Optical Fiber Micro-Nano Axicon: Principles and Applications
暫譯: 光纖微奈米軸錐：原理與應用

這是一本介紹單模光纖尖端軸錐（axicon）的基礎書籍。本書著重探討單模光纖尖端微型與奈米光學軸錐元件的發展，並展示前沿光子學研究中跨越各種領域的精彩光學實驗與應用。書中各章所呈現的實驗結果，充分證明光纖軸錐尖端能夠作為理想的光學平台，運用其光學特性來處理跨學科研究問題。作者竭力透過介紹軸錐光學在理論與實驗方面的最新發展，並將其與各章涵蓋的主題相互連結，說明軸錐光學的重要性。

主要特色

- 利用自然化學製程，在光纖尖端製作微型與奈米軸錐元件
- 光纖軸錐與小體積光束整形光學
- 將軸錐作為先進光子學研究的跨學科實驗工具
- 光學成像與超解析度奈米顯微術
- 展示可供產業採用的解決方案，以便在相關領域實作軸錐光學
- 提供光纖整合式微型與奈米軸錐光學探針的可靠資訊

本書適合電子與通訊、奈米顯微術、生物成像、材料科學、光學儀器、奈米光子學等物理科學與工程領域中，從事光學相關研究的研究生與研究人員閱讀。

Samir Mondal, as a Chief scientist, is presently associated with CSIR-Central Scientific Instruments Organisation (CSIR-CSIO), Chandigarh, India. Dr. Mondal graduated with an M.Sc. in Physics and a Ph.D. in Fiber and Integrated Optics from the University of Calcutta, India. Since obtaining his Ph.D., Dr. Mondal has more than 25 years of research experience in the domain of optics and photonics and has worked in the US and European research universities (University of California, Irvine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, US and Tyndall National Research Institute, Cork, Ireland). He has participated in various international programs during his research career, few to name, as BRICS, DAAD (Indo‐German), and CNRS (Indo‐French). He has made pioneering contributions to micro‐/nano‐optical elements at optical fiber tips. Over the past 15 years, he and his research group has worked on optical fiber and instrumentation, optical antennas, optical imaging, optical nanoscopy, and photonic nano-jets involving optical fiber tip axicons. He serves as an associate editor to a couple of internationally reputed photonics journals in addition to reviewing manuscripts for reputed journals and keeps delivering invited talks at scientific forums.

Pooja Gupta received the B.Tech. and M.E. degrees in Electronics and Communication Engineering and the Ph.D. degree in biomedical optics with fiber axicon-based optical imaging from Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), CSIR-CSIO, India. She was awarded the SRF from ICMR, India and the RA fellowship from CSIR, India. Her research interests include fiber axicon fabrication, optical coherence tomography, biomedical imaging, optical instrumentation, and refractive index measurement. She is currently an R&D Engineer with Boston Scientific, Gurugram, India.

Kaushal Vairagi holds a B.E. degree in Electronics and Instrumentation from Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidyalaya, Bhopal, and an M.Tech. degree in Instrumentation from Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya, Indore, India. He earned his Ph.D. in Engineering Sciences from AcSIR, CSIR-CSIO, India, in the field of Fiber Optic Instrumentation. He has done extensive research on the fabrication of axicons, axicon optics theory, and their applications. He was awarded the prestigious Research Associate Fellowship from CSIR. He is currently working as an Assistant Professor in the School of Electronics and Electrical Engineering at Lovely Professional University, India.

Jasleen Kaur has an M.Sc. degree in Physics and a Ph.D. in Physical Sciences from AcSIR, CSIR-CSIO, India. She was recommended for the prestigious INSPIRE Fellowship by the Department of Science and Technology, India. She specializes in the domain of optical whispering gallery mode. She is currently working as an Assistant Professor in the department of Mathematics, Statistics and Physics at Punjab Agricultural University, India

Samir Mondal 博士目前擔任印度昌迪加爾 CSIR-Central Scientific Instruments Organisation（CSIR-CSIO）的首席科學家。Mondal 博士畢業於印度加爾各答大學，取得物理學理學碩士（M.Sc.）學位，並取得光纖與整合光學（Fiber and Integrated Optics）博士學位。自取得博士學位以來，Mondal 博士已在光學與光子學領域累積超過 25 年的研究經驗，並曾任職於美國與歐洲的研究型大學及研究機構，包括 University of California, Irvine、University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, US，以及 Tyndall National Research Institute, Cork, Ireland。他在研究生涯中曾參與多項國際計畫，包括 BRICS、DAAD（Indo-German）與 CNRS（Indo-French）等。他在光纖端面微型／奈米光學元件領域做出了開創性的貢獻。過去 15 年來，他與研究團隊致力於光纖與儀器、光學天線、光學成像、光學奈米顯微術，以及涉及光纖端面 axicon 的光子奈米噴流等研究。他除了擔任數本國際知名光子學期刊的副編輯，也為知名期刊審閱論文，並持續受邀於各類科學論壇發表演講。

Pooja Gupta 取得電子與通訊工程學士技術學位（B.Tech.）與碩士工程學位（M.E.），以及印度 Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research（AcSIR）旗下 CSIR-CSIO 的生醫光學博士學位；其研究主題為以光纖 axicon 為基礎的光學成像。她曾獲得印度 ICMR 提供的 SRF，以及印度 CSIR 提供的 RA fellowship。她的研究興趣包括光纖 axicon 製作、光學同調斷層掃描（optical coherence tomography）、生醫成像、光學儀器，以及折射率測量。目前她是印度 Gurugram 的 Boston Scientific 研發工程師。

Kaushal Vairagi 取得 Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidyalaya（Bhopal）的電子與儀控工程學士工程學位（B.E.），以及印度 Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya（Indore）的儀器工程碩士技術學位（M.Tech.）。他於印度 AcSIR 旗下 CSIR-CSIO 取得工程科學博士學位，研究領域為光纖儀器。他曾針對 axicon 的製作、axicon 光學理論及其應用進行廣泛研究，並獲得 CSIR 頒發的著名 Research Associate Fellowship。目前他任職於印度 Lovely Professional University 電子與電機工程學院，擔任助理教授。

Jasleen Kaur 取得物理學理學碩士（M.Sc.）學位，以及印度 AcSIR 旗下 CSIR-CSIO 的物理科學博士學位。她獲印度 Department of Science and Technology 推薦，取得享有盛譽的 INSPIRE Fellowship。她專精於光學 whispering gallery mode 領域。目前她任職於印度 Punjab Agricultural University 數學、統計與物理學系，擔任助理教授。