"Version: 20180301"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Concepts in special relativity -- 1.1. Galilean relativity -- 1.2. Inertial frames -- 1.3. Special relativity -- 1.4. Velocity addition, length contraction, and time dilation -- 1.5. Questions2. Tensors in relativity -- 2.1. Motivation -…
"A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso."Version: 20160601"--Title page verso.EPUB version includes embedded videos.Includes bibliographical references.5. Synthesis and spectrum analysis -- 5.1. Wave mixing and synthesis -- 5.2. Fourier spectrum analysis -- 5.3. Creation by sudden impact -- 5.4. Creation by sudden expansion -- 5.5. Impact spectra -- 5.…
"Version: 20181201"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Of gods and waves -- 1.1. Wave anatomy -- 1.2. The wave equation2. Shock waves and the media -- 2.1. Speed of sound in air -- 2.2. Shock front formation3. Impact waves and falling rocks -- 3.1. Mid-air explosions -- 3.2. Meteor strikes -…
"Version: 20161201"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Preface -- 1. Electromagnetics of graphene -- 1.1. Macroscopic electrodynamics -- 1.2. Constitutive relations -- 1.3. From the time domain to the frequency domain -- 1.4. Isotropic media -- 1.5. Conductivity and permittivity formulations --…
"Version: 20161201"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Preface -- 1. Confocal microscopy and its application in China -- 1.1. A brief review of confocal microscopy -- 1.2. Resolution -- 1.3. Standardization in China2. Point spread function model -- 2.1. Lens imaging -- 2.2. PSF in confocal imag…
"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: 20170801"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Preface -- 1. Introduction -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. Switching -- 1.3. Linear optics : response theory and the Kramers-Kronig transformation -- 1.4. Nonlinear optics -- 1.5. Integrated optics--semiconductor optical waveguides -- 1.6. Out…
"Version: 20171101"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. What are electromagnetic waves? -- 1.1. Electromagnetic (EM) radiation -- 1.2. Characterization of EM waves -- 1.3. Basic properties of EM waves2. Lasers and applying EM wave theory -- 2.1. How does a laser work? -- 2.2. Laser resonator …
"Version: 20161001"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Preface -- 1. Introduction -- 1.1. Computational physics2. Quantum-mechanical methods -- 2.1. General remarks -- 2.2. The Hartree-Fock method -- 2.3. Post HF schemes -- 2.4. Density functional theory (DFT) -- 2.5. Time-dependent density fun…
"Version: 20161101"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Preface -- 1. Mathematical techniques -- 1.1. Theory -- 1.2. Problems and solutions2. Electrostatics -- 2.1. Theory -- 2.2. Problems and solutions3. Electric potential -- 3.1. Theory -- 3.2. Problems and solutions4. Magnetostatics -- 4.1. T…