Entropy and Information Optics : Connecting Information and Time, Second Edition (Optical Science and Engineering) （2ND）

Yu, Francis T.S.

CRC Press（2019/12発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 212 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780367892029
• DDC分類 535

Full Description

This book shows there is a profound connection between information and entropy. Without this connection, information would be more difficult to apply to science. This book covers the connection and the application to modern optics and radar imaging. It shows that there exists a profound relationship between Einstein's relativity theory and Schröinger's quantum mechanics, by means of the uncertainty principle. In due of the uncertainty relation, this book shows that every bit of information takes time and energy to transfer, to create and to observe. The new edition contains 3 new chapters on radar imaging with optics, science in the myth of information, and time and the enigma of space.

Contents

Introduction to Information Transmission. Diffraction and Signal Analysis. Spatial Channel Encoding. Entropy and Information. Demon Exorcist and Cost of Entropy. Observation and Information. Image Restoration and Information. Quantum Effect on Photon Channel. Coherence Theory of Optics. Wavelet Transforms with Optics. Pattern Recognition with Optics. Computing with Optics. Communication with Fibre Optics. Appendices: Linear Difference Equation with Constant Coefficients. Solution of the A Priori Probabilities of Eqs. (5.37) and (5.38). Probability Energy Distribution. Radar Imaging with Optics. Science and the Myth of Information. Time: The Enigma of Space.