Handbook of Photonics - 2nd Edition

Name: Handbook of Photonics - 2nd Edition
Brand: CRC Press

CRC Press

Photonics plays an important role in such industries as optical communications and information storage. The Handbook of Photonics, Second Edition reflects recent advances and changes that have affected this technology. This edition includes new chapters on optical fiber technology and the economic impact of photonics. Coverage includes emerging technologies in polymeric optical materials. This book is ideal for researchers in photonics as well as for graduate students in applied physics and optics. > \nReflecting changes in the field in the ten years since the publication of the first edition, The Handbook of Photonics, Second Edition explores recent advances that have affected this technology. In this new, updated second edition editor Mool Gupta is joined by John Ballato, strengthening the handbook with their combined knowledge and the continued contributions of world-class researchers.\n\nNew in the Second Edition:\n--Information on optical fiber technology and the economic impy