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Field guide to light-matter interaction / Galina Nemova.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Nemova, Galina, author.
- Series:
- SPIE digital library
- SPIE field guides ; FG51
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Nanophotonics.
- Photonics.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (160 pages) : illustrations.
- Place of Publication:
- Bellingham, Washington : SPIE, 2022.
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- Summary:
- "Our understanding of the interaction of light and matter has a long history that evolved from the ancient corpuscular theory to wave theory and finally to the quantum theory. Matter is composed of charged particles, and among these particles are positively charged nuclei surrounded by electrons that are in motion. Light is an oscillating electromagnetic wave. But light is also particles (photons). The primary objective of this Field Guide is to provide the principles of light-matter interaction using classical, semiclassical, and quantum theories. To this end, the guide provides the formulae for, and descriptions of, phenomena that are fundamental to our current state of knowledge of light-matter interaction."-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Preface
- Glossary of Symbols and Acronyms
- Introduction
- Light: Waves and Particles
- Matter
- Atoms
- Molecules
- Gases, Liquids, and Solids
- Phonons
- Classification of Light-Matter Interaction Processes
- Light-Atom, Light-Molecule, and Light-Solid Interaction
- Coherence in Light-Atom Interaction
- Electromagnetic Field Generation
- Light Propagation
- Nonlinear Optical Effects
- Second-Order Optical Wave Interactions
- Third-Order Optical Wave Interactions
- Light-Plasma Interaction
- Optical Pressure
- Equation Summary
- Bibliography of Further Reading
- Index
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Title from PDF title page (SPIE eBooks Website, viewed 2022-04-04)
- Other Format:
- Print version:
- ISBN:
- 9781510647008
- OCLC:
- 1309020413
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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