Book Description:
It is expected that ongoing advances in optics will revolutionize the 21st century as they began doing in the last quarter of the 20th. Such fields as communications, materials science, computing and medicine are leaping forward based on developments in optics. This new series presents leading edge research on optics and lasers from researchers spanning the globe.

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Table of Contents:
Preface


Chapter 1. Resonant Enhancement and Near-ELD Localizations of FS Pulses by Subwavelength NM-Size Metal Slits; pp. 1-42
(S.V. Kukhlevsky)

Chapter 2. Single Experimental Setup for High Sensitive Absorption Coefficient and Optical Nonlinearities Measurements; pp. 43-61 (Debabrata Goswami, Indian Institute of Technology, India)

Chapter 3. Nonlinear Optics as a Method for Materials Characterization; pp. 63-118
(Chris J. Lee et al.)

Chapter 4. Environmental Monitoring by Laser Radar; pp. 119-171 (Fiorani Luca, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Italy)

Chapter 5. Thermal Effects and Power Scaling of Diode-Pumped Solid-State Lasers; pp. 173-192
(Xiaoyuan Peng, Light Age, Inc. and Anand K. Asundi, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)

Chapter 6. Catastrophe Optics in the Study of Spreading of Sessile Drops; pp. 193-212
(Nengli Zhang, David F. Chao, John M. Sankovic, NASA Glenn Research Center)

Chapter 7. Recent Advances in TEA CO2 Laser Technology; pp. 213-251 (D.J. Biswas, J.P. Nilaya, et al., Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, India)

Chapter 8. Novel Bismuth-Activated Glasses with Infared Luminescence; pp. 253-271 (Mingying Peng and Jianrong Qiu, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)

Index