Optics Light For a New Age

Hecht, Jeff

Macmillan/McGraw-Hill

A comprehensive and practical guide aimed at helping end-users quickly and easily choose the laser best suited to their needs. Starting with a concise introduction reviewing the fundamentals of lasers and optics, this work goes on to offer up-to-date, practical information on all major types of lasers.

The Laser Guidebook

Science & Math

Physics

McGraw-Hill Companies

A comprehensive and practical guide aimed at helping end-users quickly and easily choose the laser best suited to their needs. Starting with a concise introduction reviewing the fundamentals of lasers and optics, this work goes on to offer up-to-date, practical information on all major types of lasers.

The Laser Guidebook (Optical and Electro-Optical Engineering Series)

Technology

McGraw=Hill

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This work presents the intriguing story of laser technology development through interviews with the scientists who made history with their groundbreaking research. Laser Pioneers, Revised Edition, describes a race for innovative laser technologies that resulted in several Nobel Prizes and one of the most bitter patent fights of the twentieth century. This book makes fascinating reading for anyone involved with physics, engineering, optics, lasers, or the history of science--or anyone simply interested in the process of invention.
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<li>Contains interviews with 15 key scientists in laser research and development</li>
<li>Provides an extensive overview of laser history</li>
<li>Includes interviews with three Nobel Prize winners</li>
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Laser Pioneers

Reference

Academic Press

This book is thorough, up to date, and provides comprehensive and intuitive introduction to fiber optics. With mathematics limited to basic algebra, the book takes a practical approach to understanding fiber optics. It thoroughly describes important concepts for the novice, building up an understanding of optical fibers, their properties, light sources and detectors, and fiber-optic components and their application in fiber-optic systems. It covers the basics of fiber-optic measurement and troubleshooting. Ideal for technicians, entry-level engineers, and other nonspecialists.

Understanding Fiber Optics

Business & Money

Job Hunting & Careers

Pearson College Div

This volume focuses on the basic principles and technology of fibre optics. It explores the technical details of fiber optics, the fibres themeselves, the tools used to work with fibres, and the associated devices used to connect fibre networks.

PRENTICE/HALL

Ideal for technicians, entry-level engineers, and other nonspecialists, this practical, thorough, and accessible introduction to fiber optics reflects the expertise of an author who has followed the field for over 20 years. Using a non-theoretical/mathematical, and well-illustrated approach, it begins with the technical details of optical fibers, moves through the tools and techniques used to work with them, the devices used to connect fiber network, and concludes with applications showing how fibers are used. Covers: Fundamentals of Fiber Optics; Applications of Fiber Optics; Types of Fibers; Cabling; Light Sources; Transmitters; Receivers; Repeaters, Regenerators, and Optical Amplifiers; Connectors; Splicing; Couplers and Switches; Other Components, Tools, and Accessories; Measurements; System Concepts; System Design; Long-Distance Telecommunication Applications; Regional and Local Telephone Systems; Video Transmission; Computers and Local Area Networks; Mobile and Military Fiber Communications; Fiber-Optic Sensors; Noncommunication Fiber Optics; and Laser Safety. For anyone wanting to understand fiber optics.

City of Light tells the story of fiber optics, tracing its transformation from 19th-century parlor trick into the foundation of our global communications network. Written for a broad audience by a journalist who has covered the field for twenty years, the book is a lively account of both the people and the ideas behind this revolutionary technology. The basic concept underlying fiber optics was first explored in the 1840s when researchers used jets of water to guide light in laboratory demonstrations. The idea caught the public eye decades later when it was used to create stunning illuminated fountains at many of the great Victorian exhibitions. The modern version of fiber optics--using flexible glass fibers to transmit light--was discovered independently five times through the first half of the century, and one of its first key applications was the endoscope, which for the first time allowed physicians to look inside the body without surgery. Endoscopes became practical in 1956 when a college undergraduate discovered how to make solid glass fibers with a glass cladding. With the invention of the laser, researchers grew interested in optical communications. While Bell Labs and others tried to send laser beams through the atmosphere or hollow light pipes, a small group at Standard Telecommunication Laboratories looked at guiding light by transparent fibers. Led by Charles K. Kao, they proposed the idea of fiber-optic communications and demonstrated that contrary to what many researchers thought glass could be made clear enough to transmit light over great distances. Following these ideas, Corning Glass Works developed the first low-loss glass fibers in 1970. From this point fiber-optic communications developed rapidly. The first experimental phone links were tested on live telephone traffic in 1977 and within half a dozen years long-distance companies were laying fiber cables for their national backbone systems. In 1988, the first transatlantic fiber-optic cable connected Europe with North America, and now fiber optics are the key element in global communications. The story continues today as fiber optics spread through the communication grid that connects homes and offices, creating huge information pipelines and replacing copper wires. The book concludes with a look at some of the exciting potential developments of this technology.

City of Light: The Story of Fiber Optics (Sloan Technology)

History & Philosophy

Oxford University Press

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Optics Light For a New Age

The Laser Guidebook

The Laser Guidebook

The Laser Guidebook (Optical and Electro-Optical Engineering Series)

The Laser Guidebook

Laser Pioneers

Understanding Fiber Optics

Understanding Fiber Optics

Understanding Fiber Optics

City of Light: The Story of Fiber Optics (Sloan Technology)