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Gradient-Index Optics

Fundamentals and Applications

  • GRIN optics is an active area of research in telecommunications, sensing and image sciences

  • The book provides an introduction to this field but the main purpose is the treatment of the various applications in todays high technologies

  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XII
  2. Light Propagation in GRIN Media

    • Carlos Gomez-Reino, Maria Victoria Perez, Carmen Bao
    Pages 1-23
  3. Imaging and Transforming Transmission Through GRIN Media

    • Carlos Gomez-Reino, Maria Victoria Perez, Carmen Bao
    Pages 25-42
  4. GRIN Lenses for Uniform Illumination

    • Carlos Gomez-Reino, Maria Victoria Perez, Carmen Bao
    Pages 43-86
  5. GRIN Lenses for Gaussian Illumination

    • Carlos Gomez-Reino, Maria Victoria Perez, Carmen Bao
    Pages 87-107
  6. GRIN Media with Loss or Gain

    • Carlos Gomez-Reino, Maria Victoria Perez, Carmen Bao
    Pages 109-125
  7. Planar GRIN Media with Hyperbolic Secant Refractive Index Profile

    • Carlos Gomez-Reino, Maria Victoria Perez, Carmen Bao
    Pages 127-161
  8. The Talbot Effect in GRIN Media

    • Carlos Gomez-Reino, Maria Victoria Perez, Carmen Bao
    Pages 163-188
  9. GRIN Crystalline Lens

    • Carlos Gomez-Reino, Maria Victoria Perez, Carmen Bao
    Pages 189-207
  10. Optical Connections by GRIN Lenses

    • Carlos Gomez-Reino, Maria Victoria Perez, Carmen Bao
    Pages 209-229
  11. Back Matter

    Pages 231-241

About this book

Gradient-Index (GRIN) optics provides a comprehensive and thorough treatment on fundamentals and applications of light propagation through inhomogeneous media. The book can be used both as a classroom text for students in physics and engineering and as a reference for specialists. A description of the phenomena, components and technology used in GRIN Optics are presented. The relationship to lenses, waveguides, optical connections, spatial solitons and vision is demonstrated. Applications of GRIN components and hybrid structures for optical connections, optical sensing and Talbot effect are analyzed.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Optics Laboratory, Applied Physics Dept., Optics and Optometry School and Faculty of Physics, University of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain

    Carlos Gomez-Reino, Maria Victoria Perez, Carmen Bao

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Softcover Book USD 109.99
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Hardcover Book USD 109.99
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  • Durable hardcover edition
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