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Optical Electronics in Modern Communications

By Amnon Yariv

Fundamentals for Molecular Spectroscopy

By Colin Banwell, Elaine McCash

Handbook of Optoelectronics (Two-Volume Set)

Fundamentals of Financial Management: Theory and Practice

By Eugene F. Brigham

ABCs of FT-NMR

By John D. Roberts

Fiber Optics Illustrated Dictionary

By J.K. Petersen (Computer Consultant, Writer, Educator, Bellingham, Washington, USA)

Dynamical Theory of X-Ray Diffraction

By Andre Authier (Professor Emeritus, Professor Emeritus, Universite Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris)

The Story of Light

By Ben Bova

The Shadow of Enlightenment: Optical and Political Transparency in France 1789-1848

By Theresa Levitt (Department of the History, University of Mississippi)

Relativity Principles and Theories from Galileo to Einstein

By Olivier Darrigol (Research Director at CNRS and Research Scholar at OHST, Research Director at CNRS and Research Scholar at OHST, CNRS, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France, and OHST, University of California at Berkeley, USA)

Dynamical Theory of X-Ray Diffraction

By Andre Authier (, Universite Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris)

Holograms: A Cultural History

By Sean F. Johnston (Professor of Science, Technology and Society, Professor of Science, University of Glasgow, UK)

The Quantum Divide: Why Schroedinger's Cat is Either Dead or Alive

By Christopher C. Gerry (Department of Physics, Lehman College, City University of New York), Kimberley M. Bruno (Vice Principal, Williamsburg High School for Architecture and Design, Brooklyn, New York)

The Photomultiplier Handbook

By A. G. Wright (formerly Chief Scientist, formerly Chief Scientist, ET Enterprises)

Ultracold Atoms in Optical Lattices: Simulating quantum many-body systems

By Maciej Lewenstein (Institucio Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avancats (ICREA) and Institut de Ciencies Fotoniques (ICFO), Barcelona, Spain), Anna Sanpera (Institucio Catalana de Recerca i Estudits Avancats (ICREA) and Departament de Fisica, Universitat...

Quantum Optics

By John Garrison (Department of Physics, University of California at Berkeley), Raymond Chiao (Professor in the School of Natural Sciences and in the School of Engineering, University of California at Merced)

Methods in Theoretical Quantum Optics

By Stephen M. Barnett, Paul M. Radmore

RF Photonic Technology in Optical Fiber Links

By William S. C. Chang (University of California, San Diego)

Springer Handbook of Lasers and Optics

By Trager, Frank

A History of Optics from Greek Antiquity to the Nineteenth Century

By Olivier Darrigol (Research Director at Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique CNRS, Research Director at Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique CNRS, University of Paris 7)

Modern Optics, 2nd edition

By B. D. Guenther (Adjunct Professor of Physics, Adjunct Professor of Physics, Duke University)

P. P. Ewald and his Dynamical Theory of X-ray Diffraction: A Memorial Volume for Paul P. Ewald: 23 January 1888 - 22 August 1985

By D. W. J. Cruickshank (Emeritus Professor, Department of Chemistry, Emeritus Professor, University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology, Manchester), H. J. Juretschke (Professor of Physics, Professor of Physics, Pol...

Quantum Cascade Lasers

By Jerome Faist (, Institute for Quantum Electronics, ETH Zurich)

Modern Classical Optics

By Geoffrey Brooker (, Department of Physics, University of Oxford)

Laser Control of Atoms and Molecules

By Vladilen Letokhov (Institute of Spectroscopy, Troitsk, Russia, and Member of the European Academy of Sciences)

Plasmonic Effects in Metal-Semiconductor Nanostructures

By Alexey A. Toropov (Leading researcher, Leading researcher, Ioffe Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences), Tatiana V. Shubina (Leading researcher

Cosmical Magnetic Fields: Their Origin and their Activity

By E. N. Parker (S. Chandrasekhar Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus, Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics; Enrico Fermi Institute; and the College, S. Chandrasekhar Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus, Department of Astronomy and Astrophys...

Laser Experiments for Chemistry and Physics

By Robert N. Compton (Professor of Chemistry and Physics, Professor of Chemistry and Physics, Dept Chemistry, University of Tennessee), Michael A. Duncan (Franklin Professor and Regents' Professor, Franklin Professor and Regents' Professor, Dept of Chemis...

Introduction to Quantum Information Science

By Vlatko Vedral (, Centenary Professor of Quantum Information, University of Leeds)

Molecular Beams

By Norman Ramsey (Department of Physics, Harvard University)