"Version: 20251101"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. Light, interference, and diffraction -- 1.3. From static to dynamic diffraction -- 1.4. Frequency analysis of motion -- 1.5. Beyond linear oscillations : chaos and complexity -- 1.6. Why dynamic optical diffraction matters -- 1.7. Summary2. Optical interference -- 2.1. Introduc…
"Version: 20230801"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.part I. Basic principles and components. 1. Introduction -- 1.1. History -- 1.2. Growth expectations -- 1.3. Book overview2. Light sources and detectors -- 2.1. Optical properties of light sources -- 2.2. Incandescent sources -- 2.3. Light emitting diodes -- 2.4. Laser -- 2.5. Photodiodes, and phototransistors -- 2.6. Ima…
"Version: 20240101"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction -- 1.1. Singularity -- 1.2. Singularities in science and engineering -- 1.3. Acoustic vortex -- 1.4. Singularities in optics -- 1.5. Amplitude, phase and polarization -- 1.6. Brief historical account of optical phase singularities2. Topological features -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. Wavefront shape -- 2.3. …
"Version: 20221201"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Waves -- 1.1. Wave concepts -- 1.2. Energy transport -- 1.3. Complex notation -- 1.4. Fourier analysis -- 1.5. Diffraction -- 1.6. Foundations of scattering2. Introduction to scattering and absorption -- 2.1. The total cross section -- 2.2. Angles and solid angles -- 2.3. The differential scattering cross section -- 2.…
"Version: 20231001"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Motivation -- 1.1. PIN-photodiode and APD receivers -- 1.2. SPAD receivers -- 1.3. Quantum image sensors -- 1.4. The principle of ultra-sensitive PIN and avalanche photodiode receivers2. Basics of photodiodes -- 2.1. Optical absorption and photogeneration -- 2.2. Drift and diffusion -- 2.3. Width of space-charge region…
"Version: 20251101"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction -- 1.1. History of Bose-Einstein condensates -- 1.2. Bose-Einstein condensation : an experimental and theoretical perspective -- 1.3. Mean field description and Gross-Pitaevskii equation -- 1.4. Fermionic condensates -- 1.5. Beyond mean-field description -- 1.6. Outline2. Analytical methods -- 2.1 Inverse …
Revised edition of: Lasers and their application to the observation of Bose-Einstein condensates."Version: 20230501"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.part I. Lasers. 1. The basic physics of lasers -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. Optical spectra -- 1.3. Stimulated emission -- 1.4. Creating a population inversion -- 1.5. Laser modes and coherence2. Conventional lasers -- 2.1. In…
"Version: 20240601"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction / F.J. Duarte -- 2. Organic laser dyes / F.J. Duarte -- 3. Energetics of organic laser dyes / F.J. Duarte -- 4. Polymer matrices for lasers / F.J. Duarte and K.M. Vaeth -- 5. Cavity and resonator architectures for high-performance organic laser oscillators / F.J. Duarte -- 6. Mathematical-physics for tunab…
"Version: 20241101"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Highly efficient materials for photonic crystal-based optical components / M. Soroosh, F. Parandin, F. Haddadan, M.J. Maleki and F. Bagheri -- 2. Unidirectional bulk growth of 1,3,5-triphenylbenzene single crystal and doping effect on its optical properties / Narayanan Durairaj, Sakthivel Raja, Sridharan Moorthi Babu, …
"Version: 20170101"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references (pages 17-18).Introduction -- Background -- Current directions -- Outlook.The emerging field of complex light - the study and application of custom light beams with tailored intensity, polarization or phase - is a focal point for fundamental breakthroughs in optical science. As this review will show, those advances in fun…