Optical Physics

The millimetre-wavelength region of the electromagnetic spectrum is increasingly exploited for a wide range of commercial, industrial, and military...

The first ICXOM congress held in Cambridge was the brain-child of Dr. Ellis Cosslett, founder of the Electron Optics Section of the Cavendish Labor...

Quantitative Microbeam Analysis provides a comprehensive introduction to the field of quantitative microbeam analysis (MQA). MQA is a technique use...

Super-radiance: Multiatomic Coherent Emission provides a comprehensive, self-contained account of the theory and experiments of the quantum optic p...

The KDP family of single crystals is composed of compounds of alkali metals with light or heavy (hydro, deutero) water and oxides of phosphate or a...

'Although the editors admit that they cannot present an unequivocal explanation for the strange resilience of Kirchhoff’s flawed theory, their bo...

Molecular Dynamics in Restricted Geometries Edited by Joseph Klafter and J. M. Drake This investigation of the chemistry and physics of complex sys...

This book explores a large number of resonance effects that occur both in everyday life and in scientific contexts. It is a topic that provides a c...

Birefringent Thin Films and Polarizing Elements (2nd Edition) includes the significant advances that have been made since the first book on tilted-...

This book provides a comprehensive introduction to the theoretical and experimental studies of atomic optical bistability and multistability, and t...

This book explores a large number of resonance effects that occur both in everyday life and in scientific contexts. It is a topic that provides a c...

The XIX International Conference on Laser Spectroscopy, one of the leading conferences in the very diverse and still growing field of laser spectro...

This book is the first of its kind to devote itself at this level to the key role played by light and electromagnetic radiation in the universe. Re...

This Festschrift is a tribute to an eminent scholar, scientist and engineer, Professor Richard Kounai Chang, on his retirement from Yale University...

Knowledge of the refractive indices and absorption coefficients of semiconductors is especially important in the design and analysis of optical and...

This textbook offers a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of the basic ideas in modern quantum optics, beginning with a review of the whole of o...

This book presents the essential aspects of relativistic quantum field theory, with minimal use of mathematics. It covers the development of quantu...

Inelastic neutron scattering (INS) is a spectroscopic technique in which neutrons are used to probe the dynamics of atoms and molecules in solids a...

This textbook offers a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of the basic ideas in modern quantum optics, beginning with a review of the whole of o...

Because of the favorable characteristics of solid-state lasers, they have become the preferred candidates for a wide range of applications in scien...

This book explores recent developments in QIA and describes the application of the theory to different branches of wave physics, from plasma physic...

Multidisciplinary coverage of circular dichroism's principles, applications, and latest advances The four years since the publication of the first ...

A complete and balanced account of communication theory, providing an understanding of both Fourier analysis (and the concepts associated with line...

Advances in laser technology over the last 10-15 years have stimulated study of the active control of quantum molecular dynamics. Lasers may used t...

While group theory and its application to solid state physics is well established, this textbook raises two completely new aspects. First, it provi...

Ellipsometry is a powerful tool used for the characterization of thin films and multi-layer semiconductor structures. This book deals with fundamen...

A classroom-tested introduction to integrated and fiber optics This text offers an in-depth treatment of integrated and fiber optics, providing gr...

Semiconductor optelectronic devices are at the heart of all information generation and processing systems and are likely to be essential components...

City of Light tells the story of fiber optics, tracing its transformation from 19th-century parlor trick into the foundation of our global communic...

Providing a picture of modern physical optics as an expert would see it, this clear exposition of the most useful ideas of optics will be accessibl...

Quantum optics, i.e. the interaction of individual photons with matter, began with the discoveries of Planck and Einstein, but in recent years it h...

This book is the first to place revolutionary advances in light and optics in the cultural context of France in the first half of the nineteenth ce...

Examining classic theories, experimental methods, and practical formulas for exploration of the core topics in nonlinear optics, the second edition...

In 1760 the first edition of the Traite d’optique sur la gradation de la lumiere of Pierre Bouguer was published posthumously. Bouguer (1698-1758),...