"Version: 20181201"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.part I. The physics of light detectors -- 1. Detectors and the characteristic curve -- 1.1. The physics of photons -- 1.2. Photoelectric detectors -- 1.3. Photochemical detectors -- 1.4. Basic photochemistry -- 1.5. The eye as a detector --…
"Version: 20191001"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.3. Waves and diffraction -- 3.1. Mathematical description of a wave -- 3.2. Interference -- 3.3. Phasors -- 3.4. Diffraction from a finite slit -- 3.5. Diffraction from a finite slit : phasor treatment -- 3.6. Diffraction in two dimensions4. Fraunhofer diffraction -- 4.1. Fra…
"Version: 20190901"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.part I. Lasers. 1. The basic physics of lasers -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. Optical spectra -- 1.3. Stimulated emission -- 1.4. Creating a population inversion -- 1.5. Laser modes and coherence -- 1.6. Problems2. Types of lasers I : convent…
"Version: 20191101"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. Quantum tunnelling devices -- 1.3. Negative differential conductance -- 1.4. Nonlinear dynamics -- 1.5. Optoelectronic integrated circuits (OEICs) -- 1.6. Outline2. Resonant tunnelling diode-elec…
"Version: 20140901"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Preface -- Acknowledgement -- Author biography -- 1. Introduction -- 2. A simple model of nonlinear dielectrics3. Basic properties of photonic crystals -- 3.1. Plane wave method -- 3.2. Wannier function method -- 3.3. Computer simulation me…
"Version: 20200701"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction -- 2. Charge-exchange-caused dips in spectral lines emitted by laser-produced plasmas -- 2.1. Overview of the theory of the charge-exchange-caused dips in profiles of hydrogenic spectral lines -- 2.2. Discovery of the charge-exchange-caused dips in experimental spectral line profiles from laser-produced pl…
"Version: 20210207"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references and index.1. Introduction -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. Essentials of quantum mechanics -- 1.3. Ward's succinct perspectives -- 1.4. The philosophy and the physics of quantum entanglement -- 1.5. Quantum entanglement as a discipline -- 1.6. Quantum entanglement engineering and applications -- 1.7. Intent2. Dirac's notation…
"Version: 20240401"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction -- 2. Some rules for sum rules -- 2.1. Causality and analyticity -- 2.2. Derivation of dispersion relations -- 2.3. Crossing symmetry -- 2.4. Unitarity -- 2.5. Low-energy theorems and sum rules -- 2.6. Relaxing the convergence condition -- 2.7. Divergencies, subtractions, and renormalization -- 2.8. An app…
"Version: 20200901"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. The Maxwell equations -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. Lorentz force -- 1.3. Electric flux -- 1.4. The Gauss law -- 1.5. The Gauss law for magnetism -- 1.6. Faraday's law -- 1.7. Amp?ere's law -- 1.8. The wave equation -- 1.9. The speed and propagation of light -- 1.10. Refraction index -- 1.11. Electromagnetic waves -- 1.…
"Version: 20201101"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction : from death rays to smartphones -- 2. Optical propagation -- 2.1. Electromagnetic fields -- 2.2. Helmholtz equation and wave optics -- 2.3. Looking forward3. Gaussian beams and lasers -- 3.1. Lasers -- 3.2. Gaussian beams -- 3.3. Coherent and squeezed states -- 3.4. Optical tweezers4. Orbital angular mome…