The Optics Encyclopedia: Basic Foundations and Practical Applications, Vol. 5 »

With 94 expert articles in 5 volumes, the Optical Encyclopedia is both a comprehensive review as well as an introduction to the entire field. The contributions range from classical optics right up to the latest applications, including:

• It and Telecommunications

• Optical Sensing and Metrology

• Material Processing

• Biomedicine

• Optical Components and Systems

• Laser Design and technology

A comprehensive index provides easy access to the enormous number of key words beyond the headlines. The result is a rapid reference for skilled professionals on all topics of modern photonics, while newcomers from physics and engineering will appreciate the readily comprehensible style and structure.

Alignment Techniques
Amplifiers, Optical
Astronomical Instrumentation
Atmospheric Optics
Atomic Cooling and Trapping
Atomic Spectroscopy
Biomedical Optics
Charged-Particle Optics
Color Vision
Colorimetry
Data Storage, Optical
Diodes, Light-emitting
Display Technology
Electrodynamics
Electromagnetic Radiation: Emission and Propagation
Electron Diffraction
Electro-optic Devices
Electro-optic Imaging
Electrophotographic Copying and Printing (Xerography)
Ellipsometry
Fiber Optics
Filters, Optical
Fourier and Other Transform Methods
Geometric Optics
Holography
Image Processing of Optical Data
Imaging Detectors
Information Processing, Optical
Integrated Optics
Interconnections, Optical
Interferometry
Laser Isotope Separation
Laser Physics
Laser Scanning Optics
Laser Technology
Lasers, Dye
Lasers, Extreme UV and Soft X-ray
Lasers, Free-Electron
Lasers, Gas
Lasers, Industrial Uses of
Lasers, Medical Use of
Lasers, Semiconductor
Lasers, Solid State
Lidar (Laser Radar)
Lighting
Linear Optics
Luminescence
Magneto-Optical Devices
Microlithography
Microscopy
Modulators and Demodulators, Optical
Monochromators
Motion Picture Optics
Nonlinear Optics
Optical Aberrations
Optical Coatings and Films
Optical Communications
Optical Computing
Optical Components and Systems
Optical Design
Optical Fabrication
Optical Illusions
Optical Instrumentation
Optical Materials
Optical Metrology
Optical and Laser Scanning Technology
Optical Sources
Optical Techniques for Materials Analysis
Optics for Mechanical Measurements
Optical Tomography
Optoelectronics
Opto-mechanical Design and Packaging
Photochemistry
Photoemission and Photoelectron Spectra
Photographic Recording
Photography, Digital
Photography, Physics and Technology
Photonics
Physiological Optics
Polarization Optics, Polarimeters and Polarization Spectrometry
Polarized Light
Radiation Interaction with Molecules
Radiometry and Photometry
Remote Sensing
Sensors, Optical
Solar Radiation
Speckle and Speckle Metrology
Spectrometers, Infrared
Spectrometers, Visible and UV
Spectrometers, X-ray
Spectroscopy (General)
Spectroscopy, Brillouin
Spectroscopy, Laser
Spectroscopy, Photoacoustic
Spectroscopy, Raman
Spectroscopy, Ultrafast
Statistical Methods in Optics
Stereoscopy
Underwater Optics
Ultrashort-Pulse Phenomena
Wave Optics
X-ray Optics
Zeeman and Stark Effects