"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: 20200801"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Introduction : pleased to meet you -- Acousto-optics : did you hear what I saw? -- Binoculars : from both sides now -- Cameras : got the picture? -- Optical communication : did you get the word? -- Diffraction : diffraction didactations -- Displays : do you see what I see? -- Electro-optics and magneto-optics -- Eye track…
"Version: 20210205"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Review of electromagnetic radiation -- 1.1. Historical introduction -- 1.2. Maxwell's equations in free space -- 1.3. The free-space wave equation -- 1.4. Phase and group velocity -- 1.5. Energy flux -- 1.6. Resonator electric field -- 1.7. Problems2. Polarization of light -- 2.1. Historical introduction -- 2.2. Polari…
"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: 20200901"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction -- 1.1. How does light meet with matter? -- 1.2. Collectivity that matters -- 1.3. At the boundary from quantum to classical worlds2. Light-induced dipole-dipole interactions -- 2.1. Reservoir interaction volume -- 2.2. Resonant dipole-dipole interactions in free space -- 2.3. Two-dimensional dipole-dipole…
"Version: 20231101"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction -- 2. Ultrashort intenselasers -- 2.1. Short pulse generation and amplification methods -- 2.2. Characterization and manipulation of ultrashort lasers -- 2.3. Laser focus control techniques3. Instrumentations for laser-plasma interaction with ultra-intense lasers -- 3.1. Vacuum systems -- 3.2. Optical syst…
"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: 20221201"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Foundations of optical interferometry -- 1.1. Light waves -- 1.2. Types of interferometers -- 1.3. Interference of light waves -- 1.4. Multiple wave interference -- 1.5. White-light interferometry -- 1.6. Holographic interferometry2. Coherence -- 2.1. Introduction : the background -- 2.2. Basic principles of coherence …