Optics and photonics offer new and vibrant approaches to meeting the challenges of the 21st century concerning energy conservation, education, agriculture, pers
This text provides a critical summary of the latest developments in research and applications in optical science and technology, from basic quantum optics to op
Anna Consortini, The President of the International Commission for Optics (ICO), has accommodated a broad spectrum of optical science topics in Trends in Optics
It is expected that advances in optics will revolutionise the 21st century as they began doing in the last quarter of the 20th. Such fields as communications, m
This is the fifth in a series initiated in 1989 by the International Commission for Optics (ICO). These books, which are published every three years, highlight