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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Short description
Ranging from theoretical fundamentals to technological applications, 5 volumes with more than 90 high-quality articles by renowned experts cover the entire field of modern optics - each one including a glossary of terms and a guide to further reading.

From the contents
Amplifiers, Optical
Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation
Atmospheric Optics
Biomedical Imaging Techniques
Charged-Particle Optics
Color Vision
Colorimetry
Data Storage, Optical
Diodes, Light-emitting
Display Technology
Electrodynamics
Electromagnetic Radiation: Emission and Propagation
Electron Diffraction
Electro-optic Devices
Electro-optical Imaging
Electrophotographic Copying and Printing (Xerography)
Ellipsometry
Fiber Optics
Filters, Optical
Fourier and Other Transform Methods
Geometric Optics
Holography
Image Processing of Optical Data
Imaging Detectors
Information Processing, Optical
Interconnections, Optical
Interferometry
Laser Cooling and Trapping of Neutral Atoms
Laser Isotope Separation
Laser Physics
Lasers, Dye
Lasers, Extreme UV and Soft X-ray
Lasers, Free-Electron
Lasers, Gas
Lasers, Industrial Uses of
Lasers, Medical Use of
Lasers, Semiconductor
Lasers, Solid State
Lidar (Laser Radar)
Light and Lighting Systems
Linear Optics
Luminescence
Magneto-optical Devices
Microscopy
Modulators and Demodulators, Optical
Monochromators
Motion Picture and Video Lenses
Nonlinear Optics
Optical Aberrations
Optical Alignment
Optical and Laser Scanning Technology
Optical Coatings
Optical Communications
Optical Components and Systems
Optical Computing
Optical Design
Optical Fabrication
Optical Illusions
Optical Instrumentation
Optical Materials
Optical Metrology
Optical Networks
Optical Radiation Sources and Standards
Optical Techniques Mechanical Measurements
Optical Techniques for the Analysis and Characterization of Chemicals and Materials
Optical Tomography
Optoelectronics
Photochemistry
Photoemission and Photoelectron Spectra
Photographic Recording
Photography, Digital
Photography, Physics and Technology
Photonics
Physiological Optics
Polarization Optics, Polarimeters and Polarization Spectrometers
Polarized Light, Basic Concepts of
Radiation Interaction with Molecules
Remote Sensing
Sensors, Optical
Speckle and Speckle Metrology
Spectrometers, Infrared
Spectrometers, Ultraviolett and Visible Light
Spectrometers, X-ray
Spectroscopy, Laser
Spectroscopy, Photoacoustic
Spectroscopy, Raman
Spectroscopy, Ultrafast
Stereoscopy
Ultrashort-Pulse Phenomena
Underwater Optics
Wave Optics
X-ray Optics
Zeeman and Stark Effects