Optical physics

This book highlights the most recent developments in quantum dot spin physics and the generation of deterministic superior non-classical light states with quantum dots.

This book discusses analytic and asymptotic methods relevant to radiative transfer in dilute media, such as stellar and planetary atmospheres.

In the past several decades, the research on spin transport and magnetism has led to remarkable scientific and technological breakthroughs, including Albert Fert and Peter Grunberg's Nobel Prize-winning discovery of giant magnetoresistance (GMR) in magnetic metallic multilayers.

The Raman effect is a most useful tool for the study of molecular vibrations and molecular structure.

Ideal for graduate-level courses in optics this book covers a broad range of fundamental topics in classical optics and electro-magnetism.

Die erste Hälfte des Buches bietet weitestgehend näherungsfrei abgeleitete physikalische Theorien für einzelne Dünnschichten und komplette Solarzellen sowie entsprechende optoelektrische Analyseverfahren.

This book describes the fascinating recent advances made concerning the chaos, stability and instability of semiconductor lasers, and discusses their applications and future prospects in detail.

This book describes the recently-discovered artificially curved light beam known as the photonic hook.

This text provides an introduction to the important physics underpinning current technologies, highlighting key concepts in areas that include linear and rotational motion, energy, work, power, heat, temperature, fluids, waves, and magnetism.

This book covers the essentials of phase-stepping algorithms used in interferometry and pseudointerferometric techniques.

This textbook provides a comprehensive introduction to the physics of laser-plasma interactions (LPI), based on a graduate course taught by the author.

This thesis describes the experimental and theoretical basics of free electron laser science, serving as an excellent introduction for newcomers to this young field.

This textbook provides a comprehensive introduction to the physics of laser-plasma interactions (LPI), based on a graduate course taught by the author.

A Flash of Light is an intriguing book that starts at the beginning of time itself and then winds its way through a host of fascinating light related topics including the hues of aliens sunsets, the psychology of colour, and the chemistry of LCD screens.

This book uses the Lagrangian approach, especially useful and convenient for studying large-scale transport and mixing in the ocean, to present a detailed view of ocean circulation.

This book is a comprehensive technical treatise on binoculars as visual optical instruments.

Introduction to Solid-State Theory is a textbook for graduate students of physics and materials science.

There are wide-ranging implications in information security beyond national defense.

Optical Imaging Devices: New Technologies and Applications delivers a comprehensive introduction to optical imaging and sensing, from devices to system-level applications.

This book comprises selected papers of the 25th International Conference on Difference Equations and Applications, ICDEA 2019, held at UCL, London, UK, in June 2019.

Advances in Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics, Volume 67, provides a comprehensive compilation of recent developments in a field that is in a state of rapid growth.

Grundkenntnisse über Physik und Technik des Lasers gehören heute zum Basiswissen eines jeden Ingenieurs und Naturwissenschaftlers.

Currently, light waves are ready to come into boxes of computers in high-performance computing systems like data centers and super computers to realize intra-box optical interconnects.

This volume contains six review articles dealing with topics of current research interest in optics and in related fields.

Due to their flexible and efficient capabilities, lasers are often used over more traditional machining technologies, such as mechanical drilling and chemical etching, in manufacturing a wide variety of products, from medical implants, gyroscopes, and drug delivery catheters to aircraft engines, printed circuit boards, and fuel cells.

Non-destructive testing (NDT) is a pertinent task in nearly every field of human activity, from the assuring of aircraft integrity to the evaluation of infrastructural decay caused by deterioration or damage.

Spectral, Photon Counting Computed Tomography is a comprehensive cover of the latest developments in the most prevalent imaging modality (x-ray computed tomography (CT)) in its latest incarnation: Spectral, Dual-Energy, and Photon Counting CT.

This IMA Volume in Mathematics and its Applications SOLITONS IN PHYSICS, MATHEMATICS, AND NONLINEAR OPTICS is based on the proceedings of two workshops which were an integral part of the 1988-89 IMA program on NONLINEAR WAVES.

Focusing on control and manipulation of plasmons at nanometer dimensions, nanoplasmonics combines the strength of electronics and photonics, and is predicted to replace existing integrated circuits and photonic devices.

This book is intended for textile designers, fashion designers, and for those interested in the integration of graphic design with textile surface printing.

Starting from the concepts of classical optics, Optics, Light and Lasers introduces in detail the phenomena of linear and nonlinear light matter interaction, the properties of modern laser sources, and the concepts of quantum optics.

The Proceedings of the 5th China and International Young Scientist Terahertz Conference highlight the important research and technological progresses on terahertz signal sources, terahertz detection, terahertz biophysics, terahertz transmission, terahertz regulation, terahertz device and materials, terahertz communication, terahertz radar and imaging, terahertz spectroscopy and biotechnology, and the intersection and application of terahertz-related disciplines.

Optoelectronic devices are now ubiquitous in our daily lives, from light emitting diodes (LEDs) in many household appliances to solar cells for energy.

Fiber-optic communication systems have revolutionized our telecommunication infrastructures - currently, almost all telephone land-line, cellular, and internet communications must travel via some form of optical fibers.

Die ganzen 50 Jahre bewußter Grübelei haben mich der Antwort der Fra­ ge »Was sind Lichtquanten" nicht näher gebracht.

The author has shown that practically all our laws, principles, and theories are not physically realizable, since they were derived from an empty space paradigm.

This book presents the design of different switching and resonant devices using the present state-of-the-art radio frequency (RF) micromachining (MEMS) technology.

This book explores the technical foundations of constructing diverse laboratories on optical fiber.

Medical Physics covers the applied branch of physics concerned with the application of concepts and methods of physics to diagnostics and therapeutics of human diseases.

Proceedings of the Light-Activated Tissue Regeneration and Therapy Conference covers issues such as the latest advances in the field and measurements including the determination of the mechanisms of light-activated tissue regeneration and therapy.

The aim of this book is to present, on the one hand various topics in theoretical physics in depth - especially topics related to electrodynamics - and on the other hand to show how these topics find applications in various aspects of astrophysics.

This book covers the basic concepts of UV communication, the analysis of UV channel characteristics, the organize media access protocols, and routing protocols, etc.

This book focuses on the control of fractal behaviors in nonlinear dynamics systems, addressing both the principles and purposes of control.

The photon, an abstract concept belonging to a global vacuum, only manifests itself duringinteraction with matter.

Spurred on by extensive research in recent years, organic semiconductors are now used in an array of areas, such as organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs), photovoltaics, and other optoelectronics.

In this thesis, the author develops for the first time an implementation methodology for arbitrary Gaussian operations using temporal-mode cluster states.