"Version: 20190102"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction -- 1.1. Linear optical response -- 1.2. Low-energy excitations in condensed matter -- 1.3. Charge transport in solids2. Terahertz technology -- 2.1. Generation of coherent terahertz radiation -- 2.2. Phase-resolved detection…
"Version: 20181101"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.part I. Some preliminary ideas -- 1. What is science; what is art? -- 1.1. The coherence of our experience -- 1.2. Truth in science -- 1.3. Operational definitions -- 1.4. Inspiration and perspiration -- 1.5. Criticism and self esteem -- 1.…
"Version: 20181101"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.part I. Energy and photography. 1. The nature of energy -- 1.1. Energy transfer2. Energy and exposure -- 2.1. Defining our terms -- 2.2. Tracing the energy from source to camera -- 2.3. The Jones-Condit equation3. Shutter speed and aperture…
"Version: 20181201"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.part I. The physics of light detectors -- 1. Detectors and the characteristic curve -- 1.1. The physics of photons -- 1.2. Photoelectric detectors -- 1.3. Photochemical detectors -- 1.4. Basic photochemistry -- 1.5. The eye as a detector --…
"Version: 20191001"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.3. Waves and diffraction -- 3.1. Mathematical description of a wave -- 3.2. Interference -- 3.3. Phasors -- 3.4. Diffraction from a finite slit -- 3.5. Diffraction from a finite slit : phasor treatment -- 3.6. Diffraction in two dimensions4. Fraunhofer diffraction -- 4.1. Fra…
"Version: 20190901"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.part I. Lasers. 1. The basic physics of lasers -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. Optical spectra -- 1.3. Stimulated emission -- 1.4. Creating a population inversion -- 1.5. Laser modes and coherence -- 1.6. Problems2. Types of lasers I : convent…
"Version: 20191101"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--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 (OEICs) -- 1.6. Outline2. Resonant tunnelling diode-elec…
"Version: 20160201"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Preface -- 1. Introduction -- 1.1. The basics of elementary particle physics2. Jet algorithms -- 2.1. Cone or sequential algorithms? -- 2.2. Novel jet clustering procedures3. QCD for jet physics -- 3.1. Collinear splitting in QCD -- 3.2. Fi…
"Version: 20151201"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Preface -- 1. Introduction -- 1.1. From the night sky to universal building bocks -- 1.2. Tumbling down the rabbit hole -- 1.3. The need for a new object2. Early Higgs searches -- 2.1. A note on units -- 2.2. From the postulation to the fir…
"Version: 20140901"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Preface -- Acknowledgement -- Author biography -- 1. Introduction -- 2. A simple model of nonlinear dielectrics3. Basic properties of photonic crystals -- 3.1. Plane wave method -- 3.2. Wannier function method -- 3.3. Computer simulation me…