Product Description: The 86 papers in this collection cover the latest developments in the field of thermal and photon IR detectors, with an emphasis on thermal detectors. The companion 1992 Milestone volume MS66, ''Selected Papers on Semiconductor Infrared Detectors,'' covered only photon detectors...read more

This volume contains research papers reporting on the results of the Link Foundation Fellows in Energy, Simulation Training, and Ocean Engineering and Instrumentation. The work covers a wide variety of research topics carried out at leading universities and colleges. Brian J. Thompson is Provost Emeritus of the University of Rochester.

Product Description: This volume contains eleven research papers reporting on the research results of the Link Foundation Fellows in Energy, Simulation-Training and Ocean Engineering and Instrumentation. The work covers a wide variety of research topics carried out at leading universities and colleges...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

This handbook explains principles, processes, methods, and procedures of optical engineering in a concise and practical way. It emphasizes fundamental approaches and provides useful formulas and step-by-step worked-out examples to demonstrate applications and clarify calculation methods. The book covers refractive, reflective, and diffractive optical components; lens optical devices; modern fringe pattern analysis; optical metrology; Fourier optics and optical image processing; electro-optical and acousto-optical devices; spatial and spectral filters; optical fibers and accessories; optical fabrication; and more. It includes over 2,000 tables, flow charts, graphs, schematics, drawings, photographs, and mathematical expressions.

Product Description: Contents- Early History- Bulk Upconversion Lasers- Visible Erbium-Based Upconversion Lasers- Thulium-Based Upconversion Lasers- Neodymium and Praseodymium-Based Upconversion Lasers- Erbium-Based Fiber Lasers- Holmium-Based Fiber Lasers- Thulium-Based Fiber Lasers- The Tm:ZBLAN Photodarkening Problem- Praseodymium-Based Fiber Lasers- Neodymium-Based Fiber Laser...read more

Product Description: Contents- Introductory Papers- General JTC Architectures and Algorithms- Wavelet Joint Transform Correlators- Photorefractive JTCs- Distortion Invariant JTCs- Unconventional JTCs- Adaptive Recognition and Tracking- Color Pattern and Defocused Image Recognition- Optical Character Recognition- Optical Machine Vision- JTC Based Image Processing and Digital Computing- Parameter Measurement and Sensing- Performance Measures, Comparison and Optimizatio...read more

Product Description: This text presents 76 papers on halftone imaging. Subjects covered include basic principles, point processes, neighborhood processes, iterative methods, printer models, and color.

Product Description: A selection of 81 papers on six major topics within the field of optical microelectromechanical systems (MEMS).

Product Description: This volume contains 92 papers on VUV synchrotron radiation instrumentation. Areas addressed include: high resolution X-ray spectroscopy using synchrotron radiation; the classical radiation of accelerated electrons; and the design of holographic concave gratings for Seya-Namioka monochromators...read more

Product Description: Topics in this volume include: fundamentals of photoluminescence; photoluminesence of insulator materials; photoluminescence of semiconductor materials; and photoluminescence of color centers.

Product Description: Contents- Discovery- Double-Exposure Holographic Interferometry and Basic Evaluation Methods- Time-Average Holographic Interferometry- Stroboscopic and Reference Wave Modulated Holographic Interferometry- Fringe Formation and Localization- Heterodyne Holographic Interferometry- Multiple Wavelength Holographic Interferometry- Two Reference Waves Holographic Interferometry- Sandwich Holographic Interferometry- Difference/Comparative Holographic Interferometry- Fringe Evaluation Methods- Measurement Accuracy in Holographic Interferometry- Miscellaneous Techniques- Digital Holographic Interferometr...read more

Product Description: Contents of this volume include: on-line glossmeter for stainless steel sheets; in process optical measurement of micro profile on cold rolled steel plates; optical profile transducer; and optical profilers for surface roughness. (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: This volume on laser radar includes papers which cover topics such as: requirements of a coherent laser pulse-Doppler radar; analysis and optimization of laser ranging techniques; and error analysis of optical range measurement systems. (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Topics in this volume include: comparison of interferometric contouring techniques; comparison of visibility of standard scratches; and near-grazing illumination and shadowing of rough surfaces.

Product Description: Contents- Diffraction-Limited Coherent Imaging Systems- Aberrated Coherent Imaging Systems- Near Field and Laser Systems- Apodizers- Other Topics

Product Description: This text presents a collection of papers on holographic recording materials. It covers topics such as: film-grain noise on wavefront-reconstruction imaging; production of blazed holograms; reversal bleaching for low flare light on holograms; and red sensitivity of dichomated gelatin films...read more

Product Description: Contents- Introductory Compound Eye Literature- Apposition Compound Eyes- Invertebrate Vision- Refractive Superposition Compound Eyes- Reflective Superposition Compound Eyes- Natural Compound Eye Analysis- Artificial Apposition Compound Eye Sensors- Information Processing for Compound Eye Sensors- Artificial Superposition Compound Eye...read more

The Link Foundation awards yearly fellowships for research into themastery of the air and sea, and the development of energy resourcesand their conservation. The Fellows' annual reports make stimulatingreading, representing some of the most advanced work in the energyand energy-related fields. Contents: DIETER BEIKE: Offshore Oil and Gas Development in the Ross Sea; DWAYNE S. BREGER: Seasonal Ice Storage for Cooling Loads; DAVID ANTHONY HOGSETT: Direct Microbial Conversion of Lignocellulose to Ethanol; Q.X. JIA and W. A. ANDERSON: High Temperature Superconducting YBa2Cu307-x Films; BIN LIU and MICHAEL J. WENGLER: Modeling of Quasioptical Josephson Oscillator; C. MICHAEL SMITH: Thermal Reaction Chemistry of Polycyclic Alkylaromatics

Product Description: The Link Foundation (established in 1953 to honour and memorialize Edwin A. Link) awards yearly fellowships for advanced research into the mastery of the sea and air, and the development of energy resources and their conservation...read more

Product Description: Contents- Introduction- Optics of Tissues with Strong Scattering- Eye Tissue Optics- Coherent Light Scattering by Biotissues- Applications in Diagnostics and Therapy

Product Description: The Link Foundation awards yearly fellowships for research ino energyresources and their conservation. These published papers summarizetheir findings in this highly topical and important area. Two chaptersin this book deal with a practical performance index to avoid voltage collapse in electric power systems and a design for a switch-modepower conversion circuit...read more