The Encyclopedia of Modern Optics, Second Edition, Five Volume Set provides a wide-ranging
overview of the field, comprising authoritative reference articles for undergraduate and …

The Free Electron Laser (FEL) is an exceptional kind of laser. Its active medium is not matter,
but charged particles (electrons) accelerated to high energies, passing in vacuum through …

… undergraduate-level course in modern optics for students in physics, technology and
engineering. The first half of the book deals with classical physical optics; the second principally …

… Encyclopedia of Optical … optical and photonic engineering that have occurred since the first
edition was published, but also: Boasts a wealth of new material, expanding the encyclopedia’…

… optics' was introduced by Thomas Young in 1802, and initially it meant all optics except for
geometrical optics … This article looks at how physical optics became a mathematical science, …

… the theories put forward by early modern philosophers (as discussed in section “Magical
Theories”), but also in their experimental practices. Newton’s optical experiments can be traced …

… This success has been paralleled in other fields of science such as in electron optical image
formation, in microwave optics, and in the design of image formation apparatus employing …

The Encyclopedia of Cosmology, first published in 1993, recounts the history, philosophical
assumptions, methodological ambiguities, and human struggles that have influenced the …

The first motivation for basing qubits on silicon is the obvious foundation of classical
microelectronics. Although silicon quantum computers would operate in a fundamentally different …

Organic semiconductors (OSCs) have emerged as materials for use in a variety of modern
optoelectronic devices, including organic light-emitting diodes and solar cells. In this article, …