"Version: 20251101"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.part I. Mathematical background. 1. Vectors and tensors -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. Vector calculus -- 1.3. Generalization of matrices into tensors -- 1.4. Geometric algebra -- 1.5. Group theory2. Differential equations and the Lagrangian formalism -- 2.1. Differential equations -- 2.2. Differential equations with severa…
"Version: 20240201"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Imaging -- 1.1. An introduction to the real world -- 1.2. Optical system design using Ansys Zemax OpticStudioª -- 1.3. Practical concepts for optical system layout and analysis -- 1.4. Practical lens design and aberration management -- 1.5. Preparing drawings for optical fabrication2. Illumination -- 2.1. The illu…
"Version: 20250201"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction : the electromagnetic spectrum -- 2. Maxwell's equations -- 2.1. Gauss's law -- 2.2. 'No magnetic monopoles' -- 2.3. Faraday's law -- 2.4. Amp?ere-Maxwell law -- 2.5. Exercises3. Electromagnetic waves -- 3.1. The wave equation -- 3.2. Solutions of the wave equation -- 3.3. Plane waves -- 3.4. Waves in a ha…
"Version: 20241001"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Our energy needs and the case for nuclear fission -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. Our past and present energy use -- 1.3. Environmental consequences of our energy use -- 1.4. Approaches to climate change mitigation -- 1.5. Energy options for the future2. Some introductory nuclear physics -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. Nucle…
"Version: 20250701"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Field overview -- 1.1. A brief history of OT -- 1.2. Dielectric beads : the standard tools for OT -- 1.3. Optical forces on dielectric beads -- 1.4. Performing measurements with dielectric beads -- 1.5. Absorbing materials and photophoretic forces2. The dipole approximation : Rayleigh regime -- 2.1. Quasi-static approx…
"Version: 20251101"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Overview of pH sensing technologies -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. The definition of pH measurement -- 1.3. Glass-based pH sensor -- 1.4. Summary2. Electrochemical pH sensors : classification of materials and their working mechanism -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. Materials for electrochemical pH sensing -- 2.3. Method of p…
"Version: 20231001"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Energy and power -- 1.1. Energy -- 1.2. Power--single phase -- 1.3. Three-phase power -- 1.4. Summary2. Magnetic circuits -- 2.1. Rectangular core magnetic circuit -- 2.2. Magnetic circuits with small air gap -- 2.3. Three-legged core -- 2.4. Properties of magnetic materials3. Single phase transformers -- 3.1. Single-p…
"Version: 20251201"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction / Ekhard K.H. Salje and Guillaume F. Nataf -- 2. Ferroelastic phase transitions--well-known results and new perspectives / Wilfried Schranz, Andreas Tr?oster and Michael A. Carpenter -- 3. Symmetry aspects of ferroelastic domains and domain walls / Jirka Hlinka and Petr Ondrejkovi?ec -- 4. Response of ferr…
"Version: 20231101"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.part I. Introduction. 1. Basic concepts -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. Terminology and definitions -- 1.3. Units and dimensions -- 1.4. Sources of information2. Subatomic particles and their interactions -- 2.1. Classification of subatomic particles -- 2.2. Classification and ranges of interactions -- 2.3. Conservation laws…
"Version: 20241201"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Wave propagation, properties, and manipulation -- 1.1. Maxwell's equations -- 1.2. Wave propagation and properties -- 1.3. Wave manipulation2. Dielectric responses -- 2.1. Anisotropic and dispersive characteristics -- 2.2. Dielectric Debye model -- 2.3. Lorentz model -- 2.4. Drude model -- 2.5. Transfer matrix method3.…