1. Edition - December 2003
1360.- Euro
2003. LVIII, 3472 Pages, 5 Volumes, Hardcover
1100 Fig. (50 Colored Fig.), 100 Tab. 
- Handbook/Reference Book -
ISBN-10: 3-527-40320-5
ISBN-13: 978-3-527-40320-2 - Wiley-VCH, Berlin






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Detailed description
With about 100 expert articles in 5 volumes, this is both a comprehensive review as well as an introduction to the entire field. The contributions range from classical optics right up to the latest applications, including:
· IT and telecommunications
· Optical sensing and metrology
· Material processing
· Biomedicine
· Optical components and systems
· Laser design and technology.
The international editor team paid great attention to ensuring fast access to the information, and each carefully reviewed article features:
· an abstract
· a detailed table of contents
· continuous cross-referencing
· references to the most relevant publications in the field, and
· suggestions for further reading, both introductory as well as highly specialized.
In addition, a comprehensive index provides easy access to the enormous number of key words beyond the 100 headlines.
The result is a rapid reference for skilled professionals on all topics of modern photonics, while newcomers from physics and engineering will appreciate the readily comprehensible style and structure.

Highlights:
Atomic Cooling and Trapping, Harold Metcalf, Stony Brook, State Univ. NY, USA , Peter van der Straten, Debye Inst., Utrecht Univ., The Netherlands; Electrodynamics, J. David Jackson, Univ. of California at Berkeley, California, U.S.A.; Optical Design, Pantazis Mouroulis, California Inst. of Technology, Pasadena, USA; Geometric Optics, Roland Shack, Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, U.S.A.; Solid state Lasers, Tso Yee Fan, Lincoln Lab., Massachusetts Inst. of Technology, Lexington, USA; Digital Photography, Michael A.Kriss, Sharp Lab. of America, Camas, USA; Optical metrology, Peter de Groot, Zygo Corporation, Connecticut, USA; Physiological Optics, Martin Jüttner, Neuroscience Research Inst., Aston Univ., Birmingham, UK; Astronomical instrumentation and telescopes, Josef Fried, Max-Planck-Inst. for Astronomy, Heidelberg, Germany; X-ray Optics, Alan Michette, Dep. of Physics, King's College London, UK.