Download or read book Selected Papers from RIAO OPTILAS 2007 written by Niklaus Ursus Wetter and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Selected Articles from RIAO OPTILAS 2007 written by Ibero-American Conference on Optics. 6, 2007, São Paulo and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book RIAO OPTILAS 2007 written by American Institute of Physics and published by American Institute of Physics. This book was released on 2008-05 with total page 1438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All papers have been peer-reviewed. This conference is focused on research activities on all areas of Optics, mainly in Latin-American and Iberic countries, but also in other countries all over the world as well. A specific session for Education in Optics is also included. The main interest of this conference is offering a general view of the present research activities and trends on Optics in the Latin-America area because all countries in the region with a significant activity in Optics were well represented, including senior and young researchers as well as graduated students talking about their PhD and MSc thesis work. Topics discussed included: atmospheric optics; color, vision and radiometry; diffractive optics; education for optics; guided optics; holography and interferometry; lasers and quantum optics; metamaterials; nonlinear optics; optical instruments; optical materials and applications; optical metrology; optical processing; optical spectroscopy; thin films.
Download or read book Non Invasive Diagnostic Techniques in Clinical Dermatology written by Enzo Berardesca and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-12-02 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a comprehensive but compact guide to the latest technical and technological developments in the growing field of non invasive diagnosis in clinical dermatology. Information is provided on the practical and technical characteristics of a wide range of equipment and methods for in vivo measurements that aid in the investigation of skin function, the evaluation of topically applied products and the monitoring of skin disease. Individual sections are devoted to imaging techniques, skin analysis, superficial skin analysis, skin mechanics, water and stratum corneum hydration and erythema and blood flow. All of the authors are experts in the field, with detailed knowledge of the techniques they describe. Non Invasive Diagnostic Techniques in Clinical Dermatology will be of value for all dermatologists, whether they are engaged in delivering patient care or in research programs, for cosmetic scientists and for biologists involved in skin research and product assessment.
Download or read book Harnessing Light written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1998-09-25 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Optical science and engineering affect almost every aspect of our lives. Millions of miles of optical fiber carry voice and data signals around the world. Lasers are used in surgery of the retina, kidneys, and heart. New high-efficiency light sources promise dramatic reductions in electricity consumption. Night-vision equipment and satellite surveillance are changing how wars are fought. Industry uses optical methods in everything from the production of computer chips to the construction of tunnels. Harnessing Light surveys this multitude of applications, as well as the status of the optics industry and of research and education in optics, and identifies actions that could enhance the field's contributions to society and facilitate its continued technical development.
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Download or read book Overpowered written by Martin Blank, PhD and published by Seven Stories Press. This book was released on 2014-09-16 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Keys, wallet, cell phone . . . ready to go! Cell phones have become ubiquitous fixtures of twenty-first-century life—suctioned to our ears and stuck in our pockets. Yet, we’ve all heard whispers that these essential little devices give you brain cancer. Many of us are left wondering, as Maureen Dowd recently asked in the New York Times, “Are cells the new cigarettes?” Overpowered brings readers, in accessible and fascinating prose, through the science, indicating biological effects resulting from low, non-thermal levels of non-ionizing electromagnetic radiation (levels considered safe by regulatory agencies), coming not only from cell phones, but many other devices we use in our homes and offices every day. Dr. Blank arms us with the information we need to lobby government and industry to keep ourselves and our families safe.
Download or read book Measuring the Skin written by Pierre G. Agache and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2004-07-15 with total page 814 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Measuring the Skin presents all techniques devoted to non-invasive normal or diseased skin measurement. As opposed other books, this text embraces old and new validated techniques for all skin suborgans and functions. The book is ideal as a small encyclopedia since it provides the answer to any question concerning skin measurement. Each technique is discussed to help select the most appropriate one for each special case. Another novel feature is that the book bases the skin investigation on the physiology and anatomy. Each chapter is preceded by a compendium of current knowledge on the structure or function dealt with. The book may also be used as a research tool. It contains a novel, and presently unique list of more than 400 physical and biological skin constants, which are all referenced.
