"Version: 20181201"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references and index.1. Introduction -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. Laser linewidth -- 1.3. Solid-state organic lasers -- 1.4. Organic photonics -- 1.5. Organic lasers and organic photonics -- 1.6. Perspective2. Organic laser dyes -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. Organic laser dye molecules -- 2.3. Organic laser dyes in the liquid-state a…
"Version: 20181201"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Practical realisation of the length by interferometry??ogeneral principles and limitations -- 1.1. A short history of the metre and the present definition -- 1.2. Realisation of the length by direct measurement of the light travelling time (time-of-flight measurement) -- 1.3. The basic concept of length measurement by …
"Version: 20181001"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Research and application of reflective microscopy -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. Current situation of research on reflective microscopy -- 1.3. The current situation of application of reflective microscopy -- 1.4. Summary2. Apodization factor and linearly polarized light focusing properties of elliptical mirror -- 2.1. I…
"Version: 20201201"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction -- 1.1. Introduction to visible light communications -- 1.2. State-of-the-art in visible light communications -- 1.3. Summary2. Technological enablers -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. Principles of light generation and absorption -- 2.3. Organic semiconductors -- 2.4. Summary3. High-speed circuits and channel …
"Version: 20190601"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.part I. The basics of laser safety. 1. Why are laser accidents still happening? -- 1.1. Bad behavior and no negative consequences -- 1.2. Possible future : virtual reality -- 1.3. On the job training/mentoring (a topic you will find mentioned several times in this text, but learning is through repetition) -- 1.4. Recommen…
"Version: 20181101"--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: 20190401"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction -- 2. Reasons from astrophysics and atomic physics for our world to be three-dimensional -- 3. More on the stability of atoms and planetary systems in our three-dimensional world : why do we live longer than a tiny fraction of a second? -- 4. Crossing of the micro- and macro-worlds : similarities between p…
"Version: 20181201"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.4. Microwave technologies for wearable communication systems -- 4.1. Introduction -- 4.2. MIC--microwave integrated circuit -- 4.3. Low noise K band compact receiving channel for a satellite communication ground terminal -- 4.4. MMICs--monolithic microwave integrated circuits -- 4.5. 18-40 GHz front end -- 4.6. MEMS techn…
"Version: 20200901"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction -- 1.1. What is quantum optics -- 1.2. Open quantum systems -- 1.3. This book2. Classical electromagnetism and linear optics -- 2.1. Maxwell equations and electromagnetic waves -- 2.2. Wave equation for fields in a medium -- 2.3. Slowly varying envelope approximation -- 2.4. Lorentz oscillator model of the…
"Version: 20201201"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.7. Electromagnetic reciprocity -- 7.1. Reciprocity theorems in the frequency and time domains -- 7.2. Compensation theorem8. Reactance theorems -- 8.1. Reactance theorems for networks and antennas9. Geometrical optics and Fermat's principle -- 9.1. Geometrical optics and Fermat's principle -- 9.2. Gradient metasurfaces an…