Bibliographic Details
| Author / Creator: | Simon, David S., author.
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| Imprint: | San Rafael [California] (40 Oak Drive, San Rafael, CA, 94903, USA) : Morgan & Claypool Publishers, [2016]
Bristol [England] (Temple Circus, Temple Way, Bristol BS1 6HG, UK) : IOP Publishing, [2016]
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| Description: | 1 online resource (various pagings) : illustrations (some color).
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| Language: | English |
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| Series: | [IOP release 3]
IOP concise physics, 2053-2571
IOP (Series). Release 3.
IOP concise physics.
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| Format: | E-Resource
Book
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| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11319974 |
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Hidden Bibliographic Details
| Other authors / contributors: | Morgan & Claypool Publishers, publisher.
Institute of Physics (Great Britain), publisher.
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| ISBN: | 9781681744377
9781681744391
9781681744360
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| Notes: | "Version: 20161101"--Title page verso.
"A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.
Includes bibliographical references.
Also available in print.
David Simon his doctoral degrees in theoretical physics from Johns Hopkins and engineering from Boston University. He works primarily in quantum optics and related areas. He has been the author or co-author of dozens of papers on topics ranging from the use of supersymmetry in quantum mechanics to the application of quantum entanglement to optical measurement and cryptography. He is currently a faculty member in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Stonehill College (Easton, MA) and a visiting researcher at Boston University.
Title from PDF title page (viewed on December 7, 2016).
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| Summary: | From science fiction death rays to supermarket scanners, lasers have become deeply embedded in our daily lives and our culture. But in recent decades the standard laser beam has evolved into an array of more specialized light beams with a variety of strange and counterintuitive properties. Some of them have the ability to reconstruct themselves after disruption by an obstacle, while others can bend in complicated shapes or rotate like a corkscrew. These unusual optical effects open new and exciting possibilities for science and technology. For example, they make possible microscopic tractor beams that pull objects toward the source of the light, and they allow the trapping and manipulation of individual molecules to construct specially-tailored nanostructures for engineering or medical use. It has even been found that beams of light can produce lines of darkness that can be tied in knots. This book is an introductory survey of these specialized light beams and their scientific applications, at a level suitable for undergraduates with a basic knowledge of optics and quantum mechanics. It provides a unified treatment of the subject, collecting together in textbook form for the first time many topics currently found only in the original research literature.
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| Target Audience: | Advanced undergraduates in physics, chemistry, or engineering.
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| Other form: | Print version: 9781681744360
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| Standard no.: | 10.1088/978-1-6817-4437-7
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