Download or read book Advances in Lasers and Electro Optics written by Nelson Costa and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2010-04-01 with total page 860 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lasers and electro-optics is a field of research leading to constant breakthroughs. Indeed, tremendous advances have occurred in optical components and systems since the invention of laser in the late 50s, with applications in almost every imaginable field of science including control, astronomy, medicine, communications, measurements, etc. If we focus on lasers, for example, we find applications in quite different areas. We find lasers, for instance, in industry, emitting power level of several tens of kilowatts for welding and cutting; in medical applications, emitting power levels from few milliwatt to tens of Watt for various types of surgeries; and in optical fibre telecommunication systems, emitting power levels of the order of one milliwatt. 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

Download or read book Laser Physics written by Marc Eichhorn and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2014-03-16 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This textbook originates from a lecture course in laser physics at the Karlsruhe School of Optics and Photonics at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT). A main goal in the conception of this textbook was to describe the fundamentals of lasers in a uniform and especially lab-oriented notation and formulation as well as many currently well-known laser types, becoming more and more important in the future. It closes a gap between the measureable spectroscopic quantities and the whole theoretical description and modeling. This textbook contains not only the fundamentals and the context of laser physics in a mathematical and methodical approach important for university-level studies. It allows simultaneously, owing to its conception and its modern notation, to directly implement and use the learned matter in the practical lab work. It is presented in a format suitable for everybody who wants not only to understand the fundamentals of lasers but also use modern lasers or even develop and make laser setups. This book tries to limit prerequisite knowledge and fundamental understanding to a minimum and is intended for students in physics, chemistry and mathematics after a bachelor degree, with the intention to create as much joy and interest as seen among the participants of the corresponding lectures. This university textbook describes in its first three chapters the fundamentals of lasers: light-matter interaction, the amplifying laser medium and the laser resonator. In the fourth chapter, pulse generation and related techniques are presented. The fifth chapter gives a closing overview on different laser types gaining importance currently and in the future. It also contains a set of examples on which the theory learned in the first four chapters is applied and extended.

Download or read book Fiber Laser written by Mukul Paul and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2016-03-02 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a self-contained collection of scholarly papers targeting an audience of practicing researchers, academics, PhD students, and other scientists. This book describes the rapidly developing field of fiber laser technology filling the very important role of providing students, researchers, and technology managers with valuable, timely, and unbiased information on the subject. The objective of this book is to highlight recent progress and trends in fiber laser technology covering a wide range of topics, such as self-pulsing phenomena in high-power continuous wave (CW) Yb-doped fiber lasers, Q-switched fiber laser, mode-locked fiber laser using carbon nanotubes (CNT), properties of double-scale pulses in mode-locked fiber laser, Brillouin fiber laser, dual-wave length fiber laser (DWFL) for microwave (MHz) and terahertz (THz) radiation generation, tunable fiber laser based on twin core optical fiber, reflective semiconductor optical amplifier (RSOA)-based fiber laser, dissipative soliton phenomena in fiber lasers, noiselike pulses (NLPs) in Yb-doped fiber laser, ultra fast fiber laser, numerical simulation in Q-switched and mode-locked fiber laser, gain saturation in optical fiber laser amplifiers, heat generation and removal in fiber lasers, and different fiber laser based technologies for material processing. We hope that this book will be useful for students, researchers, and professionals, who work with fiber lasers. This book will also serve as an interesting and valuable reference that will impact, stimulate, and promote further advances in the area of fiber lasers

Download or read book Frequency Standards and Metrology Proceedings of the 7Th Symposium written by Lute Maleki and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2009-05-25 with total page 597 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Symposium on Frequency Standards and Metrology is an event held approximately every seven years, and is regarded as the premier conference in the field of advanced clocks and oscillators together with their applications in science and metrology. This series began with the first meeting at Universit(r) Laval, Quebec Canada in 1971, and the last one was held in 2001 at the University of St. Andrews, Scotland. The 7th Symposium on Frequency Standards and Metrology is scheduled for October 5OCo11, 2008 at the Asilomar Conference Grounds in Pacific Grove, California, USA. The Symposium is intended as a forum for bringing together international scientists and technologists engaged in the development of precise frequency standards and clocks, the study of their underlying physics, and their applications in metrology and tests of fundamental laws. The symposium has been traditionally held in a venue that promotes exchange of information on emerging ideas and latest achievements in the field, with a single-session approach which includes oral presentations by invitation, poster session(s) and keynote talks from internationally-recognized speakers. The program also includes social and other events aimed at promoting the exchange of technical and scientific information."

