{"first_sentence": {"type": "/type/text", "value": "The emergence and rapid growth of the microelectronic industry, and its concomitant drive for the miniaturization of electronic devices, together with the optical fiber telecommunication industry and its need to couple light in and out of single mode waveguides, has created in their wake, a new area of optics termed \"micro-optics\"."}, "physical_format": "Hardcover", "last_modified": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2008-04-29 15:03:11.581851"}, "weight": "1.9 pounds", "languages": [{"key": "/l/eng"}], "publishers": ["CRC"], "number_of_pages": 544, "isbn_13": ["9780824759216"], "id": 11009938, "edition_name": "2 edition", "isbn_10": ["0824759214"], "publish_date": "November 30, 2004", "key": "/b/OL8125857M", "authors": [{"key": "/a/OL242320A"}], "title": "Microoptics Technology, Second Edition (Optical Engineering)", "type": {"key": "/type/edition"}, "subjects": ["Applied optics", "Technology", "Lenses", "Technology & Industrial Arts", "Science/Mathematics", "Engineering - Electrical & Electronic", "Lasers", "Technology / Lasers", "Design and construction", "Optics"], "physical_dimensions": "9 x 6.1 x 1.2 inches", "revision": 1}