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Information optics and photonics represent the key technologies to sustain our knowledge-based society. This title contains a collection of 32 chapters from some of the internationally leading scientists and research groups on a variety of topics in information optics and photonics, including the 2003-2006 ICO Prize winners.
Demonstrates the design of new laser materials based on quantum mechanical principles, spectroscopic properties of transition-metal ions, and ion-host interaction. This approach includes the theory of electronic structure of transition-metal ions, modeling of energy transfer and nonradiative processes, and symmetry considerations in spectroscopic analysis of d orbitals.
Presents a unified information-theoretic approach to solve estimation problems commonly faced in signal processing applications. The authors provide new approaches to this problem, as well as new interpretations for existing techniques. Major applications of this work include image restoration, communication channel estimation, text restoration, and system modelling.
Proceedings of SPIE offer access to the latest innovations in research and technology and are among the most cited references in patent literature.
The field of complex photonic media is truly interdisciplinary, inevitably overarching multiple topics of physics, chemistry, nanotechnology, materials science, and engineering. This book covers the basic physical properties of complex photonic media and the underlying concepts that constitute breakthroughs in modern optics.
The polarization of light is one of the most remarkable phenomena in nature and has led to numerous discoveries and applications. The main objective of this guide is to provide an introduction to the developments in polarized light that have taken place over the past half-century, and present the salient topics of the subject.
This tribute volume honors Robert Shannon and Roland Shack, two icons in the world of applied optics. It contains technical and nontechnical papers by the honorees' former students and colleagues and also a collection of previously published milestone papers authored by them or their former students.
Evolutionary computation is a fast growing area of computer science, partly due to its broad applicability to engineering problems. The methods can be applied to problems as diverse as supply-chain optimization and interactive gaming. This guide is based on SPIE short courses taught by the author.
This Tutorial Text provides a practical guide to image compression using fractal and wavelet techniques. Numerous computer examples are used throughout the text to illustrate applications. Windows software accompanies the book and there is access to C/C++ source code.
This text aims to provide an understanding of optics and optical processes. It contains material relavent for a one-year, advanced undergraduate or graduate level course in electro-optical systems. Problems and solutions are included to help readers learn and apply the principles.
This text is intended to help readers understand and construct machine vision systems that perform useful tasks, based on the state of the art. It covers fundamentals drawn from image processing and computer graphics to the methods of applied machine vision techniques.
This volume contains a selection of papers focusing on phosphors, light emitting diodes, and scintillators.
An examination of the various ways in which prisms and small mirrors are designed and mounted in optical instruments. It provides analytical tools for evaluating different designs, and discusses the advantages and disadvantages of various techniques.
The term ""diffractive optics"" covers a wide range of optical elements that perform any kind of wave-front transformation using diffraction. GRIN elements are made of transparent materials with a continuously varying refractive index.
Providing an introduction to imaging spectrometers, this text first reviews the required background information in optics, radiometry, imaging, spectral sensing and focal plane arrays, then goes on to discuss the principles of these subjects and apply them to specific problems.
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.
Provides a concise yet complete discussion of Maxwell's four equations of electrodynamics - the fundamental theory of electricity, magnetism, and light. Written for a general audience, it guides readers step-by-step through the vector calculus and development of each equation. Pictures and diagrams illustrate what the equations mean in basic terms.
This text explores the field of laser applications in remote sensing.
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