lithography -- 1.2. Evolution and history -- 1.3. Interrelation with IC manufacturing -- 1.4. The next-generation optical lithography : extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography2. Multilayer mirrors in extreme ultraviolet lithography -- 2.1. Composition and fab…
"Version: 20220801"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction -- 1.1. Ultrashort pulses -- 1.2. Characteristics of optical pulses -- 1.3. Generation of broadband spectra -- 1.4. Time-bandwidth product -- 1.5. Applications of ultrashort pulses -- 1.6. Ultrashort-pulse-generation techniques -- 1.7. Pulse compression -- 1.8. Experiments with pulse-compression techniques…
"Version: 202201"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Bra ket algebra of Dirac -- 1.1. The bra and ket notation of Dirac -- 1.2. Hermitian conjugation -- 1.3. Definition of inner product (also called overlap) -- 1.4. Definition of outer product -- 1.5. Eigenvalue equation -- 1.6. Linear vector space -- 1.7. Linear independence -- 1.8. Linear dependence -- 1.9. Span (expansi…
"Version: 202108"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. A new class of specialty optical fibers based on a novel material composition of the doping host for the study of optical amplification / Mukul Chandra Paul, Alexander V Kir'yanov, Yuri Barmenkov, Jos?e Duarte, Joaquim P. Leit?aao, M?ario F. Ferreira, Ana M. Rocha, Randall Youngman, Mrinmay Pal, Anirban Dhar, Shyamal Das…
"Version: 20171201"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction -- 1.1. Photonics -- 1.2. Integrated photonics -- 1.3. Silicon photonics -- 1.4. Silicon-on-insulator technology in this book2. Waveguides -- 2.1. Maxwell's equations for linear, passive materials -- 2.2. Dielectric slab waveguides -- 2.3. General properties of modes in dielectric waveguides -- 2.4. Rectan…
"Version: 20181201"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references and index.1. Introduction -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. Laser linewidth -- 1.3. Solid-state organic lasers -- 1.4. Organic photonics -- 1.5. Organic lasers and organic photonics -- 1.6. Perspective2. Organic laser dyes -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. Organic laser dye molecules -- 2.3. Organic laser dyes in the liquid-state a…