"Version: 20220401"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction -- 1.1. Light -- 1.2. Detectors -- 1.3. Benefits of using an imaging system2. Lasers -- 2.1. Light emission, absorption and matter interactions -- 2.2. Properties of lasers and laser light -- 2.3. Laser safety -- 2.4. Additional resources3. Silicon-based imaging systems -- 3.1. Vision -- 3.2. Detectors -- …
"Version: 20220901"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. History of our laser experiments -- 1.1. Laser isotope separation laboratory -- 1.2. Laser and optics laboratory -- 1.3. Teaching laboratory : Experimental Physics V -- 1.4. Advanced laboratory -- 1.5. Summary2. Saturated absorption spectroscopy -- 2.1. Description of saturated absorption spectroscopy -- 2.2. Multi-lev…
"Version: 202111"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction -- 2. Exact solutions of the basic equations -- 2.1. Initial hypotheses -- 2.2. Solution of the classical equation of electron motion -- 2.3. Solution of the Klein-Gordon equation -- 2.4. Solution of the Dirac equation3. Modelling ultra-relativistic interactions in electron plasmas -- 3.1. Initial hypotheses…
"Version: 20221201"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction -- 1.1. Bright field microscopy -- 1.2. Phase contrast microscopy -- 1.3. Quantitative phase microscopy -- 1.4. Coherence properties of laser light -- 1.5. Origin of speckles in imaging and microscopy -- 1.6. Effects of speckle on imaging and microscopy -- 1.7. Methods of generating partially spatially coh…
"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 -- …
"Version: 20220601"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.part I. Introduction to optical path theory. 1. The path of light -- 1.1. Purpose and introduction to this treatise -- 1.2. The optical path and Fermat's principle -- 1.3. The law of reflection -- 1.4. The law of refraction -- 1.5. The vector form of Snell's law -- 1.6. The wavefront and the Malus-Dupin theorem -- 1.7. Op…
"Version: 20251101"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. Light, interference, and diffraction -- 1.3. From static to dynamic diffraction -- 1.4. Frequency analysis of motion -- 1.5. Beyond linear oscillations : chaos and complexity -- 1.6. Why dynamic optical diffraction matters -- 1.7. Summary2. Optical interference -- 2.1. Introduc…
"Version: 20230801"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.part I. Basic principles and components. 1. Introduction -- 1.1. History -- 1.2. Growth expectations -- 1.3. Book overview2. Light sources and detectors -- 2.1. Optical properties of light sources -- 2.2. Incandescent sources -- 2.3. Light emitting diodes -- 2.4. Laser -- 2.5. Photodiodes, and phototransistors -- 2.6. Ima…
"Version: 20221201"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Waves -- 1.1. Wave concepts -- 1.2. Energy transport -- 1.3. Complex notation -- 1.4. Fourier analysis -- 1.5. Diffraction -- 1.6. Foundations of scattering2. Introduction to scattering and absorption -- 2.1. The total cross section -- 2.2. Angles and solid angles -- 2.3. The differential scattering cross section -- 2.…
"Version: 20220801"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.part I. Basics of photonics and lasers. 1. The photon and photonics -- 1.1. The photon -- 1.2. Branches of photonics -- 1.3. Maxwell's equations and their connection to optics -- 1.4. A few topics related to lasers and optics -- 1.5. Comparison of an electronic circuit and a photonic circuit -- 1.6. Nobel prizes related t…