This new edition features numerous updates and additions. Especially 4 new chapters on Fiber Optics, Integrated Optics, Frequency Combs and Interferometry reflect the changes since the first edition.
In addition, major complete updates for the chapters: Optical Materials and Their Properties, Optical Detectors, Nanooptics, and Optics far Beyond the Diffraction Limit.
Features
Contains over 1000 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
Delivers a wealth of up-to-date references.
| ISBN: | 9783642194085 |
| Publication date: | 26th April 2012 |
| Author: | F Träger |
| Publisher: | Springer an imprint of Springer Berlin Heidelberg |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 1694 pages |
| Series: | Springer Handbooks |
| Genres: |
Laser physics Condensed matter physics (liquid state and solid state physics) Spectrum analysis, spectrochemistry, mass spectrometry Engineering applications of electronic, magnetic, optical materials Electronics engineering Optical physics Quantum physics (quantum mechanics and quantum field theory) |