VSEVOLOD KOLPAKOV is a doctor of physics and mathematics and a professor in the Department of Electronic Engineering and Technology at the Samara National Research University (Samara State Aerospace University), Samara, Russia. He is an expert in ionplasma technology and quality management, the author and co-author of 120 scientific publications, including 3 monographs, 2 textbooks, and 40 articles, and a co-inventor of 9 patents. NIKOLAY KAZANSKIY is head and acting director of the Diffractive Optics Laboratory at the Image Processing Systems Institute and a professor in the Technical Cybernetics Department at the Samara National Research University (Samara State Aerospace University), Samara, Russia. He is a member of SPIE and IAPR, the author and co-author of 240 articles and 10 monographs, and a co-inventor of 46 patents in diffractive optics, mathematical modelling, and nanophotonics.
The content of the book is systemic and it corresponds with the needs of the audience for which it is intended. Representation, form, logicality and realizability of material submission are highly appreciated, and it appears an indisputable advantage of the book. A wide range of scientists and specialists in diffractive optics, nanophotonics, ion-plasma technologies, gas discharge physics, micro- and nanoelectronics would benefit from the results represented in the book. - Alexander G. Poleshchuk, Russian Academy of Sciences