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Free Download Fundamentals of Nano-Optics in Hyperbolic van der Waals Materials
English | 2024 | ISBN: 3031757661 | 563 Pages | PDF EPUB (True) | 103 MB
This thesis focuses on the study of phonon polaritons-hybrids of infrared light and lattice vibrations-in van der Waals polar materials, particularly strongly anisotropic (hyperbolic) ones. It combines experiments, analytical theory, and numerical simulations to explore nanoscale optical phenomena that challenge our conventional understanding, such as negative reflection, anomalous refraction and polariton canalization. These studies have paved the way for practical applications in integrated flat optics, such as planar lenses and resonators for nanoscale light. The thesis also introduces the emerging field of twistoptics, aimed at controlling the propagation of light at the nanoscale by stacking slabs of van der Waals materials at different rotation angles, and introduces innovative approaches to tune polariton properties both passively and actively. In addition to providing a solid foundation for future advancements in planar nano-optical devices and helping lay the fundamentals of light-matter interactions in hyperbolic van der Waals materials, the thesis’s didactic approach makes complex phenomena accessible to a broad audience.

Free Download Principles of Physical Optics 2e
by Charles A Bennett
English | 2022 | ISBN: 1119801796 | 595 pages | True PDF | 45.03 MB

Free Download Advances in Nano-Photonics and Quantum Optics: Proceedings of PHOTONICS 2023, Volume 4
English | 2024 | ISBN: 9819747597 | 131 Pages | PDF (True) | 9 MB
This book presents the proceedings of the Biennial Photonics Conference (Photonics 2023) held at IISc, Bengaluru on 5-8 July 2023. It covers topics across multiple areas of photonics, including established areas like optical communication and networks, quantum optics, ​non-linear and ultrafast photonics​, nanophotonics​, biophotonics and bioimaging, ​​photonic integrated circuits​, fibers and sensors, optical materials and fabrication techniques, optical metrology, and instrumentation, optofluidics, ​laser applications, ​optoelectronics. The book also covers emerging areas in photonics, such as THz photonics, structured Light, 2D materials, optomechanics, topological photonics, and AI/ML in photonics. The book will be useful for researchers and professionals interested in the broad field of photonics.

Free Download Jeffrey M. Ringer, "Perspectives in Optics Research "
English | ISBN: 1611229340 | 2012 | 221 pages | PDF | 11 MB
This book presents and reviews research in the field of optics, including multi-wavelength semiconductor laser diodes; in-line hologram reconstruction; photoacoustic spectroscopy of NO2; chemical oxygen iodine laser; optical superlattices and chalcones.

Free Download Teaching About Geometric Optics Teacher’s Notes by Jane Bray Nelson and Jim Nelson
English | January 1, 2020 | ISBN: 0735422737 | 336 pages | PDF | 15 Mb
Teaching About Geometric Teacher’s Notes guides physics teachers to help students develop a foundational understanding of geometric optics. The cornerstone of photonics systems, geometric optics, have applications in a wide range of industries including technology, medical, and military sectors. This book covers the basics of light propagation, reflection and refraction and the use of simple optical elements such as mirrors, prisms, lenses, and optical fibers. Key elements 46 activities on geometric optics, covering a wide range of topics Easy implementation, with a copy-ready student sheet and teacher notes included References to appropriate Next Generation Science Standards Physics educators and teachers in other science disciplines will fi nd this book to be an invaluable resource to teach the fundamentals. This volume contains only the notes for Teaching About Geometric Student Edition.

Free Download Teaching About Geometric Optics: Student Edition by Jane Bray Nelson and Jim Nelson
English | January 1, 2020 | ISBN: 0735422141 | 280 pages | PDF | 9.31 Mb
Teaching About Geometric Optics guides physics teachers to help students develop a foundational understanding of geometric optics. The cornerstone of photonics systems, geometric optics have applications in a wide range of industries including technology, medical, and military sectors. This book covers the basics of light propagation, reflection and refraction, and the use of simple optical elements such as mirrors, prisms, lenses, and optical fibers. Key elements 46 activities on geometric optics, covering a wide range of topics Easy implementation, with a copy-ready student sheet and teacher notes included References to appropriate Next Generation Science Standards Physics educators and teachers in other science disciplines will find this book to be an invaluable resource to teach the fundamentals. Teaching About Geometric Optics is for use with introductory college and high school students.

