Optics Photonics and Laser Technology 2017 Section 1 Optics: Optical Instrumentation Metrology and Techniques Optometry Adaptive Optics Section 2 Photonics: Nonlinear Optical Phenomena Photonics for Energy Photonic and Optoelectronic Devices Optical Communications Optical Amplifiers Switching Photonics Section 3 Optical Materials and Systems: Semiconductor Based Optical Materials Optical Glasses Organic and Bio Photonic Devices Sensors and Imaging Devices Photorefractive Materials and Devices Nanophotonic Materials Section 4 Fiber Optics: Fiber Optics Technology Sensors and Devices Section 5 Lasers: Plasma Technology High Intensity Lasers and High Field Phenomena Quantum Information Fibre Lasers This book discusses both the theoretical and practical aspects of optics photonics and lasers presenting new methods technologies advanced prototypes systems tools and techniques as well as a general survey indicating future trends and directions. The main fields addressed include nonlinear optical phenomena photonics for energy high field phenomena photonic and optoelectronic sensors and devices optical communications biomedical optics and photonics. It also covers a large spectrum of materials ranging from semiconductor based optical materials to optical glasses organic materials photorefractive materials and nanophotonic materials as well as applications such as metrology optometry adaptive optics all optical instrumentation optical communications quantum information lighting technologies energy harvesting and optically based biomedical diagnosis and therapeutics