Contents
Preface........................................................................................................................................................................................... vii
Editors..............................................................................................................................................................................................ix
Contributors.....................................................................................................................................................................................xi
1. Lasers in Metrology: Section Introduction...........................................................................................................................1
Julian Jones and Lance Thomas
2. Fundamental Length Metrology............................................................................................................................................3
Jens Flugge, Stefanie Kroker, and Harald Schnatz
3. Laser Velocimetry.................................................................................................................................................................23
Cameron Tropea
4. Laser Vibrometers.................................................................................................................................................................43
Neil A. Halliwell
5. Electronic Speckle Pattern Interferometry (ESPI)........................................................................................................... 61
Lianxiang Yang and Xinya Gao
6. Optical Fibre Hydrophones..................................................................................................................................................81
Geoffrey A. Cranch and Philip J. Nash
7. Laser Stabilization for Precision Measurements............................................................................................................. 111
G. P. Barwood and P. Gill
8. Laser Cooling and Trapping..............................................................................................................................................127
Charles Adams and Ifan Hughes
9. Precision Timekeeping: Optical Atomic Clocks..............................................................................................................139
Shimon Kolkowitz and Jun Ye
10. Optical Atomic Clock and Laser Applications to Length and Time Metrology...........................................................157
Y. Jiang, Y. Huang, and K. Gao
11. Gravitation Measurements with Laser Interferometry.................................................................................................. 171
Harold V. Parks
12. Satellite Laser Ranging...................................................................................................................................................... 181
Jose C. Rodriguez and Graham M. Appleby
13. Lasers in Medical: Section Introduction..........................................................................................................................199
Terence A. King and Brian C. Wilson
14. Light-Tissue Interactions...................................................................................................................................................201
Steven Jacques and Michael Patterson
15. Ophthalmic Laser Therapy and Surgery.........................................................................................................................227
Daniel Palanker
16. Therapeutic Application: Refractive Surgery..................................................................................................................243
Leonardo Mastropasqua
17. Photodynamic Therapy......................................................................................................................................................249
Brian C. Wilson and Stephen G. Bown
18. Therapeutic Applications: Thermal Treatment of Tumours.......................................................................................... 261
Stephen G. Bown
19. Therapeutic Applications: Dermatology—Selective Photothermolysis.........................................................................267
Sean Lanigan
20. Therapeutic Applications: Lasers in Vascular Surgery..................................................................................................273
Mahesh Pai
21. Therapeutic Applications: Free-Electron Laser..............................................................................................................281
E. Duco Jansen, Michael Copeland, Glenn S. Edwards, William Gabella, Karen Joos,
Mark A. Mackanos, Jin H. Shen, and Stephen R. Uhlhorn
22. Medical Diagnostics............................................................................................................................................................291
Brian C. Wilson
23. Broad Bandwidth Light Sources in Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT)...............................................................309
Jinxin Huang and Jannick P. Rolland
24. Laser Applications in Biology and Biotechnology........................................................................................................... 321
Sebastian Wachsmann-Hogiu, Alexander J Annala, and Daniel L Farkas
25. Biomedical Laser Safety.....................................................................................................................................................345
Harry Moseley and Bill Davies
26. Laser in Communications: Section Introduction.............................................................................................................365
John Marsh, Subhash C. Singh, and Chunlei Guo
27. Fibre-to-the-Chip: Development of Vertical Cavity Surface-Emitting Laser Arrays
Designed for Integration with VLSI Circuits...................................................................................................................367
Ashok Krishnamoorthy, L. M. F. Chirovsky, K. W. Goosen, J. Lopata, and W. S. Hobson
28. Advances in Laser Satellite Communications..................................................................................................................383
Hamid Hemmati
29. Passive Silicon Photonic Integrated Components and Circuits for Optical Communications...................................397
Daoxin Dai, Yiwei Xie, and Yaocheng Shi
30. Fibre-Optic Transmission Systems from Chip-to-Chip Interconnects to Trans-Oceanic Cables.............................427
Peter J. Winzer
31. Visible Light Communications and LiFi..........................................................................................................................443
Cheng Chen, Mohamed Sufyan Islim, and Harald Haas
32. Optical Data Storage...........................................................................................................................................................463
Byoung S. Ham
Index.............................................................................................................................................................................................473
