1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910452924503321

Autore

Karp Sherman

Titolo

Fundamentals of electro-optic systems design : communications, lidar, and imaging / / Sherman Karp, Larry B. Stotts [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2013

ISBN

1-107-23573-1

1-139-61056-2

1-139-61242-5

1-139-60890-8

1-139-10885-9

1-139-61614-5

1-139-62544-6

1-283-87055-X

1-139-62172-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xviii, 302 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Disciplina

621.382/7

Soggetti

Optical communications

Optical radar

Imaging systems

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Machine generated contents note: 1. Genesis of electro-optic systems; 2. Role of electromagnetic theory in electro-optics systems; 3. Photo-detection of electromagnetic radiation; 4. Metrics for evaluating photo-detected radiation; 5. Contrast, visibility and imaging; 6. Signal modulation schemes in optical communications; 7. Forward error correction coding; 8. Modern communications designs for FOC/FSOC applications; 9. Light detection and ranging (LIDAR); 10. Communications in the turbulent channel; 11. Communications in the optical scatter channel.

Sommario/riassunto

Using fundamentals of communication theory, thermodynamics, information theory and propagation theory, this book explains the universal principles underlying a diverse range of electro-optical



systems. From fiber optics and infra-red imaging to free space communications and laser remote sensing, the authors relate key concepts in science and device engineering to practical systems issues. A broad spectrum of coherent and incoherent imaging and communications systems is considered, accompanied by many real-world examples. The authors also present new insights into LIDAR and free space communications and imaging, providing practical guidance on identifying the fundamental limitations of transmission and imaging through deleterious channels. Accompanied by online examples of processed images and videos, this uniquely tailored guide to the fundamental principles underlying modern electro-optical systems is an essential reference for all practising engineers and academic researchers in optical engineering.

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910786775003321

Autore

Lint Sagarena Roberto Ramon <1967-, >

Titolo

Aztlán and Arcadia : Religion, Ethnicity, and the Creation of Place / / Roberto Ramón Lint Sagarena

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, NY : , : New York University Press, , [2014]

©2014

ISBN

1-4798-5490-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (220 p.)

Disciplina

305.80097949

Soggetti

Regionalism - California, Southern

Space - Religious aspects

Historiography - Religious aspects

Indigenous peoples - California, Southern - Ethnic identity

Aztlán

Mexico Relations California, Southern

California, Southern Relations Mexico

California, Southern Ethnic relations

Arkadia (Greece)

California, Southern Historiography

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-202) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Conquest and legacy -- 2. Building a region -- 3. The Spanish heritage -- 4. Making Aztlán -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the author

Sommario/riassunto

In the wake of the Mexican-American War, competing narratives of religious conquest and re-conquest were employed by Anglo American and ethnic Mexican Californians to make sense of their place in North America. These “invented traditions” had a profound impact on North American religious and ethnic relations, serving to bring elements of Catholic history within the Protestant fold of the United States’ national history as well as playing an integral role in the emergence of the early Chicano/a movement. Many Protestant Anglo Americans understood their settlement in the far Southwest as following in the footsteps of the colonial project begun by Catholic Spanish missionaries. In contrast, Californios—Mexican-Americans and Chicana/os—stressed deep connections to a pre-Columbian past over to their own Spanish heritage. Thus, as Anglo Americans fashioned themselves as the spiritual heirs to the Spanish frontier, many ethnic Mexicans came to see themselves as the spiritual heirs to a southwestern Aztec homeland.