Industrial Applications for Optical Data Processing and Holography
Industrial Applications for Optical Data Processing and Holography

Author: Edgar Conley

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 1992-08-26

Total Pages: 228

ISBN-13: 9780849301391

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Industrial Applications for Optical Data Processing and Holography discusses modern optics applications in the industrial setting. Holography and speckle metrology are emphasized through numerous examples where interferometry has been applied to gage displacements and velocities in solids and in fluids. Other detailed discussions of optics applications include fringe interpretation, pattern recognition, and the fine points of recording optical disturbances. New, successful techniques are carefully examined to analyze the aspects responsible for their success. The book also features an extensive index that will be indispensable for helping stress analysts locate specific applications. Its detailed reference lists will provide a solid reference resource for engineers and designers seeking additional information.

Industrial Applications of Lasers
Industrial Applications of Lasers

Author: John F. Ready

Publisher: Elsevier

Published: 1997-04-25

Total Pages: 623

ISBN-13: 008050860X

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A practical book with a variety of uses, this book can help applications engineers spark problem-solving techniques through the use of lasers. Industrial Application of Lasers, Second Edition takes the reader through laser fundamentals, unusual properties of laser light, types of practical lasers available, and commonly used accessory equipment. The book also applies this information to existing and developing applications. Current uses of lasers, including laser welding and cutting, electronic fabrication techniques, lightwave communications, laser-based applications in alignment, surveying, and metrology are all covered as well as discussing the potential for future applications such as all-optical computers,remote environmental monitoring, and laser-assisted thermonuclear fusion. - Explains basic laser fundamentals as well as emphasizing how lasers are used for real applications in industry - Describes the importance of laser safety - Discusses potentially important future applications such as remote environmental monitoring - Includes rare expert lore and opinion

Optical Holography
Optical Holography

Author: Pierre-Alexandre Blanche

Publisher: Elsevier

Published: 2019-10-23

Total Pages: 224

ISBN-13: 012817255X

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Optical Holography: Materials, Theory and Applications provides researchers the fundamentals of holography through diffraction optics and an overview of the most relevant materials and applications, ranging from computer holograms to holographic data storage. Dr. Pierre Blanche leads a team of thought leaders in academia and industry in this practical reference for researchers and engineers in the field of holography. This book presents all the information readers need in order to understand how holographic techniques can be applied to a variety of applications, the benefits of those techniques, and the materials that enable these technologies. Researchers and engineers will gain comprehensive knowledge on how to select the best holographic techniques for their needs. - Covers current applications of holographic techniques in areas such as 3D television, solar concentration, non-destructive testing and data storage - Describes holographic recording materials and their most relevant applications - Provides the fundamentals of holography and diffraction optics

Optical Methods in Engineering Metrology
Optical Methods in Engineering Metrology

Author: D.C. Williams

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2012-12-06

Total Pages: 490

ISBN-13: 9401115648

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Optical methods, stimulated by the advent of inexpensive and reliable lasers, are assuming an increasingly important role in the field of engineering metrology. Requiring only a basic knowledge of optics, this text provides a compendium of practical information prepared by leaders in the field.

Industrial Applications of Lasers
Industrial Applications of Lasers

Author: John Ready

Publisher: Elsevier

Published: 2012-12-02

Total Pages: 605

ISBN-13: 0323144780

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Industrial Applications of Lasers focuses on how lasers have been used for practical applications in industry. This text aims to stimulate the imagination of the readers, who can then evaluate the potential application of lasers to solve their own problems. Comprised of 21 chapters, this book starts with an overview of the fundamental background of lasers, and then discusses the basic principles of how lasers operate. Other chapters provide an understanding of how holograms really work. This text also discusses several topics relevant to lasers, themselves, including the types of practical lasers and laser properties. This book considers laser safety, which is very important for anyone considering a laser application. Finally, this text explores the various developed laser applications, including scribing of ceramics, laser welding and cutting of metals, as well as applications in surveying, alignment, and metrology. This book is a valuable resource to laser technicians, physicists, scientists, researchers, and readers whose interests span a variety of fields.

Holographic Sensors
Holographic Sensors

Author: Ali Kemal Yetisen

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2014-12-03

Total Pages: 175

ISBN-13: 3319135848

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This thesis presents a theoretical and experimental approach for the rapid fabrication, optimization and testing of holographic sensors for the quantification of pH, organic solvents, metal cations, and glucose in solutions. Developing non-invasive and reusable diagnostics sensors that can be easily manufactured will support the monitoring of high-risk individuals in any clinical or point-of-care setting. Sensor fabrication approaches outlined include silver-halide chemistry, laser ablation and photopolymerization. The sensors employ off-axis Bragg diffraction gratings of ordered silver nanoparticles and localized refractive index changes in poly (2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate) and polyacrylamide films. The sensors exhibited reversible Bragg peak shifts, and diffracted the spectrum of narrow-band light over the wavelength range λpeak ≈ 495-1100 nm. Clinical trials of glucose sensors in the urine samples of diabetic patients demonstrated that they offer superior performance compared to commercial high-throughput urinalysis devices. Lastly, a generic smartphone application to quantify colorimetric tests was developed and tested for both Android and iOS operating systems. The sensing platform and smartphone application may have implications for the development of low-cost, reusable and equipment-free point-of-care diagnostic devices.

Basics of Interferometry
Basics of Interferometry

Author: P. Hariharan

Publisher: Academic Press

Published: 2012-12-02

Total Pages: 232

ISBN-13: 0080918611

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This book is for those who have some knowledge of optics, but little or no previous experience in interferometry. Accordingly, the carefully designed presentation helps readers easily find and assimilate the interferometric techniques they need for precision measurements. Mathematics is held to a minimum, and the topics covered are also summarized in capsule overviews at the beginning and end of each chapter. Each chapter also contains a set of worked problems that give a feel for numbers.The first five chapters present a clear tutorial review of fundamentals. Chapters six and seven discuss the types of lasers and photodetectors used in interferometry. The next eight chapters describe key applications of interferometry: measurements of length, optical testing, studies of refractive index fields, interference microscopy, holographic and speckle interferometry, interferometric sensors, interference spectroscopy, and Fourier-transform spectroscopy. The final chapter offers suggestions on choosing and setting up an interferometer.

Metasurface Holography
Metasurface Holography

Author: Zi-Lan Deng

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2022-05-31

Total Pages: 68

ISBN-13: 3031023862

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The merging of metasurface and holography brings about unprecedented opportunities for versatile manipulation of light in terms of both far-field wavefront and near-field profile. In this book, a brief evolving history from surface plasmon polariton holography to metamaterial holography and finally to metasurface holography is introduced at first. Basic physical mechanisms that govern the phase modulation rules behind metasurface holography design are discussed later. Next, extended functionalities such as arbitrary polarization holography, vectorial holography, full-color holography, and hybrid holography achieved in the metasurface platform are presented. Surface wave and metagrating holography that bridges the on-chip surface wave and free-space wave is also introduced. In the end, we envisage practical applications of high-fidelity 3D holographic display, high-secure encryption, and high capacity digital encoding and also indicate remaining challenges based on metasurface holography.