"Version: 20161201"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references (pages 14-1-14-2).Preface -- 1. Nanomanipulation : why optical methods are best -- 2. Key properties of the radiation -- 3. Optically induced mechanical forces -- 4. Laser cooling and trapping of atoms -- 5. Dielectric and metal nanoparticl…
"Version: 20140901"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Preface -- List of symbols -- Author biography -- Introduction to molecular spectroscopy and photophysicsThe electronic and nuclear structure of molecules -- Nuclear motions -- How far do the atoms move? -- Representations of the electronic and vibrational statesMechanism for the absorption of light -- State populations -…
"Version: 20210207"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references and index.1. Introduction to molecular spectroscopy and photophysics -- 1.1. The distinctiveness of molecular interactions with light -- 1.2. Properties of molecules and their spectra -- 1.3. The electromagnetic spectrum -- 1.4. Photon properties : polarisation and spin2. Atoms and molecules : developing principles of ele…
"Version: 202203"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references and index.1. Nanomanipulation : why optical methods are best -- 1.1. Non-contact forces -- 1.2. Issues of scale2. Key properties of the radiation -- 2.1. Energy, linear momentum and angular momentum of light -- 2.2. Light inside a medium -- 2.3. Matter and its interaction with light3. Optically induced mechanical forces -- …