Download or read book The Wigner Distribution written by W. Mecklenbräuker and published by . This book was released on 1997-10-08 with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seven contributions discuss in depth several aspects of one of the methods for representing both the frequency domain and the temporal localization of signals, which has tremendous importance in signal analysis and processing. Among them are properties like positivity, spread, and interference-term geometry; signal synthesis methods and their application to signal design, time- frequency filtering, and signal separation; the analysis of non- stationary random processes; singular value decompositions and their application to detection and classification; and optical applications of the Wigner Distribution. Also includes a bibliography of published works on the subject from 1985 to 1992. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Download or read book Galaxies Quasars and Cosmology written by Lizhi Fang and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 1985 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume comprises lectures delivered at the First Equatorial School of Relativistic Astrophysics. It covers various topics related to observational and theoretical problems of galaxies, quasars and cosmology. The aim is to analyze current problems.
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Download or read book Mathematical Optics written by Vasudevan Lakshminarayanan and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2012-12-14 with total page 632 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Going beyond standard introductory texts, Mathematical Optics: Classical, Quantum, and Computational Methods brings together many new mathematical techniques from optical science and engineering research. Profusely illustrated, the book makes the material accessible to students and newcomers to the field. Divided into six parts, the text presents state-of-the-art mathematical methods and applications in classical optics, quantum optics, and image processing. Part I describes the use of phase space concepts to characterize optical beams and the application of dynamic programming in optical waveguides. Part II explores solutions to paraxial, linear, and nonlinear wave equations. Part III discusses cutting-edge areas in transformation optics (such as invisibility cloaks) and computational plasmonics. Part IV uses Lorentz groups, dihedral group symmetry, Lie algebras, and Liouville space to analyze problems in polarization, ray optics, visual optics, and quantum optics. Part V examines the role of coherence functions in modern laser physics and explains how to apply quantum memory channel models in quantum computers. Part VI introduces super-resolution imaging and differential geometric methods in image processing. As numerical/symbolic computation is an important tool for solving numerous real-life problems in optical science, many chapters include Mathematica® code in their appendices. The software codes and notebooks as well as color versions of the book’s figures are available at www.crcpress.com.
Download or read book Father Benito Vi es written by Luis Enrique Ramos Guadalupe and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Benito Vines (1937-1893) was a pioneer in the study of tropical meteorology in Cuba, but also one of the first to train others in this discipline, to educate the general public, and to serve the community by issuing forecasts using the printing press, the most effective medium of communication of the time. Vines was shaped by the discipline of his training as both Jesuit and scientist. In addition to Spanish he was fluent in Latin, French, and could read in English; his scholarly influences were broad (in the field of physics and Earth sciences, he was greatly influenced by French meteorological thought); and he was diligent and methodical in his work. This work and that of his students, performed over decades at the Belen Observatory, where they developed a system of observation and prediction in cooperation with stations across the West Indies, far outpaced that of American scientists at the time and would greatly contribute to the formation of hurricane sciencethen, as now, an ever-changing field that plays a practical and crucial role in people s safety and lives."
Download or read book Stray Light Analysis and Control written by Eric C. Fest and published by SPIE-International Society for Optical Engineering. This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stray light is defined as unwanted light in an optical system, a familiar concept for anyone who has taken a photograph with the sun in or near their camera's field of view. In a low-cost consumer camera, stray light may be only a minor annoyance, but in a space-based telescope, it can result in the loss of data worth millions of dollars. It is imperative that optical system designers understand its consequences on system performance and adapt the design process to control it. This book addresses stray light terminology, radiometry, and the physics of stray light mechanisms, such as surface roughness scatter and ghost reflections. The most-efficient ways of using stray light analysis software packages are included. The book also demonstrates how the basic principles are applied in the design, fabrication, and testing phases of optical system development.
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