Photonic Instrumentation
Sensing and Measuring with Lasers
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Book Description
Photonic Instrumentation is designed as the sourcebook for university-level
courses covering the essentials of laser-based instrumentation, and is also a
useful reference for working engineers. Photonic instruments have very
desirable features like non-contact operation and unparalleled sensitivity.
They have soon become a big industrial success, passing unaffected through
the bubble years and, not less important, well-established methods in
measurement science.
This book offers coverage of the most proven instruments, with a balanced
treatment of the optical and electronic aspects involved. It also attempts to
present the basic principles, develop the guidelines of design and evaluate
the ultimate limits of performances set by noise.
The instruments surveyed include: Alignment instruments -Wire diameter
and Particle Size Analyzers - Telemeters - Laser Interferometers -Self-
Mixing Interferometers - Speckle Pattern Instruments- Laser Doppler
Velocimeters- Gyroscopes - Optical Fiber Sensors -Quantum Sensing
A few appendices offer convenient reference material for key principles on
lasers, optical interferometers, propagation and scattering, and diffraction.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1. Introduction. Chapter 2. Alignment, Pointing, and Sizing Instruments. Chapter 3. Laser Telemeters. Chapter 4. Laser Interferometry. Chapter 5. Self-Mixing Interferometry. Chapter 6. Speckle-Pattern and Applications. Chapter 7. Velocimeters. Chapter 8. Gyroscopes. Chapter 9. Optical Fiber Sensors. Chapter 10. Quantum Sensing. Appendix A0. Nomenclature. Appendix A1. Lasers for Instrumentation. Appendix A2. Optical Interferometers. Appendix A3. Propagation through the Atmosphere. Appendix A4. Propagation and Diffraction. Appendix A5. Source of Information on Photonic Instrumentation. Index.
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Biography
Dr. Silvano Donati is Emeritus Professor of Optoelectronics at University of Pavia (Italy), Faculty of Engineering, Department of Electronics. Upon earning a degree in Physics with honours from University of Milano, he joined CISE, a famous research institution now merged with the Electrical Generating Board of Italy, where he worked on photodetectors and optoelectronic instrumentation. At University of Pavia he has been firstly a full-time lecturer, holding courses in Electronics Circuits Design, Electronic Materials and Technologies, and Electro-Optical Systems, then full professor in Optoelectronics in charge of courses on Photodetectors, Optoelectronic Instrumentation, and Optical Communications. Under his guidance, 120 Master students and 20 PhDs have graduated. He is a Life Fellow Member of IEEE, Life Fellow Member of Optica, and Meritorious member of AEI. He is also Member of several other Societies, including SPIE, IMAPS, and IoP.