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Out of the Blueby John Naylor
Cambridge University Press 2002; US$ 64.00Why is the sky blue? How can I see an eclipse? Skywatcher John Naylor offers practical advice on where and when you should look for natural phenomena in both the day and night sky. Out of the Blue is for all those curious or puzzled about things optical and astronomical. more...
Laser Remote Sensingby Takashi Fujii
CRC Press 2005; US$ 149.95Written for atmospheric scientists familiar with laser remote sensor (Lidar) theory and operation, this dense volume presents the new femtosecond white light lidar, elastic lidar measurement of the troposphere, and differential absorption lidar methods for monitoring trace gases in the planetary boundary layer. The longest chapter describes the mea more...
Airglow as an Indicator of Upper Atmospheric Structure and Dynamicsby Vladislav Yu. Khomich; Anatoly I. Semenov; Nicolay N. Shefov
Springer 2008; US$ 289.00The book summarizes international progress over the last few decades in upper atmosphere airglow research. Measurement methods, theoretical concepts and emprircal models of a wide spectrum of upper atmospheric emissions and their variability are considered. The book contains a detailed bibliography of studies related to the upper atmosphere airglow and a lot of useful information on emission characteristics and its formation processes. The book is of interest to scientists working in the field of aeronomy, physics of the upper atmosphere of the Earth aswell as the other planets, and also for experts interested in applied aspects of the Earth??'s upper atmospheric emissions. more...
Thin-Film Crystalline Silicon Solar Cellsby Rolf Brendel
John Wiley & Sons 2011; US$ 182.00This introduction to the physics of silicon solar cells focuses on thin cells, while reviewing and discussing the current status of the important technology. An analysis of the spectral quantum efficiency of thin solar cells is given as well as a full set of analytical models. This is the first comprehensive treatment of light trapping techniques for the enhancement of the optical absorption in thin silicon films. more...
Adaptive Beaming and Imaging in the Turbulent Atmosphereby Vladimir P. Lukin; Boris V. Fortes
SPIE 2002; US$ 45.90Due to the wide application of adaptive optical systems, an understanding of optical wave propagation in randomly inhomogeneous media has become essential, and several numerical models of individual AOS components and of efficient correction algorithms have been developed. This monograph contains detailed descriptions of the mathematical experiments that were designed and carried out during more than a decade's worth of research. more...
Field Guide to Atmospheric Opticsby Larry C. Andrews
SPIE 2004; US$ 24.99The material in this Field Guide includes a review of classical Kolmogorov turbulence theory, Gaussian-beam waves in free space, and atmospheric effects on a propagating optical wave. These atmospheric effects have great importance in a variety of applications like imaging, free space optical communications, laser radar, and remote sensing. This Guide presents tractable mathematical models from which the practitioner can readily determine beam spreading, beam wander, spatial coherence radius (Fried's parameter), angle of arrival fluctuations, scintillation, aperture averaging effects, fade probabilities, bit error-rates, and enhanced backscatter effects, among others. more...
Laser Beam Propagation through Random Mediaby Larry C. Andrews; Ronald L. Phillips
SPIE 2005; US$ 96.05Since publication of the first edition of this text in 1998, there have been several new, important developments in the theory of beam wave propagation through a random medium, which have been incorporated into this second edition. Also new to this edition are models for the scintillation index under moderate-to-strong irradiance fluctuations; models for aperture averaging based on ABCD ray matrices; beam wander and its effects on scintillation; theory of partial coherence of the source; models of rough targets for ladar applications; phase fluctuations; analysis of other beam shapes; plus expanded analysis of free-space optical communication systems and imaging systems. more...
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