"Version: 20161101"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Preface -- 1. Introduction : from death rays to smartphones2. Optical propagation -- 2.1. Electromagnetic fields -- 2.2. Helmholtz equation and wave optics3. Gaussian beams and lasers -- 3.1. Lasers -- 3.2. Gaussian beams -- 3.3. Coherent a…
"Version: 20180901"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction -- 1.1. Overview -- 1.2. Optical communication system structure -- 1.3. Transmitter -- 1.4. Communication channel -- 1.5. Law of refraction -- 1.6. Types of optical fiber and their geometry -- 1.7. Modes in fiber -- 1.8. Adv…
"Version: 20250701"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction -- part I. Classical theory of light. 2. Electromagnetic field and light-matter interaction -- 2.1. Maxwell's equations, wave equation, and the Helmholtz equation -- 2.2. The propagator for the Helmholtz equation -- 2.3. Helmholtz equation in cylindrical coordinates : Bessel beams -- 2.4. Paraxial approxim…
"Version: 20210207"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references and index.1. Introduction -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. Essentials of quantum mechanics -- 1.3. Ward's succinct perspectives -- 1.4. The philosophy and the physics of quantum entanglement -- 1.5. Quantum entanglement as a discipline -- 1.6. Quantum entanglement engineering and applications -- 1.7. Intent2. Dirac's notation…
"Version: 202112"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction -- 1.1. General introduction -- 1.2. Materials classification on the basis of symmetry -- 1.3. The basics of ferroelectricity and related phenomenon -- 1.4. Classification of ferroelectrics -- 1.5. Aurivillius oxides2. Odd number layered Aurivillius oxides -- 2.1. Single-layered oxides (m = 1) Bi2MoO6 and Bi…
"Version: 202112"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction to RPoF techniques -- 1.1. Introductory remarks -- 1.2. 5G and 6G frequency bands and spectrum allocations -- 1.3. RPoF and transfer functions -- 1.4. RPoF transmission techniques -- 1.5. EM field sensing -- 1.6. Distortion effects in RPoF -- 1.7. Optical transport guided media -- 1.8. Modulation formats and…
"Version: 202111"--Title page verso.Revised edition of: Nonlinear optics of photonic crystals and meta-materials.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction -- 1.1. Photonic crystals -- 1.2. Metamaterials -- 1.3. Negative index of refraction -- 1.4. Perfect lenses -- 1.5. Periodicity -- 1.6. Excitations in nonlinear media -- 1.7. Systems with defects and disorder2. A simple model of non…
"Version: 202109"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Optics, sensors and images -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. Optics and images -- 1.3. Vision -- 1.4. Optical instruments and optical design -- 1.5. Cameras -- 1.6. CCD sensor -- 1.7. CMOS sensor -- 1.8. Python as a program language for this book -- 1.9. Artificial vision and computer vision -- 1.10. End notes2. Introduction …
"Version: 202111"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Reflection and refraction of light -- 1.1. Basic theory -- 1.2. Virtual lab : reflection and refraction -- 1.3. Real lab : reflection and refraction2. Thin lenses -- 2.1. Basic theory -- 2.2. Virtual lab A : converging lens -- 2.3. Virtual lab B : converging -- 2.4. Real lab : thin lens equation3. Human eye and correctiv…
"Version: 20220401"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction -- 1.1. Light -- 1.2. Detectors -- 1.3. Benefits of using an imaging system2. Lasers -- 2.1. Light emission, absorption and matter interactions -- 2.2. Properties of lasers and laser light -- 2.3. Laser safety -- 2.4. Additional resources3. Silicon-based imaging systems -- 3.1. Vision -- 3.2. Detectors -- …