"Version: 20220901"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction -- 1.1. Motivation -- 1.2. Photons, waves and fields -- 1.3. A necessary notepart I. Basic photon states. 2. Field quantisation -- 2.1. Quantum mechanical background -- 2.2. Harmonic oscillator -- 2.3. Electromagnetic field quantisation -- 2.4. Canonical quantisation -- 2.5. Photon wavefunction -- 2.6. Qua…
"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: 20180401"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Optical information security systems based on a gyrator wavelet transform -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. Theory -- 1.3. Applications of a gyrator wavelet transform -- 1.4. Conclusion2. Optical one-way hash function -- part A. Introduction to the one-way hash function -- A.1. One-way hash function--acquire the 'fingerprin…
"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: 20181201"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Practical realisation of the length by interferometry??ogeneral principles and limitations -- 1.1. A short history of the metre and the present definition -- 1.2. Realisation of the length by direct measurement of the light travelling time (time-of-flight measurement) -- 1.3. The basic concept of length measurement by …
"Version: 20181001"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Research and application of reflective microscopy -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. Current situation of research on reflective microscopy -- 1.3. The current situation of application of reflective microscopy -- 1.4. Summary2. Apodization factor and linearly polarized light focusing properties of elliptical mirror -- 2.1. I…
"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: 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…