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Advances in Chemical Physicsby Stuart A. Rice; Myron W. Evans; I. Prigogine
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2004; US$ 355.00Significant advances have occurred in the field since the previous edition, including advances in light squeezing, single photon optics, phase conjugation, and laser technology. The laser is essentially responsible for nonlinear effects and is extensively used in all branches of science, industry, and medicine. more...
Nonlinear Opticsby Partha P. Banerjee
Marcel Dekker Inc 2003; US$ 179.95Offering a range of illustrative examples at the end of each chapter, this reference builds upon fundamental concepts in nonlinear optics to provide a clear understanding of developments in the field. more...
Handbook of Nonlinear Opticsby Richard L. Sutherland
Marcel Dekker Inc 2003; US$ 239.95This text examines classic theories, experimental methods and practical formulas for exploration of the core topics in nonlinear optics. It contains additional chapters on ultrafast characterization techniques, laser flash photolysis and the electro-optic effect. more...
Cavity Quantum Electrodynamicsby Sergio M. Dutra
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2005; US$ 132.00What happens to light when it is trapped in a box? Cavity Quantum Electrodynamics addresses a fascinating question in physics: what happens to light, and in particular to its interaction with matter, when it is trapped inside a box? With the aid of a model-building approach, readers discover the answer to this question and come to appreciate its important applications in computing, cryptography, quantum teleportation, and opto-electronics. Instead of taking a traditional approach that requires readers to first master a series of seemingly unconnected mathematical techniques, this book engages the readers' interest and imagination by going straight to the point, introducing the mathematics along the way as needed. Appendices are provided for... more...
Modern Foundations Of Quantum Opticsby Vlatko Vedral
World Scientific 2005; US$ 88.40This 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 optics, and culminating in the quantum description of light. The book emphasizes the phenomenon of interference as the key to understanding the behavior of light, and discusses distinctions between the classical and quantum nature of light. Laser operation is reviewed at great length and many applications are covered, such as laser cooling, Bose condensation and the basics of quantum information and teleportation. Quantum mechanics is introduced in detail using the Dirac notation, which is explained from first principles. In addition, a number of non-standard topics are covered such as the impossibility... more...
Introductory Quantum Opticsby Christopher Gerry; Peter Knight
Cambridge University Press 2004; US$ 60.00This book provides an elementary introduction to quantum optics, the study of the quantum mechanical nature of light and its interaction with matter. It is designed for upper-level undergraduates taking courses in quantum optics who have already taken courses in quantum mechanics, and for first and second year graduate students. more...
Optics and Photonicsby F. Graham Smith; Terry A. King; Dan Wilkins
John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. 2007; US$ 210.00The Second Edition of this successful textbook provides a clear, well-written introduction to both the fundamental principles of optics and the key aspects of photonics to show how the subject has developed in the last few decades, leading to many modern applications. Optics and Photonics: An Introduction, Second Edition thus provides a complete undergraduate course on optics in a single integrated text, and is an essential resource for all undergraduate physics, science and engineering students taking a variety of optics based courses. Specific changes for this edition include: New material on modern optics and photonics Rearrangement of chapters to give a logical progression, comprising groups of chapters on geometric optics,... more...
Nonlinear Opticsby Robert W. Boyd
Elsevier 2002; US$ 111.00The Optical Society of America (OSA) and SPIE ? The International Society for Optical Engineering have awarded Robert Boyd with an honorable mention for the Joseph W. Goodman Book Writing Award for his work on Nonlinear Optics, 2nd edition. Nonlinear optics is essentially the study of the interaction of strong laser light with matter. It lies at the basis of the field of photonics, the use of light fields to control other light fields and to perform logical operations. Some of the topics of this book include the fundamentals and applications of optical systems based on the nonlinear interaction of light with matter. Topics to be treated include: mechanisms of optical nonlinearity, second-harmonic and sum- and difference-frequency generation,... more...
Structured Light and Its Applicationsby David L. Andrews
Elsevier 2008; US$ 141.00New possibilities have recently emerged for producing optical beams with complex and intricate structures, and for the non-contact optical manipulation of matter. This book fully describes the electromagnetic theory, optical properties, methods and applications associated with this new technology. Detailed discussions are given of unique beam characteristics, such as optical vortices and other wavefront structures, the associated phase properties and photonic aspects, along with applications ranging from cold atom manipulation to optically driven micromachines. Features include: * Comprehensive and authoritative treatments of the latest research in this area of nanophotonics, written by the leading researchers * Accounts of numerous microfluidics,... more...
Nonlinear Opticsby Robert W. Boyd
Elsevier 2008; US$ 108.00Nonlinear optics is the study of the interaction of intense laser light with matter. The third edition of this textbook has been rewritten to conform to the standard SI system of units and includes comprehensively updated material on the latest developments in the field. The book introduces the entire field of optical physics and specifically the area of nonlinear optics. It focuses on the fundamental issues including the electromagnetic origin of optical phenomena, the quantum mechanical description of the optical properties of matter, the role of spatial symmetries in determining the optical response, causality and Kramers Kronig relations, and ultrafast and high intensity optical effects. The book also covers applied aspects of nonlinear... more...