Books in Optics

Introduction to Fiber-Optic Communications

2nd Edition
September 1, 2025
Rongqing Hui
English

Introduction to Fiber-Optic Communications, Second Edition provides students with a comprehensive understanding of modern optical fiber communication and its applications. The book strikes a balanced approach between theory and practice, avoiding excessive mathematics and derivations. Unlike other textbooks, it covers recent technologies and developments, such as electro-optic modulators, coherent optical systems, and silicon integrated photonic circuits. Practical worked examples and exercises help solidify understanding, and coverage ensures that students have a broad and deep knowledge base, making them ready to tackle modern challenges in optical and communications engineering.In addition to foundational principles, the book covers optical transmission system design, advanced modulation formats, high-speed DSP, and important application areas like passive optical networks, datacenters, and optical interconnections.

Progress in Optics

1st Edition
Volume 67
April 1, 2022
Taco Visser
English
Hardback
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Progress in Optics, Volume 67, highlights new advances, with this updated volume presenting interesting chapters on a variety of timely topics in the field. Each chapter is written by an international board of authors. The book contains five reviews of the latest developments in optics.

Applications of Nonlinear Fiber Optics

3rd Edition
August 11, 2020
Govind P. Agrawal
English
Paperback
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Applications of Nonlinear Fiber Optics, Third Edition presents sound coverage of the fundamentals of lightwave technology, along with material on pulse compression techniques and rare-earth-doped fiber amplifiers and lasers. The book's chapters include information on fiber-optic communication systems and the ultrafast signal processing techniques that make use of nonlinear phenomena in optical fibers. This book is an ideal reference for R&D engineers working on developing next generation optical components, scientists involved with research on fiber amplifiers and lasers, graduate students, and researchers working in the fields of optical communications and quantum information.

Optical Holography

1st Edition
October 23, 2019
Pierre-Alexandre Blanche
English
Paperback
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Optical Holography: Materials, Theory and Applications provides researchers the fundamentals of holography through diffraction optics and an overview of the most relevant materials and applications, ranging from computer holograms to holographic data storage. Dr. Pierre Blanche leads a team of thought leaders in academia and industry in this practical reference for researchers and engineers in the field of holography. This book presents all the information readers need in order to understand how holographic techniques can be applied to a variety of applications, the benefits of those techniques, and the materials that enable these technologies. Researchers and engineers will gain comprehensive knowledge on how to select the best holographic techniques for their needs.

Nonlinear Fiber Optics

6th Edition
August 14, 2019
Govind P. Agrawal
English
Paperback
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Nonlinear Fiber Optics, Sixth Edition, provides an up-to-date accounting of the nonlinear phenomena occurring inside optical fibers in telecommunications infrastructure and in the medical field. This new edition includes a general update to reflect the most recent research, extensive updates to chapter 13 on Supercontinuum Generation that reflect the use of chalcogenide fibers that extend Supercontinuum into the mid-infrared region, and a new chapter devoted to the nonlinear optics of multimode and multicore fibers. This book is ideal for researchers and graduate students in photonics, optical engineering and communication engineering.

Optical Wireless Communications for Broadband Global Internet Connectivity

1st Edition
October 19, 2018
Arun K. Majumdar
English
Paperback
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Optical Wireless Communications for Broadband Global Internet Connectivity: Fundamental and Potential Applications provides a comprehensive overview for readers who require information about the fundamental science behind optical wireless communications, as well as up-to-date advanced knowledge of the state-of-the-art technologies available today. The book is a useful resource for scientists, researchers, engineers and students interested in understanding optical, wireless communication systems for global channels. Readers will find beneficial knowledge on how related technologies of optical wireless communications can be integrated into achieving worldwide Internet connectivity.

Principles of Electron Optics, Volume 2

2nd Edition
December 13, 2017
Peter W. Hawkes + 1 more
English
Paperback
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Principles of Electron Optics: Applied Geometrical Optics, Second Edition gives detailed information about the many optical elements that use the theory presented in Volume 1: electrostatic and magnetic lenses, quadrupoles, cathode-lens-based instruments including the new ultrafast microscopes, low-energy-electron microscopes and photoemission electron microscopes and the mirrors found in their systems, Wien filters and deflectors. The chapter on aberration correction is largely new. The long section on electron guns describes recent theories and covers multi-column systems and carbon nanotube emitters. Monochromators are included in the section on curved-axis systems. The lists of references include many articles that will enable the reader to go deeper into the subjects discussed in the text. The book is intended for postgraduate students and teachers in physics and electron optics, as well as researchers and scientists in academia and industry working in the field of electron optics, electron and ion microscopy and nanolithography.

Solid State Physics

1st Edition
Volume 68
November 18, 2017
Robert L. Stamps + 1 more
English
Hardback
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eBook
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Solid State Physics, Volume 68 provides the latest information on a branch of physics that is primarily devoted to the study of matter in its solid phase, especially at the atomic level. Chapters in this updated volume include new research in the use of phonon-polaritons in polar materials to do plasmonic like studies, but without the plasmons, along with a section on Polar oxide interfaces. This prestigious serial presents timely and state-of-the-art reviews pertaining to all aspects of solid state physics.

Principles of Electron Optics, Volume 1

2nd Edition
October 29, 2017
Peter W. Hawkes + 1 more
English
Paperback
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Volume one of Principles of Electron Optics: Basic Geometrical Optics, Second Edition, explores the geometrical optics needed to analyze an extremely wide range of instruments: cathode-ray tubes; the family of electron microscopes, including the fixed-beam and scanning transmission instruments, the scanning electron microscope and the emission microscope; electron spectrometers and mass spectrograph; image converters; electron interferometers and diffraction devices; electron welding machines; and electron-beam lithography devices. The book provides a self-contained, detailed, modern account of electron optics for anyone involved with particle beams of modest current density in the energy range up to a few mega-electronvolts. You will find all the basic equations with their derivations, recent ideas concerning aberration studies, extensive discussion of the numerical methods needed to calculate the properties of specific systems and guidance to the literature of all the topics covered. A continuation of these topics can be found in volume two, Principles of Electron Optics: Applied Geometrical Optics. The book is intended for postgraduate students and teachers in physics and electron optics, as well as researchers and scientists in academia and industry working in the field of electron optics, electron and ion microscopy and nanolithography.

Progress in Optics

1st Edition
Volume 62
March 27, 2017
Taco Visser
English
Hardback
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Progress in Optics, Volume 62, an ongoing series, contains more than 300 review articles by distinguished research workers that have become permanent records for many important developments. In this updated volume, users will find valuable updates on topics such as optical testing, the modern aspects of intensity interferometry with classical light, the generation of partially coherent beams, optical models and symmetries, and more. This book's contributions have become standard references in scientific articles, providing the state-of-the-art to researchers and practitioners who work in the field of optics.

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Books in Optics

Introduction to Fiber-Optic Communications

Progress in Optics

Applications of Nonlinear Fiber Optics

Optical Holography

Nonlinear Fiber Optics

Optical Wireless Communications for Broadband Global Internet Connectivity

Principles of Electron Optics, Volume 2

Solid State Physics

Principles of Electron Optics, Volume 1

Progress in Optics