Physics in a New Era

Physics in a New Era

Author: National Research Council

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 2001-07-15

Total Pages: 203

ISBN-13: 0309073421

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Physics at the beginning of the twenty-first century has reached new levels of accomplishment and impact in a society and nation that are changing rapidly. Accomplishments have led us into the information age and fueled broad technological and economic development. The pace of discovery is quickening and stronger links with other fields such as the biological sciences are being developed. The intellectual reach has never been greater, and the questions being asked are more ambitious than ever before. Physics in a New Era is the final report of the NRC's six-volume decadal physics survey. The book reviews the frontiers of physics research, examines the role of physics in our society, and makes recommendations designed to strengthen physics and its ability to serve important needs such as national security, the economy, information technology, and education.


Introduction to Laser Technology

Introduction to Laser Technology

Author: C. Breck Hitz

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2012-04-10

Total Pages: 312

ISBN-13: 0470916206

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The only introductory text on the market today that explains the underlying physics and engineering applicable to all lasers Although lasers are becoming increasingly important in our high-tech environment, many of the technicians and engineers who install, operate, and maintain them have had little, if any, formal training in the field of electro-optics. This can result in less efficient usage of these important tools. Introduction to Laser Technology, Fourth Edition provides readers with a good understanding of what a laser is and what it can and cannot do. The book explains what types of laser to use for different purposes and how a laser can be modified to improve its performance in a given application. With a unique combination of clarity and technical depth, the book explains the characteristics and important applications of commercial lasers worldwide and discusses light and optics, the fundamental elements of lasers, and laser modification.? In addition to new chapter-end problems, the Fourth Edition includes new and expanded chapter material on: Material and wavelength Diode Laser Arrays Quantum-cascade lasers Fiber lasers Thin-disk and slab lasers Ultrafast fiber lasers Raman lasers Quasi-phase matching Optically pumped semiconductor lasers Introduction to Laser Technology, Fourth Edition is an excellent book for students, technicians, engineers, and other professionals seeking a fuller, more formal introduction to the field of laser technology.


Build Your Own Working Fiberoptic, Infrared, and Laser Space-age Projects

Build Your Own Working Fiberoptic, Infrared, and Laser Space-age Projects

Author: Robert E. Iannini

Publisher:

Published: 1987

Total Pages: 290

ISBN-13: 9780830608249

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Now electronics hobbyists can put aside ordinary, everyday electronics projects & start building something really exciting. They can probe the possibilities of high technology-lasers, fiberoptics, & high-voltage electrical devices; discover the challenge & the satisfaction of building sophisticated & practical electronic & scientific devices for a fraction of the comparable commercial cost. And they can do it all far more easily than they ever thought possible.


Architecture in the Digital Age

Architecture in the Digital Age

Author: Branko Kolarevic

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2004-03

Total Pages: 441

ISBN-13: 1134470444

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Architecture in the Digital Age addresses contemporary architectural practice in which digital technologies are radically changing how buildings are conceived, designed and produced. It discusses the digitally-driven changes, their origins, and their effects by grounding them in actual practices already taking place, while simultaneously speculating about their wider implications for the future. The book offers a diverse set of ideas as to what is relevant today and what will be relevant tomorrow for emerging architectural practices of the digital age.


Laser Beam Mode Selection by Computer Generated Holograms

Laser Beam Mode Selection by Computer Generated Holograms

Author: Victor A. Soifer

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 1994-07-20

Total Pages: 228

ISBN-13: 9780849324765

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Laser Beam Mode Selection by Computer Generated Holograms brings attention to a new class of optical elements called modans, with applications in laser and fiber optics. Separation of the transverse modes by modans is discussed in close analogy to well-known effects of color separation by diffraction gratings. The book describes the basic questions of digital holography in the recording of complex wavefronts on phase-only media, binary coding cells, multilevel computer-generated holograms, quantization and sampling, image reconstruction, and computer generation of multifocal and multibeam holograms. This collective effort summarizes 12 years of scientific activities in the development of diffractive optical elements and provides considerable material never before published. An interesting appendix dedicates itself to mathematical proof of optimal properties of orthogonal base-functions and eigenfunctions.


Handbook of Optoelectronics

Handbook of Optoelectronics

Author: John P. Dakin

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2017-10-10

Total Pages: 1429

ISBN-13: 1482256983

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Handbook of Optoelectronics offers a self-contained reference from the basic science and light sources to devices and modern applications across the entire spectrum of disciplines utilizing optoelectronic technologies. This second edition gives a complete update of the original work with a focus on systems and applications. Volume I covers the details of optoelectronic devices and techniques including semiconductor lasers, optical detectors and receivers, optical fiber devices, modulators, amplifiers, integrated optics, LEDs, and engineered optical materials with brand new chapters on silicon photonics, nanophotonics, and graphene optoelectronics. Volume II addresses the underlying system technologies enabling state-of-the-art communications, imaging, displays, sensing, data processing, energy conversion, and actuation. Volume III is brand new to this edition, focusing on applications in infrastructure, transport, security, surveillance, environmental monitoring, military, industrial, oil and gas, energy generation and distribution, medicine, and free space. No other resource in the field comes close to its breadth and depth, with contributions from leading industrial and academic institutions around the world. Whether used as a reference, research tool, or broad-based introduction to the field, the Handbook offers everything you need to get started. (The previous edition of this title was published as Handbook of Optoelectronics, 9780750306461.) John P. Dakin, PhD, is professor (emeritus) at the Optoelectronics Research Centre, University of Southampton, UK. Robert G. W. Brown, PhD, is chief executive officer of the American Institute of Physics and an adjunct full professor in the Beckman Laser Institute and Medical Clinic at the University of California, Irvine.


Measurements for Competitiveness in Electronics

Measurements for Competitiveness in Electronics

Author:

Publisher: DIANE Publishing

Published: 1993

Total Pages: 480

ISBN-13: 9780788105081

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Identifies currently unmet measurement needs most critical for the U.S. electronics industry to compete successfully worldwide. Includes: role of measurements in competitiveness, & overview of U.S. electronics & electrical-equipment industries. Nine subfields of electronics are covered: semiconductors, magnetics, superconductors, microwaves, lasers, optical-fiber communications, optical-fiber sensors, video, & electromagnetic compatibility. Extensive references. Charts, tables & graphs.


Lasers

Lasers

Author: National Academy of Engineering

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 1987-02-01

Total Pages: 147

ISBN-13: 030903776X

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Since the initial laser beam in 1960, use of lasers has mushroomed, opening new frontiers in medicine, manufacturing, communications, defense, and information storage and retrieval. Lasers: Invention to Application brings together a series of chapters by eminent scientists spanning the broad range of today's laser technology.