Download or read book Optical Nano and Micro Actuator Technology written by George K. Knopf and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2017-12-19 with total page 666 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Optical Nano and Micro Actuator Technology, leading engineers, material scientists, chemists, physicists, laser scientists, and manufacturing specialists offer an in-depth, wide-ranging look at the fundamental and unique characteristics of light-driven optical actuators. They discuss how light can initiate physical movement and control a variety of mechanisms that perform mechanical work at the micro- and nanoscale. The book begins with the scientific background necessary for understanding light-driven systems, discussing the nature of light and the interaction between light and NEMS/MEMS devices. It then covers innovative optical actuator technologies that have been developed for many applications. The book examines photoresponsive materials that enable the design of optically driven structures and mechanisms and describes specific light-driven technologies that permit the manipulation of micro- and nanoscale objects. It also explores applications in optofluidics, bioMEMS and biophotonics, medical device design, and micromachine control. Inspiring the next generation of scientists and engineers to advance light-driven technologies, this book gives readers a solid grounding in this emerging interdisciplinary area. It thoroughly explains the scientific language and fundamental principles, provides a holistic view of optical nano and micro actuator systems, and illustrates current and potential applications of light-driven systems.

Download or read book Member Guide written by Optical Society of America and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Advances in Semiconductor Lasers written by James J Coleman and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2012-05-02 with total page 541 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 "Willardson and Beer" Series, as it is widely known, has succeeded in publishing numerous landmark volumes and chapters. Not only did many of these volumes make an impact at the time of their publication, but they continue to be well-cited years after their original release. Recently, Professor Eicke R. Weber of the University of California at Berkeley joined as a co-editor of the series.

Download or read book Mode Locking of an Active Multipass Geometry written by Joerg Neuhaus and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2009-03-25 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ultrashort laser pulses in the microjoule regime are of prime importance for manyapplications. Previous record pulse energiesobtained directly from an oscillator in ambient atmosphere were below 2 Î1⁄4J. This thesis describes a newly developed thin-disk laser oscillator with an increasedround-trip gain by employing a self-imaging active multipass geometry. The generationof high energy subpicosecond pulses with a pulse energy of up to 25.9 Î1⁄4J at apulse duration of 928 fs, while operated in ambient atmosphere, could be demonstrated.Stable single-pulse operation has been obtained with an average outputpower in excess of 76W at a repetition rate of 2.93MHz. Self starting passive modelockingwas accomplished using a semiconductor saturable absorber mirror (SESAM)with a modulation depth of 3.5%. The laser was operated at output-coupling rates ofup to 78%.

Download or read book Frontiers in Guided Wave Optics and Optoelectronics written by Bishnu Pal and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2010-02-01 with total page 694 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the editor, I feel extremely happy to present to the readers such a rich collection of chapters authored/co-authored by a large number of experts from around the world covering the broad field of guided wave optics and optoelectronics. Most of the chapters are state-of-the-art on respective topics or areas that are emerging. Several authors narrated technological challenges in a lucid manner, which was possible because of individual expertise of the authors in their own subject specialties. I have no doubt that this book will be useful to graduate students, teachers, researchers, and practicing engineers and technologists and that they would love to have it on their book shelves for ready reference at any time.

Download or read book Design and Realization of Novel GaAs Based Laser Concepts written by Tim David Germann and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-02-26 with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Semiconductor heterostructures represent the backbone for an increasing variety of electronic and photonic devices, for applications including information storage, communication and material treatment, to name but a few. Novel structural and material concepts are needed in order to further push the performance limits of present devices and to open up new application areas. This thesis demonstrates how key performance characteristics of three completely different types of semiconductor lasers can be tailored using clever nanostructure design and epitaxial growth techniques. All aspects of laser fabrication are discussed, from design and growth of nanostructures using metal-organic vapor-phase epitaxy, to fabrication and characterization of complete devices.

Download or read book Advanced Multicore Systems On Chip written by Abderazek Ben Abdallah and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-09-10 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From basic architecture, interconnection, and parallelization to power optimization, this book provides a comprehensive description of emerging multicore systems-on-chip (MCSoCs) hardware and software design. Highlighting both fundamentals and advanced software and hardware design, it can serve as a primary textbook for advanced courses in MCSoCs design and embedded systems. The first three chapters introduce MCSoCs architectures, present design challenges and conventional design methods, and describe in detail the main building blocks of MCSoCs. Chapters 4, 5, and 6 discuss fundamental and advanced on-chip interconnection network technologies for multi and many core SoCs, enabling readers to understand the microarchitectures for on-chip routers and network interfaces that are essential in the context of latency, area, and power constraints. With the rise of multicore and many-core systems, concurrency is becoming a major issue in the daily life of a programmer. Thus, compiler and software development tools are critical in helping programmers create high-performance software. Programmers should make sure that their parallelized program codes will not cause race condition, memory-access deadlocks, or other faults that may crash their entire systems. As such, Chapter 7 describes a novel parallelizing compiler design for high-performance computing. Chapter 8 provides a detailed investigation of power reduction techniques for MCSoCs at component and network levels. It discusses energy conservation in general hardware design, and also in embedded multicore system components, such as CPUs, disks, displays and memories. Lastly, Chapter 9 presents a real embedded MCSoCs system design targeted for health monitoring in the elderly.

