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Classical and Quantum Information Theory: An Introduction for the Telecom Scientist

Cambridge University Press, 2009

Information theory lies at the heart of modern technology, underpinning all communications, networking, and data storage systems. This book sets out, for the first time, a complete overview of both classical and quantum information theory. Throughout, the reader is introduced to key results without becoming lost in mathematical details. Opening...

Pattern Classification (2nd Edition)

John Wiley & Sons, 2000

"The first edition of this book, published 30 years ago by Duda and Hart, has been a defining book for the field of Pattern Recognition. Stork has done a superb job of updating the book. He has undertaken a monumental task of sifting through 30 years of material in a rapidly growing field and presented another snapshot of the field,...

$Negative Refraction Metamaterials: Fundamental Principles and Applications$

Negative Refraction Metamaterials: Fundamental Principles and Applications

John Wiley & Sons, 2005

Learn about the revolutionary new technology of negative-refraction metamaterials

Negative-Refraction Metamaterials: Fundamental Principles and Applications introduces artificial materials that support the unusual electromagnetic property of negative refraction. Readers will discover several classes of negative-refraction materials along with...

Computer Vision: A Unified, Biologically-Inspired Approach

Elsevier Limited, 1992

This volume provides comprehensive, self-consistent coverage of one approach to computer vision, with many direct or implied links to human vision. The book is the result of many years of research into the limits of human visual performance and the interactions between the observer and his environment. A wide-ranging approach to computer vision is...

Access Nets: Third International Conference on Access Networks, AccessNets 2008, Las Vegas, NV, USA, October 15-17, 2008. Revised Papers

Springer, 2009

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the Third International Conference on Access Networks, AccessNets 2008, held in Las Vegas, NV, USA, in October 2008.

The 30 revised full papers presented together with 5 invited papers were carefully reviewed and selected. The papers present original and...

Close-Up and Macro Photography

Focal Press, 2009

In this exhaustive guide to macro photography, respected author and photographer Adrian Davies takes a comprehensive approach to the subject, covering every aspect of the multi-faceted and often complicated world of close-up photography.

Everything about Adrian's approach is both practical and diverse, with optimal output always in...

Oxide and Nitride Semiconductors: Processing, Properties, and Applications (Advances in Materials Research)

Springer, 2009

This is a unique book devoted to the important class of both oxide and nitride semiconductors. It covers processing, properties and applications of ZnO and GaN. The aim of this book is to provide the fundamental and technological issues for both ZnO and GaN. Materials properties, bulk growth, thin and thick films growth, control of polarity and...

Semiconductors and the Information Revolution: Magic Crystals that made IT Happen

Academic Press, 2009

This book sets out to explain the development of modern electronic systems and devices from the viewpoint of the semiconductor materials (germanium, silicon, gallium arsenide and many others) which made them possible. It covers the scientific understanding of these materials and its intimate relationship with their technology and many applications....

LCD Backlights (Wiley Series in Display Technology)

John Wiley & Sons, 2009

Research and development on liquid crystal display (LCD) backlight technologies are becoming increasingly important due to the fast growth of the LCD business. Backlight technologies contribute to functional improvements of LCDs in terms of wide colour reproduction, uniformity improvements of luminance and colour temperature, high luminance, long...

Organic Electronics in Sensors and Biotechnology (Mc-Graw-Hill Biophotonics Series)

McGraw-Hill, 2009

The latest in organic electronics-based sensing and biotechnology

Develop high-performance, field-deployable organic semiconductor-based biological, chemical, and physical sensor arrays using the comprehensive information contained in this definitive volume. Organic Electronics in Sensors and Biotechnology...

Light Years and Time Travel: An Exploration of Mankind's Enduring Fascination With Light

John Wiley & Sons, 2002

According to Einstein, nothing can travel faster than the speed of light. Of all the mind-bending theories in modern physics, that, at least, seemed a rule the universe–let alone mankind–could never break.

But in 1994 Professor Gunter Nimtz sent a recording of Mozart’s 40th Symphony through a physical barrier at four times...

Properties of Semiconductor Alloys: Group-IV, III-V and II-VI Semiconductors

John Wiley & Sons, 2009

The main purpose of this book is to provide a comprehensive treatment of the materials aspects of group-IV, III−V and II−VI semiconductor alloys used in various electronic and optoelectronic devices. The topics covered in this book include the structural, thermal, mechanical, lattice vibronic, electronic, optical and carrier transport...

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