Introduction to the Series, Preface, List of Contributors, 1. Trends in Instrumentation and Nanotechnology 2. Signal Processing, 3. Correlation Methods Applied to Instrumentation, 4. Mathematical Modelling of Instruments - Application and Design, 5. Algorithms for Computer Aided Precision Metrology, 6. Ultrasonic Sensors, 7. Recent Advances in Solid-State Microsensors, 8. Nanotechnology, 9. Use of Energy Beams for Ultra-high Precision Processing of Materials, 10. Control of High Precision Instruments and Machines, 11. Optical Metrology: The Precision Measurement of Displacement Using Optical Interferometry, 12. Optical Diffraction for Surface Roughness Measurement, 13. Nanoparticle Visualization for Particle Image Velocimetry at Transionic Speeds, 14. High Precision Surface Profilometry: From Stylus to STM, 15. Nanoactuators for Controlled Displacements, 16. Calibration of Linear Transducers by X-ray Interferometry, Index