Download or read book Intelligent System and Computing written by Yang Yi and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2020-04-29 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book “Intelligent System and Computing” reports the theory, mathematical models, algorithms, design methods, and applications of intelligent systems and computing. It covers various disciplines including computer and information science, electrical and computer engineering, natural sciences, economics, and neuroscience. The broad-ranging discussion covers the key disciplines in computational science and artificial intelligence as well as advances in neuromorphic computing, deep learning, the Internet of Things, computer vision, and many others. This volume provides both academics and professionals with a comprehensive overview of the field and presents areas for future research.

Download or read book Photonic Microsystems written by Olav Solgaard and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2009-04-05 with total page 641 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book describes Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) technology and demonstrates how MEMS allow miniaturization, parallel fabrication, and efficient packaging of optics, as well as integration of optics and electronics. The book shows how the characteristics of MEMS enable practical implementations of a variety of applications, including projection displays, fiber switches, interferometers, and spectrometers. The authors conclude with an up-to-date discussion of the need for the combination of MEMS and Photonic crystals.

Download or read book Handbook on the Physics and Chemistry of Rare Earths written by and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2015-10-14 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Handbook on the Physics and Chemistry of Rare Earths is a continuing series of books covering all aspects of rare earth science, including chemistry, life sciences, materials science, and physics. The handbook emphasizes rare earth elements [Sc, Y and the lanthanides (La through Lu)] but, when relevant, information also is included about the closely related actinide elements. The individual chapters are comprehensive, broad, up-to-date critical reviews written by highly experienced invited experts. The series, which was started in 1978 by Professor Karl A. Gschneidner, Jr., combines and integrates both the fundamentals and applications of these elements and now publishes two volumes a year. - Covers all aspects of rare earth science, including chemistry, life sciences, materials science, and physics. - Includes contributions from highly experienced, invited experts - Provides comprehensive, up-to-date critical reviews of developments in the field - Combines and integrates both the fundamentals and applications of rare earth elements

Download or read book Hollow Core Optical Fbers written by Walter Belardi and published by MDPI. This book was released on 2019-07-29 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a printed edition of the Special Issue Hollow core optical fibers that was published in Fibers

Download or read book Handbook of Silicon Photonics written by Laurent Vivien and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2016-04-19 with total page 831 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The development of integrated silicon photonic circuits has recently been driven by the Internet and the push for high bandwidth as well as the need to reduce power dissipation induced by high data-rate signal transmission. To reach these goals, efficient passive and active silicon photonic devices, including waveguide, modulators, photodetectors,

Download or read book Fiber Lasers written by Johan Meyer and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2022-02-03 with total page 391 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the past two decades, the use of fiber lasers in engineering applications has gradually become established as an engineering discipline on its own. The development of fiber lasers is mainly the result of studies from various domains like photonics, optical sensing, fiber optics, nonlinear optics, and telecommunication. Though many excellent books exist on each of these subjects, and several have been written specifically to address lasers and fiber lasers, it is still difficult to find one book where the diverse core of subjects that are central to the study of fiber laser systems are presented in simple and straight forward way. Fiber Lasers: Fundamentals with MATLAB Modelling, is an introduction to the fundamentals of fiber lasers. It provides clear explanations of physical concepts supporting the field of fiber lasers. Fiber lasers’ characteristics are analyzed theoretically through simulations derived from numerical models. The authors cover fundamental principles involved in the generation of laser light through both continuous-wave (CW) and pulsing. It also covers experimental configuration and characterization for both CW and Q-switching. The authors describe the simulation of fiber laser systems and propose numerical modelling of various fiber laser schemes. MATLAB® modelling and numerical computational methods are used throughout the book to simulate different fiber laser system configurations. This book will be highly desirable and beneficial for both academics and industry professionals to have ample examples of fiber laser approaches that are well thought out and fully integrated with the subjects covered in the text. This book is written to address these needs.