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The need for both intrinsic and extrinsic fiber optic sensor technologies continues to grow. To meet the demands of this fast expanding applications-driven market, Fiber Optic Sensors, Second Edition …

Although the subject of optical design as a branch of applied physics is over one hundred years old, the use of aberration theory has changed considerably. Aberrations of Optical Systems covers eleme …

This book contains discussions of radiation theory, quantum statistics and the many-body problem, and more advanced topics in collision theory. It is intended as a text for a first-year graduate quan …

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From its initial publication titled Laser Beam Scanning in 1985 to Handbook of Optical and Laser Scanning , now in its second edition, this reference has kept professionals and students at the forefr …

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The KDP family of single crystals is composed of compounds of alkali metals with light or heavy (hydro, deutero) water and oxides of phosphate or arsenate, including ammonium, potassium, rubidium and …

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