"Version: 20161101"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Foreword -- 1. Maxwell equations -- 1.1. Macroscopic Maxwell equations -- 1.2. Symmetry properties -- 1.3. Harmonic scattering by a bounded obstacle -- 1.4. Covariant formulation -- 1.5. Maxwell equations using forms2. Bloch waves -- 2.1. T…
"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: 20161101"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Preface -- 1. Introduction : from death rays to smartphones2. Optical propagation -- 2.1. Electromagnetic fields -- 2.2. Helmholtz equation and wave optics3. Gaussian beams and lasers -- 3.1. Lasers -- 3.2. Gaussian beams -- 3.3. Coherent a…
"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: 20231101"--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 -- 1.6. Outline2. Quantum tunnelling -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. Negative differential resistance -- 2.3. Calculating the transmission pro…
"Version: 20230501"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.part I. A historical, mathematical and optical introduction for beginners. 1. A brief history of stigmatic lens desing -- 1.1. The rise of geometrical optics -- 1.2. Optics of the ancient Greeks and Arab world -- 1.3. Snell, Descartes, Huygens, Newton and Fermat -- 1.4. 19th and 20th century -- 1.5. The computer era and t…
"Version: 20240701"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction -- 1.1. Historical background -- 1.2. Some recent advances -- 1.3. Motivations -- 1.4. Features and potential advantages of metalenses2. Basics of metalens optics -- 2.1. Optics of metasurfaces -- 2.2. Metalens phase profile -- 2.3. Relationship with the classical lens -- 2.4. Meta-atoms -- 2.5. Lens equat…