"Version: 20220901"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction -- 1.1. Motivation -- 1.2. Photons, waves and fields -- 1.3. A necessary notepart I. Basic photon states. 2. Field quantisation -- 2.1. Quantum mechanical background -- 2.2. Harmonic oscillator -- 2.3. Electromagnetic field quantisation -- 2.4. Canonical quantisation -- 2.5. Photon wavefunction -- 2.6. Qua…
"Version: 20221201"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Foundations of optical interferometry -- 1.1. Light waves -- 1.2. Types of interferometers -- 1.3. Interference of light waves -- 1.4. Multiple wave interference -- 1.5. White-light interferometry -- 1.6. Holographic interferometry2. Coherence -- 2.1. Introduction : the background -- 2.2. Basic principles of coherence …
"Version: 20221201"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Electron liquid -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. Jellium model -- 1.3. Properties of the electron liquid -- 1.4. Determination of the Fermi surface : the de Haas-Van Alphen effect -- 1.5. Fermi liquid theory -- 1.6. Summary and outlook2. Magnetic phenomena in solids -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. Magnetic ordering : diamagne…
"Version: 202112"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction -- 1.1. Some brief history -- 1.2. Excitation of lines, masses -- 1.3. Variability and size -- 1.4. Global spectrum SED -- 1.5. The central engine -- 1.6. The AGN zoo, blazars, quasars, and others -- 1.7. Emission lines, and the BPT diagnostics -- 1.8. Unification models -- 1.9. Radio galaxies, and radio pro…
"Version: 20210205"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction and overview -- 1.1. Visualizing biological molecules to understand life's principles -- 1.2. Recovery of 3D structures from images of weak-phase objects2. Sample preparation -- 2.1. Overview -- 2.2. Initial screening of samples in negative stain -- 2.3. Standard method of making grids for cryo-EM -- 2.4. …
"Version: 20210204"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. FTIR spectroscopy and water quality / Daniel Cozzolino -- 2. Fluorescence spectroscopy and applications in water quality monitoring / Cong Wang and Daoliang Li -- 3. Paper-based optical sensors for water analysis and monitoring / Bambang Kuswandi -- 4. Nanocomposite materials for water purification : synthesis, charact…
"Version: 202112"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Overview of gravitational radiation -- 1.1. Radiation in general -- 1.2. What can generate gravitational radiation? -- 1.3. How can we detect gravitational radiation? -- 1.4. Exercises2. Sources of gravitational radiation -- 2.1. Compact binaries : general considerations -- 2.2. Nonbinary sources -- 2.3. Exercises3. Grav…
"Version: 20210205"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.section 1. Light and fluorescence microscopy -- section 2. Light microscopy of tissues and thick samples -- section 3. Super-resolution microscopy -- section 4. X-ray microscopy -- section 5. Electron microscopy -- section 6. Atomic force microscopy and spectroscopy -- section 7. Helium ion microscopy -- section 8. Dynami…
"Version: 20200701"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction -- 2. Classical nature of light -- 2.1. Electromagnetic waves -- 2.2. Polarization -- 2.3. Experimental explorations3. Quantum nature of light -- 3.1. Quantum mechanical states -- 3.2. Qubits -- 3.3. Transforming quantum states -- 3.4. Measuring quantum states -- 3.5. Composite systems and entangled states…
"Version: 20220601"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.0. Using the book -- 0.1. The 'user' -- 0.2. The 'researcher' -- 0.3. The 'developer' -- 0.4. The 'expert'part I. Introduction and background knowledge. 1. Imaging particulate and multiphase systems -- 1.1. Particulate and multiphase systems : why do they matter? -- 1.2. The importance of imaging -- 1.3. Particle and flow…