"Version: 20181101"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction -- 1.1. Singularity -- 1.2. Singularities in science and engineering -- 1.3. Acoustic vortex -- 1.4. Singularities in optics -- 1.5. Amplitude, phase and polarization -- 1.6. Brief historical account of optical phase singularities2. Topological features -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. Wavefront shape -- 2.3. …
"Version: 20190401"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction -- 2. Reasons from astrophysics and atomic physics for our world to be three-dimensional -- 3. More on the stability of atoms and planetary systems in our three-dimensional world : why do we live longer than a tiny fraction of a second? -- 4. Crossing of the micro- and macro-worlds : similarities between p…
"Version: 20181201"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.4. Microwave technologies for wearable communication systems -- 4.1. Introduction -- 4.2. MIC--microwave integrated circuit -- 4.3. Low noise K band compact receiving channel for a satellite communication ground terminal -- 4.4. MMICs--monolithic microwave integrated circuits -- 4.5. 18-40 GHz front end -- 4.6. MEMS techn…
"Version: 20200901"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction -- 1.1. What is quantum optics -- 1.2. Open quantum systems -- 1.3. This book2. Classical electromagnetism and linear optics -- 2.1. Maxwell equations and electromagnetic waves -- 2.2. Wave equation for fields in a medium -- 2.3. Slowly varying envelope approximation -- 2.4. Lorentz oscillator model of the…
"Version: 20201201"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.7. Electromagnetic reciprocity -- 7.1. Reciprocity theorems in the frequency and time domains -- 7.2. Compensation theorem8. Reactance theorems -- 8.1. Reactance theorems for networks and antennas9. Geometrical optics and Fermat's principle -- 9.1. Geometrical optics and Fermat's principle -- 9.2. Gradient metasurfaces an…
"Version: 20180801"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Thin films of lithium niobate : potential applications, synthesis methods, structure and properties -- 1.1. The structure and main properties of bulk lithium niobate -- 1.2. Application of thin LiNbO3 films -- 1.3. Fabrication methods of thin LiNbO3 films -- 1.4. Fundamentals of RFMS method, an ion-beam sputtering meth…
"Version: 20181201"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction -- 1.1. General introduction -- 1.2. UMOT in the context of optical contrast imaging -- 1.3. A brief overview of the work2. Localized measurement of dynamics and mechanical properties -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. Theory -- 2.3. Extraction of correlation decay introduced by Brownian particles in the ROI -- …
"Version: 20191001"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references and index.1. Introduction -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. A few words on quantum mechanics -- 1.3. Ward's observation -- 1.4. History of quantum entanglement -- 1.5. The field of quantum entanglement -- 1.6. Fundamentals of Quantum Entanglement -- 1.7. Intent2. Dirac's contribution -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. Dirac's pair t…
"Version: 20201201"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Fundamentals -- 1.1. Light waves and light rays -- 1.2. Refraction -- 1.3. Dispersion -- 1.4. Reflection -- 1.5. Absorption and transmission -- 1.6. Interference -- 1.7. Diffraction and optical resolution -- 1.8. Fundamentals--bottom line2. Introduction to imaging models -- 2.1. The paraxial or Gaussian imaging model -…
"Version: 20210601"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction to optical systems -- 1.1. What is a system? -- 1.2. Technical systems design -- 1.3. Optical systems design -- 1.4. Modeling input and output system functions2. Ray optics and optical system parameters -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. Rays -- 2.3. Refractive index and optical path length -- 2.4. The law of re…