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Chalcogenide Glasses for Infrared Optics

by A. Ray Hilton

Cutting-edge techniques for yielding high-quality chalcogenide glassesThis pioneering work describes the technology, developed over a 50-year period, to utilize chalcogenide glasses as infrared optical materials....

Sensors Handbook

by Sabrie Soloman

Complete, State-of-the-Art Coverage of Sensor Technologies and Applications

Fully revised with the latest breakthroughs in integrated sensors and control systems, Sensors Handbook, Second Edition provides all...

RFID in the Supply Chain

by Pedro M. Reyes

A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO IMPROVING SUPPLY CHAIN OPERATIONS WITH RFID

Written by the Director of the Center for Excellence in Supply Chain Management at Baylor University, RFID in the Supply Chain offers expert insight...

Handbook of Optics, Third Edition Volume III : Vision and Vision Optics(set): Vision and Vision Optics(set)

by Michael Bass, Casimer DeCusatis & Jay M. Enoch

The most comprehensive and up-to-date optics resource available Prepared under the auspices of the Optical Society of America, the five carefully architected and cross-referenced volumes of the Handbook of Optics,...

Sensors and Control Systems in Manufacturing, Second Edition

by Sabrie Soloman

A Comprehensive Guide to Sensors and Control Systems in ManufacturingThoroughly updated with cutting-edge technologies, this detailed resource offers proven methods for effectively evaluating, selecting, and...

Optofluidics : Fundamentals, Devices, and Applications: Fundamentals, Devices, and Applications

by Yeshaiahu Fainman, Luke ; Psaltis Lee & Demetri ; Yang, Changhuei

Cutting-Edge Optofluidics Theories, Techniques, and PracticesAdd novel functionalities to your optical design projects by incorporating state-of-the-art microfluidic technologies and tools. Co-written by industry...

Organic Electronics in Sensors and Biotechnology

by Ruth Shinar & Joseph Shinar

The latest in organic electronics-based sensing and biotechnologyDevelop high-performance, field-deployable organic semiconductor-based biological, chemical, and physical sensor arrays using the comprehensive...

Optical Fiber Telecommunications Volume VIA: Components and Subsystems

by Ivan Kaminow, Tingye Li & Alan E Willner

Optical Fiber Telecommunications VI (A&B) is the sixth in a series that has chronicled the progress in the R&D of lightwave communications since the early 1970s. Written by active authorities from academia and...

Optical Diagnostics for Thin Film Processing

by Irving P. Herman

This volume describes the increasing role of in situ optical diagnostics in thin film processing for applications ranging from fundamental science studies to process development to control during manufacturing....

Gallium-Nitride (GaN) II

by Robert K. Willardson, Eicke R. Weber & Theodore D. Moustakas

Since its inception in 1966, the series of numbered volumes known as Semiconductors and Semimetals has distinguished itself through the careful selection of well-known authors, editors, and contributors. The...

Optoelectronic Sensors

by Didier Decoster & Joseph Harari

Optoelectronic sensors combine optical and electronic systems for numerous applications including pressure sensors, security systems, atmospheric particle measurement, close tolerance measurement, quality control,...

Inverse Problems in Vision and 3D Tomography

by Ali Mohamad-Djafari

The concept of an inverse problem is a familiar one to most scientists and engineers, particularly in the field of signal and image processing, imaging systems (medical, geophysical, industrial non-destructive...

Laser in Manufacturing

by J. Paulo Davim

Generally a laser (light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation) is defined as “a device which uses a quantum mechanical effect, stimulated emission, to generate a coherent beam of light from a...

Photonic Signals and Systems: An Introduction

by Nabeel Riza

Build the skills needed to engineer next-generation systems using light

Photonic Signals and Systems: An Introduction presents essential and current knowledge of light applied in the design of innovative photonic...

Modern Optical Engineering, 4th Ed.

by Warren Smith

The Latest Advances in Optical Engineering and Lens Technology

Long-established as the definitive optics text and reference, Modern Optical Engineering has been completely revised and updated to equip you with...

Digital Spectral Analysis: Parametric, Non-Parametric and Advanced Methods

by Francis Castani?

Digital Spectral Analysis provides a single source that offers complete coverage of the spectral analysis domain. This self-contained work includes details on advanced topics that are usually presented in scattered...

Advances in Imaging and Electron Physics: Selected problems of computational charged particle optics

by Dmitry Greenfield, Mikhael Monastyrskii & Peter W. Hawkes

Advances in Imaging and Electron Physics merges two long-running serials--Advances in Electronics and Electron Physics and Advances in Optical and Electron Microscopy. This series features extended articles...

Introduction to Micro- And Nanooptics

by Jürgen Jahns & Stefan Helfert

This first textbook on both micro- and nanooptics introduces readers to the technological development, physical background and key areas.

The opening chapters on the physics of light are complemented by chapters...

Organic Optoelectronics

by Wenping Hu, Fenglian Bai & Xiong Gong

Written by internationally recognized experts in the field with academic as well as industrial experience, this book concisely yet systematically covers all aspects of the topic.

The monograph focuses on the...

Advances in Computed Tomography for Geomaterials: GeoX 2010

by Khalid A. Alshibli & Allen H. Reed

This title discusses a broad range of issues related to the use of computed tomography in geomaterials and geomechanics. The contributions cover a wide range of topics, including deformation and strain localization...