Download or read book Evanescent Waves written by Frederique de Fornel and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2001-01-10 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Evanescent waves have become increasingly important to many areas of physics and optical engineering. This book is the first comprehensive presentation on the topic, covering the role of evanescent waves in areas such as guided optics, optical-fiber couplers, integrated optical elements, internal reflection spectroscopy, atom optics, dark-field microscopy, scanning tunneling optical microscopy, microaperture microscopy, and apertureless microscopies.