This book provides a thorough spp_130_lewis3of the current status of achievements made in the area of soft X-ray laser source development and of the increasingly diverse applications being demonstrated using such radiation sources.

There is significant effort worldwide to develop very bright, short duration radiation sources in the X-ray spectral region – driven by the multitude of potential applications in all branches of science. This book contains updates on several different approaches for comparative purposes but concentrates on developments in the area of laser-produced plasmas, whereby transient population inversion and gain between ion states is pumped by optical lasers interacting with pre-formed plasmas. The most significant development here is the demonstrated increasing feasibility to produce useful soft X-ray laser beams with high repetition rates in a typical, small, university-class laboratory – as opposed to the requirement of access to a national facility some 20 years ago.

Experimental progress and the underlying theory associated with different plasma-based soft X-ray laser schemes are covered. In particular, grazing incidence pumping of transient collisional X-ray lasers, injection seeding of amplifiers and beam characterisation techniques are discussed in detail. The justification for this work is clearly demonstrated in the large section describing the wide-ranging applications now possible in areas as diverse as biology, chemistry and materials science, as well as in plasma physics itself. Plans and projections for new work are also presented, boding well for the future of the subject area.

Series: Springer Proceedings in Physics , Vol. 130

Extent: approx. 505 p., Hardcover
ISBN: 978-1-4020-9923-6
Price: 212,93 €
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Extract from the Foreword:
“I am honored to have been invited to write a Foreword to the Handbook of Visual Display Technology, a monumental work indeed!…This book, to the best of my knowledge, is the first of its kind….The authors of the chapters in the Handbook are world experts…I feel that no engineering or science library can be without this book. It will be an asset for all companies engaged in display and display-related business. For researchers this book provides substantial guidelines for the future of display technology.” – Dr Munisamy Anandan, President of the Society for Information Display, July 2011

Editors-in-Chief:
Janglin Chen (ITRI, Taiwan)
Wayne Cranton (Nottingham Trent University, UK)
Mark Fihn (Veritas et Visus, USA)

Editorial Board:
Karlheinz Blankenbach (University of Applied Sciences Pforzheim, Germany)
Stan Brotherton (TFT Consultant, UK)
Jason Heikenfeld (University of Cincinnati, USA)
Jon Peddie (Jon Peddie Research, USA)
Peter Raynes (University of Oxford, UK)
Jannick Rolland (University of Rochester, USA)

Contents:
Introduction
1 – Fundamentals of Optics for Displays
2 – Human Vision and Photometry
3 – Image Storage and Processing
4 – Driving Displays
5 – TFTs and Materials for Displays and Touchscreens
6 – Emissive Displays
7 – Liquid Crystal Displays
8 – Paper-Like and Low Power Displays
9 – 3D Displays
10 – Mobile Displays, Microdisplays, Projection and Headworn Displays
11 – Display Metrology
12 – Display Markets and Economics

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Extent: Approx. 2600pp, 4 volumes
ISBN: 978-3-540-79567-4
Publication date: December 2011

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Improved theoretical understanding of the behaviour of f-electrons in solids, driven by accelerating computational capability, has coincided with an improved ability of crystal growers to incorporate rare earth elements reproducibly in wide bandgap semiconductor hosts that are favoured for optoelectronic and spintronic applications. The device possibilities of these advanced materials are promising but by no means well-developed. Following a review of the theoretical background, this book explores the preparation of materials, either through in-situ growth or ion implantation/annealing, the characterisation of these materials and their incorporation in existing and prospective devices.

Featuring contributions from leading researchers in Europe, the USA and Japan, the book will be a valuable resource for academics, advanced students and industrial scientists.

Extent: Approx. 330pp
ISBN: 978-90-481-2876-1 (print) / (e-book)
Publication Date: Forthcoming title – due October 2009

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This book presents a comprehensive introduction to the Generalized Phase Contrast (GPC) method including an overview of the range of current and potential applications of the GPC in wavefront sensing and phase imaging, structured laser illumination and image projection, optical trapping and manipulation, and optical encryption and decryption. The GPC method goes further than the restrictive assumptions of conventional Zernike phase contrast analysis and achieves an expanded range of validity beyond weak phase perturbations. The generalized analysis yields design criteria for tuning experimental parameters to achieve optimal performance in terms of accuracy, fidelity and light efficiency. Optimization can address practical issues, such as finding an optimal spatial filter for the chosen application, and can even enable a Reverse Phase Contrast mode where intensity patterns are converted into a phase modulation.

This book is written for researchers and graduate students in optical sciences, particularly those interested in the novel applications of optical sensing and modulation techniques in contemporary optics and photonics.
Series: Springer Series in Optical Sciences

Authors’ website – Programmable Phase Optics: www.ppo.dk

Extent: Approx. 305pp
ISBN: 978-90-481-2838-9 (print) / (e-book)
Publication date: September 2009

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 The purpose of the book is to show how general principles can be used to obtain insight into laser processes. The principles used may come from fundamental physical theory or from direct observation of experimental results, but an understanding of the general characteristics of the behaviour of a process is essential for intelligent investigation and implementation, whether the approach is experimental, observational, numerical or analytical. The last two have a special value since the associated costs can be relatively low and may be used as a starting point for more expensive techniques. The construction of simple models whose underlying principles are easy to see is therefore of special value, and an understanding of their strengths and limitations is essential.

 The applications considered in detail are cutting, keyhole welding, drilling, arc and hybrid laser-arc welding, hardening, cladding, forming and cutting, but the general principles have a very wide application; metallurgical aspects are considered, as are femtosecond interactions with metals. The book begins with a discussion of the mathematical formulation of some relevant classes of physical ideas, and ends with an introduction to comprehensive numerical simulation. Although all the examples considered have the common feature that the source of power is a laser, many of the principles and methods apply to thermal modelling in a variety of different fields and at many different levels of power.

Springer Series in Materials Science

Extent: 2009, 460pp illus., Hardcover
ISBN: 978-1-4020-9339-5 (print) / (e-book)
Price: £108.00 (UK) / €     (Europe)

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