Laser heterodyning

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Laser heterodyning is now a widespread optical technique, based on interference of two waves with slightly different frequencies within the sensitive area of a photo-detector. Its unique feature – preserving phase information about optical wave in the electrical signal of the photo-detector – finds numerous applications in various domains of applied optics and optoelectronics: in spectroscopy, polarimetry, radiometry, laser radars and Lidars, microscopy and other areas. The reader may be surprised by a variety of disciplines that this book covers and satisfied by detailed explanation of the phenomena. Very well illustrated, this book will be helpful for researches, postgraduates and students, working in applied optics.

Author(s): Vladimir V. Protopopov (auth.)
Series: Springer Series in Optical Sciences 149
Edition: 1
Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year: 2009

Language: English
Pages: 355
Tags: Laser Technology, Photonics;Microwaves, RF and Optical Engineering

Front Matter....Pages i-x
Principles of Optical Heterodyning....Pages 1-49
Laser Heterodyne Spectroscopy....Pages 51-103
Laser Heterodyne Radars and Lidars....Pages 105-190
Laser Heterodyne Radiometers....Pages 191-241
Laser Heterodyne Interferometry and Polarimetry....Pages 243-305
Heterodyne Imaging and Beam Steering....Pages 307-351
Back Matter....Pages 353-355