Free Download A.I. Sabra, "Optics, Astronomy and Logic: Studies in Arabic Science and Philosophy "
English | ISBN: 0860784355 | | 337 pages | EPUB, PDF | 12 MB + 34 MB
Running through the articles in this volume is the theme of the appropriation and subsequent naturalization of Greek science by scholars in the world of medieval Islam. The opening paper presents the historiography of this process, and the focus is then placed on Ibn al-Haytham, one of the most original and influential figures of the 11th century, and in particular in his contribution to the science of optics, both mathematical and experimental, and the psychology of vision. Professor Sabra then continues the analysis of how Greek thought was developed in the Islamic world with two studies of work based on Euclid’s geometry and two on critiques of Ptolemaic astronomy. The final articles turn specifically to questions in the history of logic – Aristotelian syllogism, and Avicenna’s views on the subject – matter of logic.

Free Download Handbook of Nano-Optics and Nanophotonics By Motoichi Ohtsu (auth.), Motoichi Ohtsu (eds.)
2013 | 1071 Pages | ISBN: 3642310656 | PDF | 35 MB
In the 1990s, optical technology and photonics industry developed fast, but further progress became difficult due to a fundamental limit of light known as the diffraction limit. This limit could be overcome using the novel technology of nano-optics or nanophotonics in which the size of the electromagnetic field is decreased down to the nanoscale and is used as a carrier for signal transmission, processing, and fabrication. Such a decrease beyond the diffraction limit is possible by using optical near-fields. The true nature of nano-optics and nanophotonics involves not only their abilities to meet the above requirements but also their abilities to realize qualitative innovations in photonic devices, fabrication techniques, energy conversion and information processing systems. The objective of this work is to review the innovations of optical science and technology by nano-optics and nanophotonics. While in conventional optical science and technology, light and matter are discussed separately, in nano-optics and nanophotonics, light and matter have to be regarded as being coupled to each other, and the energy flow between nanoparticles is bidirectional. This means that nano-optics and nanophotonics have to be regarded as a technology fusing optical fields and matter. This unique work reviews and covers the most recent topics of nano-optics, applications to device operations, fabrication techniques, energy conversion, information processing, architectures and algorithms. Each chapter is written by the leading scientists in the relevant field. Thus, this work will provide high-quality scientific and technical information to scientists, engineers, and graduate students who are and will be engaged in R&D of nano-optics and nanophotonics. Especially, the topics to be covered by this work will be popularly used by the engineers in the rapidly growing market of the optical energy conversion.

Free Download Semiconductor Optics 2: Dynamics, High-Excitation Effects, and Basics of Applications (Graduate Texts in Physics) by Heinz Kalt, Claus F. Klingshirn
English | March 17, 2024 | ISBN: 3031512952 | 581 pages | MOBI | 54 Mb
This book provides an introduction to and an overview of the multifaceted area of dynamics and nonlinearities related to optical excitations in semiconductors. It is a revised and significantly extended edition of the well-established book by C. Klingshirn split into two volumes and restructured to make it more concise. Inserts on important experimental techniques, reference to topical research and novel materials, as well as consideration of photonic applications support research-oriented teaching and learning.

Free Download Interactive Guide to Quantum Optics (Iop Series in Quantum Technology) by Nikola Sibalic, Charles S Adams
English | April 2, 2024 | ISBN: 0750326263 | 199 pages | MOBI | 13 Mb
This book is provides the reader with an interactive experience of quantum optics, suitable for Final year undergraduate quantum optics students, and new graduate students in AMO physics.