"Version: 20231101"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Crystal fundamentals -- 1.1. Crystal structures -- 1.2. Wave diffraction and the reciprocal lattice -- 1.3. Crystal binding -- 1.4. Exercises -- 1.5. Appendix : discrete symmetry operations2. Lattice vibrations and thermodynamics -- 2.1. Lattice vibrations -- 2.2. Lattice thermodynamics -- 2.3. Exercises3. Electronic p…
"Version: 202112"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction -- 1.1. General introduction -- 1.2. Materials classification on the basis of symmetry -- 1.3. The basics of ferroelectricity and related phenomenon -- 1.4. Classification of ferroelectrics -- 1.5. Aurivillius oxides2. Odd number layered Aurivillius oxides -- 2.1. Single-layered oxides (m = 1) Bi2MoO6 and Bi…
"Version: 20221201"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction / Yang Bai and Ilya Grinberg -- part I. Fundamental evolutions of ferroelectricity. 2. Theoretical advances in understanding complex ferroelectrics / Ilya Grinberg -- 3. Multiscale simulations of ferroelectric oxides / Jiawei Huang, Zhuang Qian, Yihao Hu, Qisheng Yu and Shi Liu -- 4. Functional simulation …
"Version: 202111"--Title page verso.Revised edition of: Nonlinear optics of photonic crystals and meta-materials.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction -- 1.1. Photonic crystals -- 1.2. Metamaterials -- 1.3. Negative index of refraction -- 1.4. Perfect lenses -- 1.5. Periodicity -- 1.6. Excitations in nonlinear media -- 1.7. Systems with defects and disorder2. A simple model of non…
"Version: 20240701"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction -- 1.1. The nature of light waves -- 1.2. The photon nature of light -- 1.3. The polarization states of light -- 1.4. The chemistry and physics of materials -- 1.5. Nonlinear optical (NLO) properties -- 1.6. Mechanical properties of organic crystals -- 1.7. Photonic integrated circuits (PICs)2. Properties …
"Version: 20171101"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Preface -- 0. Introduction -- 0.1. The internal energy of equilibrium crystals -- 0.2. Microscopic order variables and their fluctuations -- 0.3. Collective order variables in propagation -- 0.4. Crystal surfaces and entropy production -- 0.5. Timescales for sampling modulated structure and thermodynamic measurements -- 0…
"Version: 20191101"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.part I. Binary transitions. 1. Phonons and lattice stability -- 1.1. The space symmetry group and the internal energy in crystals -- 1.2. Normal modes in a monatomic lattice -- 1.3. Quantized normal modes -- 1.4. Phonon field and momentum -- 1.5. Specific heat of monatomic crystals -- 1.6. Approximate phonon distributions…
"Version: 20180901"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction -- 2. What is a liquid crystal? -- 2.1. Protons, electrons and atoms -- 2.2. Molecules -- 2.3. Phases of matter -- 2.4. Liquid crystal3. Light -- 3.1. What is light? -- 3.2. Polarised light -- 3.3. Circular polarisation -- 3.4. How is light affected by matter? -- 3.5. Light and anisotropic materials -- 3.6…