This lecture note covers following topics: Nature of Light,
Geometrical Optics, Optical Instrumentation, Dispersion, Prisms, and
Aberrations, Wave Equations, EM Waves, Polarization, Fresnel Equations,
Production of Polarized Light, Superposition of Waves Interference of Light,
Coherence, Fraunhofer Diffraction, Fourier Optics, Characteristics of Laser
Beams, Optics of the Eye.
This book shows how the existing technology of material
characterization can contribute to science and applied technology. The
authors who contributed with this book sought to show the importance of
applying the existing techniques in the development of their works.
This lecture note covers following topics: Nature of Light,
Geometrical Optics, Optical Instrumentation, Dispersion, Prisms, and
Aberrations, Wave Equations, EM Waves, Polarization, Fresnel Equations,
Production of Polarized Light, Superposition of Waves Interference of Light,
Coherence, Fraunhofer Diffraction, Fourier Optics, Characteristics of Laser
Beams, Optics of the Eye.
This
book is divided in four sections. The book presents several physical effects and
properties of materials used in lasers and electro-optics in the first chapter
and, in the three remaining chapters, applications of lasers and electro-optics
in three different areas are presented.
This lecture note is intended to provide theoretical background to
understand and predict a host of optical phenomena that become possible when
nonlinearity in the optical response of a material is included in the
description. It includes a detailed description of several of these phenomena,
their experimental observation and photonic devices based on them.
This note describes the following topics: Linear systems and the
Fourier transform in optics, Properties of Light, Geometrical Optics, Wave
Optics, Fourier Optics, Spatial and Temporal Field Correlations, Low-coherence
Interferometry, Optical Coherence Tomography, Polarization, Waveplates,
Electro-optics and Acousto-optics.
Rapid development of optoelectronic devices and laser techniques poses
an important task of creating and studying, from one side, the structures
capable of effectively converting, modulating, and recording optical data in a
wide range of radiation energy densities and frequencies, from another side, the
new schemes and approaches capable to activate and simulate the modern features.
Topics covered includes: Stimulated Raman Scattering in Quantum Dots and
Nanocomposite Silicon Based Materials, Reflection and Transmission of a Plane
TE-Wave at a Lossy, Saturating, Nonlinear Dielectric Film, Nonlinear
Ellipsometry by Second Harmonic Generation, Stimulated Raman Scattering in
Quantum Dots and Nanocomposite Silicon Based Materials, Nonlinear Ellipsometry
by Second Harmonic Generation, Donor-Acceptor Conjugated Polymers and Their
Nanocomposites for Photonic Applications.