This new edition features numerous updates and additions. Especially 4 new chapters on Fiber optics, Integrated Optics, Frequency Combs and Interferometry.In addition major complete updates for the chapters Optical Materials and Their Properties, Optical Detectors, Nanooptics, Optics Far Beyond the Diffraction Limit. Features: Contains over 980 two-color illustrations. Includes over 120 comprehensive tables with properties of optical materials and light sources.Emphasizes physical concepts over extensive mathematical derivations. Chapters with summaries, detailed index and comprehensive supplementary material online at extras.springer.com guarantee quick access to data. Delivers a wealth ofup-to-date references. Presents a most practical and complete office/laboratory companion for thedaily work with optical instruments and lasers. New edition of appraised all-in-one desk reference. Comprehensive supplementary material on extras.springer.com 4 new chapters on Fiber optics, Integrated Optics, Frequency Combs and Interferometry. INDICE: Foreword by T.W. Hänsch. Part A: Basic Principles and Materials: Properties of Light.- Geometrical Optics. Wave Optics. Nonlinear Optics. Optical Materials and Their Properties. Thin Films. Part B: Fabrication and Properties of Optical Components: Optical Design and Design Software. Advanced Optical Components. Optical Detectors. Part C: Coherent and Incoherent Light Sources: Incoherent Light Sources.- Lasers and Coherent Light Sources. Short and Ultrashort Laser Pulses. Part D: Selected Applications and Special Fields: Optical and Spectroscopic Techniques. Fiber optics. Integrated Optics.-Interferometry. Frequency Combs. Quantum Optics. Nanooptics. Optics Far Beyond the Diffraction Limit. Terahertz Photonics. X-Ray Optics. Atmospheric Optics. Holographyand Optical Data Storage. Laser Safety.
- ISBN: 978-3-642-19408-5
- Editorial: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 1500
- Fecha Publicación: 17/07/2011
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés