From Galileo's "Occhialino" to Optoelectronics

by Mazzoldi, Paolo

• ISBN13: 9789810213329
• ISBN10: 9810213328
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1993-12-01
• Publisher: World Scientific Pub Co Inc

Table of Contents

Introduction
Perspectives of Ion Implantation for Optics	p. 1
Electrochromic Coatings on Glasses	p. 14
Holography and Information: Getting Something for Nothing with Light	p. 34
Glass and Optics: A Historical Perspective	p. 50
What Galileo's Brain Told Galileo's Eye	p. 74
Materials and Optoelectronic Devices for Telecommunications	p. 84
Modern Optical Testing on the Lenses of Galileo	p. 110
Gradient Index Optical Systems	p. 122
Infrared Fiber Optics	p. 147
X-Ray Microscopy and Holography	p. 161
Interferometric Optical Fiber Sensors	p. 184
Lidar Remote Sensing of Earth Surface	p. 203
Glasses and Glass Ceramics Materials for Modern Optical Application	p. 223
Recognition and Structure from One 2D Model View: Observations on Prototypes, Object Classes and Symmetries	p. 241
Passive and Active Glasses for Integrated Optics	p. 272
Optical Materials Produced by Sol-Gel Reactions	p. 295
Recent Advances in Optical Neural Networks	p. 306
The Telescope from Galileo to Today	p. 318
Laser Glasses	p. 332
Recent Advances in Telescope Optics	p. 350
From Early Magnifiers to Modern Microscopy	p. 370
Chemistry, Symmetry and Optics at the Foundations of Molecular Nonlinear Optics	p. 389
Today's Microlithography	p. 419
What Galileo Saw: The Experience of Looking Through a Telescope	p. 434
Patterns, Space-Time Chaos and Topological Defects in Nonlinear Optics	p. 462
Electron Holography	p. 489
Local Probe Methods: Experimenting with Atoms and Molecules	p. 491
Photorefractive Nonlinear Optics and Applications to Information Processing	p. 492
Non-Linear Optics and Cavity QED	p. 494
Holographic Diagnostics of Complex Systems	p. 495
An Instability of Pancharatnam's Topological Phase for Optical Switching	p. 501
Contrast Enhancement in Double Beam Interferometers	p. 506
Integrated Optical Signal Processing Devices: Design Considerations and BPM Modelling	p. 512
Modelling of Integrated Optical Branch Couplers by BPM Technique	p. 518
Polychromatic Optical Transfer Functions: Ambiguity Function Approach	p. 524
Theoretical Description of Light Scattering in a Layered Optical System	p. 530
Two-Wavelength Phase-Shifting Interferometry with Dual Frequency-Modulated Laser Diodes	p. 535
One Bit Representation of Grayscale Optical Processors for Pattern Recognition	p. 541
Holographic Reflection Filter Formation in Dichromated Gelatin Film	p. 547
A Tutorial Interferometric Experiment on Systems with Index Profile	p. 553
Reconstruction of Optical Information from Holograms without Reference Beam	p. 559
Experimental Analysis of Double-Ion-Exchanged Glass Waveguides	p. 566
Optical Testing by Fizeau Phase-Shifting Interferometry	p. 572
Light Scattering Tomography to Evaluate and Characterize Crystals	p. 578
Three-Dimensional Rigorous Analysis of Anisotropic Grating Waveguides for Cases of Oblique Propagation	p. 586
STM Imaging Techniques: Topographical vs. Gap-Modulated Modes	p. 592
A Simple and Accurate Analytical Method for Diffused Channel Waveguides	p. 597
Model of Bistable Operation of Laser with Saturable Absorber	p. 603
Application of Holograms without Reference Beam in Optical Data Processing, Chemistry and Biology	p. 612
The Modes of a Waveguide Directional Coupler	p. 616
GaInAsP/InP Heterostructure Laser Diode: Modal Analysis of the Dielectric Waveguide by a Full-Vectorial Finite-Element Method	p. 622
The Optics of the Telescopio Nazionale Galileo	p. 628
The Active Optics Subsystem of the Galileo Telescope	p. 634
A Modular Code for the Shack-Hartmann Data Reduction	p. 640
Investigations of the Optical Waveguides Produced on Y-Cut Lithium Niobate Sabs	p. 646
