"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: 20170101"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references (pages 17-18).Introduction -- Background -- Current directions -- Outlook.The emerging field of complex light - the study and application of custom light beams with tailored intensity, polarization or phase - is a focal point for fundamental breakthroughs in optical science. As this review will show, those advances in fun…
"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: 20180901"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Laser basics -- 1.1. Generation of laser irradiation -- 1.2. Lasers and laser types used in medicine -- 1.3. Laser safety aspects -- 1.4. Laser basics--bottom line2. Basics of medical laser systems -- 2.1. General setup of medical laser systems -- 2.2. Laser beam guidance systems -- 2.3. Optical terminal units and acce…