This book is a comprehensive introduction to the physics of intense laser-plasma interaction, motivated by applications in high-energy-density physics. For master’s and graduate students, it combines accessible theory with up-to-date developments and practical exercises.
The Physical Reality of Applied Quantum Optics
This book scrutinises quantum optic experiments, revealing hitherto ignored phenomena. It shows that there are no quantum optic “miracles” once the physically present effects are correctly identified, leading to a new understanding of quantum locality and realism.
Explore the improved optical detectors, from UV to far-infrared, that power a new era of measurement. This guide helps scientists and engineers select, build, and calibrate instruments for superior accuracy and expanded applications.
The Fundamental Principles of Physics
This book provides a precise idea of what an atom or molecule is using quantum theory. To overcome student comprehension difficulties, it insists on the importance of underlying physical principles, such as particle-wave duality, indeterminism, and presence probability.
Over the past 60 years, optics has changed radically. The invention of the laser led to new branches of the field. This work unites traditional and modern optics into a single theory, using modern mathematical tools and a heuristic approach.
This guide helps the optical radiation measurement community switch from traditional source-based methods to higher-accuracy, detector-based applications. It covers user-friendly radiometric practices, setup design, and extensions into the ultraviolet and infrared ranges.
This book presents research-based material on designing radiometers for high-performance optical measurements. It is a reference for students, scientists, and engineers to learn, design, build, and use new generation radiometers, covering design issues and applications.
Nanostructured Nonlinear Optical Materials
This book focuses on novel applications of nanostructured nonlinear optical materials, including optical limiting, Q-switching, mode-locking, and laser-nanoplasma physics. It is useful for physicists, material scientists, and engineers interested in laser technology.
This book presents over 40 experiments in optics for students and engineers. Covering components like lenses, mirrors, and gratings, each experiment is clearly described with concise, easy-to-understand theory to explain the principles underlying them.
This volume presents research on gas-discharge plasma for creating powerful, tunable excilamps. It details the application of these studies to develop efficient blue-green and ultraviolet radiation sources for specialists in plasma physics and quantum electronics.
Existing methods for studying the piezooptic properties of crystals are imperfect and lead to significant errors. This book introduces 2D-polarimetric and interferometric methods that increase experimental accuracy and ensure reliable results for photoelastic properties.
Optical metrology, the science of measuring light, has applications in industry and health, enabling non-destructive evaluation of materials and the study of cellular structures. This book explains recent optical imaging techniques carried out by the author in these fields.
This book presents the electrical characterization of DBD-based atmospheric pressure plasma jets (APPJs) for biomedical & material applications. It establishes optimum operation ranges without arcing, showing how working gas affects power consumption and jet length.
A practical guide to characterizing and overcoming drawbacks in electro-optical devices. It explores noise and fading phenomena in optical communication links, both wireless (LIDAR) and fiber-optic, for students and professionals in optical communication and device design.
Plasma Agriculture
Plasma agriculture is an emerging science where treating seeds with gas plasma stimulates growth and increases yield. This book uses garlic as a model organism to explain the underlying principles, connecting plasma physics to biological responses.
Explore the interaction of electron beams with plasma and beam plasma discharge. This book covers the history, theory, and experimental research, with a focus on applications ranging from the physics of near-Earth space to materials technologies for micro- and nanoelectronics.
The Mystery of Ball Lightning Revealed
This book explores a new phenomenon: self-confined circulating light. It explains the paradox of ball lightning and microworld anomalies, and shows how nuclear energy can be extracted from ordinary water. Based on over 80 published scientific articles.
This book highlights a new area in laser ablation in liquid, focusing on pseudo-line tension and the cavitation bubble. It theoretically reproduces the bubble’s dynamics and offers insights into its role in nanoparticle growth and its effect on the liquid’s thermal properties.
Fundamental Optics
This book updates our knowledge of light with new data from reproducible experiments. It presents a new theory which interprets verifiable information according to the various speeds of the lights involved, examining light’s general motions in space.
This book presents a theoretical description of fiber Bragg gratings, focusing on channel densification and tunability. It includes full Matlab code to synthesize and optimize various gratings using genetic algorithms, simulated annealing, and tabu search.