Advances in Optical Physics
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Being the most active field in modern physics, Optical Physics has developed many new branches and interdisciplinary fields overlapping with various classical disciplines. This series summarizes the advancements of optical physics in the past twenty years in the following fields: High Field Laser Physics, Precision Laser Spectroscopy, Nonlinear Optics, Nanophotonics, Quantum Optics, Ultrafast Optics, Condensed Matter Optics, and Molecular Biophotonics.
Topics
- Provides extensive and thoroughly exhaustive coverage of precision laser spectroscopy
- Presents chapters written by recognized experts in their individual fields
- Topics covered include cold atoms, cold molecules, methods and techniques for production of cold molecules, optical frequency standards based on trapped single ions, etc
- Applicable for researchers and graduate students of optical physics and precision laser spectroscopy
This book presents an overview of the state of the art of the developing topic of nonlinear optics with contributions from leading experts in the field in China, ranging from weak light nonlinear optics, ultrafast nonlinear optics to electro-optical theory and applications.
In the past decade, nonlinear optics has evolved into many different branches, depending on the form of the material used for studying the nonlinear phenomena. The growth of research in nonlinear optics is closely linked to the rapid technological advances that have occurred in related fields, such as ultra-fast phenomena and optical communications. Nonlinear-optics activities range from the fundamental studies of the interaction between matter and radiation to the development of devices, components, and systems of tremendous commercial interest for widespread applications in optical telecommunications, medicine, and biotechnology. This book reviews the development of some nonlinear optics researches in China, not only the discovery of new principles, but also potential applications of nonlinear optics for various industries.
- Presents recent developments in theoretical and experimental research of nanophotonics
- Discusses properties and features of nanophotonic devices, e.g. scanning near-field optical microscopy, nanofi ber/nanowire based photonic devices
- Illustrates the most promising nanophotonic devices and instruments and their application
- Suits well for researchers and graduates in nanophotonics field
Contents
Scanning near-field optical microscopy
Nanofibers/nanowires and their applications in photonic components and devices
Micro/nano-optoelectronic devices based on photonic crystal
- Presents recent developments and application of fluorescent protein-labelling techniques and two-photon molecular probes.
- Introduces the theoretical and experimental researches of super-resolution localization microscopy, photoacoustic molecular (functional) imaging, and optical molecular tomography for small animal in vivo.
- Illustrates optical labeling techniques and imaging instruments and their application in biological studies.
- Suits well for researchers and graduates in biomolecular photonics fields.
The authors of this book, all with a background in condensed matter physics, have carried out advanced researches in recent years to study the optical and magneto-optical properties of many kinds of new functional materials, including metal-based metamaterials, narrow-to-wide-bandgap semiconductors, thin films, and magnetic and magneto-optical materials by using different types of optical methods and instruments.
This book describes some of the more recent progresses and developments in the study of condensed matter optics in both theoretic and experimental fields. It will help readers, especially graduate students and scientists who are studying and working in the nano-photonic field, to understand more deeply the characteristics of light waves propagated in nano-structure-based materials with potential applications in the future.
