Laser Beam Profiling: Cost-Effective Solutions: (IOP ebooks)

This book provides an overview of lasers, silicon sensors, and practical solutions to beam profiling which has never been presented in a single text. Understanding laser beam characteristics before and after interaction with an object provides intrinsic insights into the nature of the object. This knowledge is invaluable, say, in domains such as biophotonics where scattering nature of tissue can be quantified by understanding the aberrations introduced into a highly focused beam. The authors cover topics such as lasers and their characteristics, silicon sensors technologies such as CCDs and CMOS and provides a step-by-step guide to 3D profiling a laser beam. The book is supported by openly accessible MATLAB code and videos showing procedures. Intended as a laboratory handbook to undergraduate and graduate students using lasers and to serve as a refresher course for experienced researchers.   Key Features Provides a comprehensive understanding of lasers, filters and silicon detectors, and their uses in the laboratory which is designed to familiarise graduate-level students with the working of these optical equipment  Includes the key aspect of laser safety prudent to all physics laboratories Presents the basic information, skills, and an inexpensive solution that can be used with any laser system Provides a comprehensive overview of practical calibration of lasers Includes MATLAB downloads as well as video to help visualize MATLAB figures and to illustrate the textual description.

Table of Contents:
Introduction Lasers Silicon-based Imaging Systems Experimental Techniques Potential Sources of Error Conclusions and Final Remarks

About the Author :
Dr Akhil Kallepalli is a Research Associate in the Optics Group, School of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Glasgow. Having completed a PhD in biophotonics (Cranfield University), he now works with novel imaging systems and techniques such as single-pixel imaging and its applications. His research interests include image processing, computational imaging, compressive sensing, microscopy techniques, biophotonics and remote sensing. His experience includes published research in imaging systems, biophotonics, hyperspectral imaging and remote sensing. He is an active member of multiple professional organisations, passionately contributing with research and outreach activities in different sectors. Dr David B James is a Senior Lecturer and Head of the Centre for Electronic Warfare, Information and Cyber. He joined the MoD in 1989 and worked on non-linear optical systems and devices, gaining a PhD from the Royal Military College of Science in 2002. In 2008, he joined Cranfield University, conducting research into novel laser applications.