The Laser Clamp: A New Optical Device for Microsurgery	p. 652
All-Silicon Active Integrated Components for [lambda] = 1.3 and 1.55 [mu]m	p. 657
An Optical Sensor for Microtopographic Inspection of Rough Surfaces	p. 663
Scanning Tunneling Microscopy and Atomic Force Microscopy: New Tools for Characterization of Optical Surfaces and Coatings at Very High Spatial Frequencies	p. 669
Realisation of a TMI Type WDM by Ionic Exchange in Glass	p. 675
Is it Possible to Replace Phase Shifting by Optical Filtering?	p. 681
Quasiperiodical and Stochastic Behaviour of Double Mode CO[subscript 2]/SF[subscript 6]-He Laser	p. 687
Chemical Study of N[superscript +]-Implanted Amorphous SiC Films	p. 692
Lattice Contraction in CdS[subscript 1-x]Se[subscript x] Nanocrystals in Glass Observed by Raman Scattering	p. 698
Optical Properties of Composite Ion-Exchanged Rare-Earth-Doped Glass Waveguides	p. 704
Short Laser Pulse at 338.4 nm Utilizing the SBS and SRS Processes	p. 710
Optical Properties of Near-Infrared Semiconductor Emitters	p. 716
SHG Observation in a New Nonlinear Optical Organic Polymer	p. 724
Feasibility of Efficient Optical Fiber Amplifier with Periodic Gain-Corrugation	p. 729
Preparation and Characterisation of Lead Zirconate Titanate Thin Films by the Sol-Gel Technique: Effect of Heat Treatment	p. 734
New Approaches in Crystal Preparation of Organic Materials for Non-Linear Optical Applications	p. 739
Optical Characterization of Coated Glazings and Their Luminous and Solar Performances	p. 745
Optical Waveguides by the Sol-Gel Technique	p. 751
Modification of Glasses for Optical Purposes	p. 757
Active Fibers for Optical Amplifiers in Telecommunications	p. 763
Galileo Optic Glances for Final Tests	p. 769
Determination of the Optical Waveguides Index Profile from the Measured Coupled Angles	p. 778
Phase-Controllable Optical Interconnects with Liquid-Crystal TV Spatial Light Modulators	p. 783
The Manufacture of Subwavelength Diffractive Structures for CGH Applications	p. 789
Polarized Infrared Reflectivity of Glass at Oblique Incidence	p. 796
Autonomous Star Field Identification for Solar System Exploration	p. 802
The Status of the Galileo National Telescope	p. 808
Photolytically Stable Bleached Silver Halide Holograms for Archival Storage	p. 819
Expanding the Frontiers of Metrology Through Near Field Optics	p. 829
Polarization Rotation in Multipass Optical Cavities	p. 836
Interferometric Measurements of Optical Fibre Non-Linear Susceptibilities	p. 842
Optical Fourier Transform Recognition of Phase Singularities in Optical Fields	p. 848
New Mechanism of Nonlinear Optical Effects in Chiral Liquid Crystals	p. 853
Chaos in Laser Diode with Electrical Feedback from Fabry-Perot Interferometer	p. 858
Optical Diagnostic Technique for Crystal Growth in Space	p. 863
Performance of Photorefractive BSO in an Optical Correlator for Particle Image Velocimetry	p. 871
Scintillating Glass Optical Fibers and Their Application in X-Ray Imaging	p. 878
High Contrast Spatial Light Modulator Based on Shape Memory Materials	p. 884
Sub-Micron Particle Sizing by Means of Forward Scattering Heterodyne Interferometry	p. 890
High Precision Common Path Interferometer Using a Liquid Crystal Phase Modulator	p. 895
Optical Correlation Diagnostics and Recognition of Random Spatially Inhomogeneous Optical Fields	p. 901
Polythiophene as a Nonlinear Material for All-Optical Waveguide Switches	p. 910
Collocation Method for Field Propagation Through Optical Waveguides: A Simple Variable Transformation to Improve Accuracy	p. 916
Off-Axis Resonant Modes in Tapered GRIN Cavities	p. 922
Quantum Size Effects in Semiconductor Doped Glasses	p. 928
Two-Photon Absorption Spectroscopy in CdS[subscript 1-x]Se[subscript x] Semiconductor Microcrystallites	p. 934
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