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Optics in Our Time

Table of Contents: “…History -- A brief history of light -- Ibn Al-Haitham – Father of modern optics -- Optical Sources -- Femtosecond light -- Laser -- LED light -- Electron optics -- Applications -- Biophotonics -- Optical communication -- Optical astronomy -- Solar cells -- Optics in Remote Sensing -- Optics in nanotechnology -- Optics in art -- Eye -- Optics in medicine -- Optical illusions -- Quantum Optics -- Optical tests of foundations of physics -- Nonlinear Optics: Historical Perspectives and New Opportunities -- Quantum communication -- Nature of photon -- Atom optics -- Coherent effects: From EIT to slow light.…”
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