"Version: 20220601"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.0. Using the book -- 0.1. The 'user' -- 0.2. The 'researcher' -- 0.3. The 'developer' -- 0.4. The 'expert'part I. Introduction and background knowledge. 1. Imaging particulate and multiphase systems -- 1.1. Particulate and multiphase systems : why do they matter? -- 1.2. The importance of imaging -- 1.3. Particle and flow…
"Version: 20230801"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction -- 1.1. Statement of the problem -- 1.2. A brief review of electromagnetic theory -- 1.3. Laser pulses -- 1.4. The motion of a charged particle in an electromagnetic field -- 1.5. Gauge transformations -- 1.6. The dinuclear system in a laser field -- 1.7. Characterization of laser-nucleus interaction in an…
"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: 20251201"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.part I. Optical microscopy and optical crystallography. 1. Introduction to optical microscope and image formation -- 1.1. Introduction to light microscopy : the need for a microscope -- 1.2. Historical tour of light microscopy -- 1.3. Image formation in a microscope and resolution -- 1.4. Polarized light microscopypart II…
"Version: 20171201"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Extreme events in forced oscillatory media in zero, one and two dimensions -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. Zero dimensions -- 1.3. One dimension -- 1.4. Two dimensions -- 1.5. Conclusion2. Extreme waves in stimulated backscattering and frequency conversion processes -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. Fundamental rogue wave solu…
"Version: 20170901"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Preface -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Phase estimation : spatial fringe analysis -- 2.1. Background -- 2.2. Carrier fringe pattern demodulation -- 2.3. Closed fringe pattern demodulation3. Fringe denoising and phase unwrapping -- 3.1. Real sinusoidal fringe pattern denoising -- 3.2. Phase fringe pattern denoising -- 3.3. Phase…
"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…
"Version: 20201201"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction -- 1.1. Introduction to visible light communications -- 1.2. State-of-the-art in visible light communications -- 1.3. Summary2. Technological enablers -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. Principles of light generation and absorption -- 2.3. Organic semiconductors -- 2.4. Summary3. High-speed circuits and channel …
"Version: 202108"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction / Ahmed Issa and Dermot Brabazon -- 2. Laser systems, types and beam properties / Rasheedat M. Mahamood and Esther T. Akinlabi -- 3. Physical principles of laser-material interaction regimes for laser machining processes / Ahmed Issa, Furat I. Hussein Al-Najjar, Ahmed Al-Hamaoy and Bassam G. Rasheed -- 4. Ef…
"Version: 20190601"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.part I. The basics of laser safety. 1. Why are laser accidents still happening? -- 1.1. Bad behavior and no negative consequences -- 1.2. Possible future : virtual reality -- 1.3. On the job training/mentoring (a topic you will find mentioned several times in this text, but learning is through repetition) -- 1.4. Recommen…