Dr. Silvano Donati is Emeritus Professor of Optoelectronics at University of Pavia (Italy), Faculty of Engineering, Department of Electronics. Upon earning a degree in Physics with honours from University of Milano, he joined CISE, a famous research institution now merged with the Electrical Generating Board of Italy, where he worked on photodetectors and optoelectronic instrumentation. At University of Pavia he has been firstly a full-time lecturer, holding courses in Electronics Circuits Design, Electronic Materials and Technologies, and Electro-Optical Systems, then full professor in Optoelectronics in charge of courses on Photodetectors, Optoelectronic Instrumentation, and Optical Communications. Under his guidance, 120 Master students and 20 PhDs have graduated. He is a Life Fellow Member of IEEE, Life Fellow Member of Optica, and Meritorious member of AEI. He is also Member of several other Societies, including SPIE, IMAPS, and IoP.

Chapter 1. Introduction. Chapter 2. Alignment, Pointing, and Sizing Instruments. Chapter 3. Laser Telemeters. Chapter 4. Laser Interferometry. Chapter 5. Self-Mixing Interferometry. Chapter 6. Speckle-Pattern and Applications. Chapter 7. Velocimeters. Chapter 8. Gyroscopes. Chapter 9. Optical Fiber Sensors. Chapter 10. Quantum Sensing. Appendix A0. Nomenclature. Appendix A1. Lasers for Instrumentation. Appendix A2. Optical Interferometers. Appendix A3. Propagation through the Atmosphere. Appendix A4. Propagation and Diffraction. Appendix A5. Source of Information on Photonic Instrumentation. Index.