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Advanced Quantum Mechanics: Materials and Photons is a textbook which emphasizes the importance of advanced quantum mechanics for materials science and all experimental techniques which employ photon absorption, emission, or scattering. Important aspects of introductory quantum mechanics are covered in the first seven chapters to make the subject self-contained and accessible for a wide audience. The textbook can therefore be used for advanced undergraduate courses and introductory graduate courses which are targeted towards students with diverse academic backgrounds from the Natural Sciences or Engineering. To enhance this inclusive aspect of making the subject as accessible as possible, Appendices A and B also provide introductions to Lagrangian mechanics and the covariant formulation of electrodynamics. Other special features include an introduction to Lagrangian field theory and an integrated discussion of transition amplitudes with discrete or continuous initial or final states. Once students have acquired an understanding of basic quantum mechanics and classical field theory, canonical field quantization is easy. Furthermore, the integrated discussion of transition amplitudes naturally leads to the notions of transition probabilities, decay rates, absorption cross sections and scattering cross sections, which are important for all experimental techniques that use photon probes. Quantization is first discussed for the Schrödinger field before the relativistic Maxwell, Klein-Gordon and Dirac fields are quantized. Quantized Schrödinger field theory is not only important for condensed matter physics and materials science, but also provides the easiest avenue to general field quantization and is therefore also useful for students with an interest in nuclear and particle physics. The quantization of the Maxwell field is performed in Coulomb gauge. This is the appropriate and practically most useful quantization procedure in condensed matter physics, chemistry, and materials science because it naturally separates the effects of Coulomb interactions, exchange interactions, and photon scattering. The appendices contain additional material that is usually not found in standard quantum mechanics textbooks, including a completeness proof of eigenfunctions of one-dimensional Sturm-Liouville problems, logarithms of matrices, and Green's functions in different dimensions. .

Quantum theory. --- Quantum theory --- Physics --- Physical Sciences & Mathematics --- Atomic Physics --- Physics. --- Natural philosophy --- Philosophy, Natural --- Quantum dynamics --- Quantum mechanics --- Quantum physics --- Quantum physics. --- Optical materials. --- Electronic materials. --- Nanotechnology. --- Quantum Physics. --- Optical and Electronic Materials. --- Physical sciences --- Dynamics --- Mechanics --- Thermodynamics --- Molecular technology --- Nanoscale technology --- High technology --- Optics --- Materials --- Electronic materials

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In recent years, graphene based research has witnessed a tremendous explosion. This two dimensional "dream" material has come into the main spotlight of fundamental and applied research in diverse nano-science fields, but surprisingly rapidly, it has also attracted the interest of major stakeholders in the private sector (especially industries in the ICT sector). The technological exploitation of graphene can be considered to be based on four fundamental interconnected wide topics: growth and synthesis methods, nano-structuring and tailoring of graphene properties, structural and physical characterization, and device design and applications. This proceedings book presents the results highlighted at GraphITA 2011, a multidisciplinary and intersectorial European Workshop on Synthesis, Characterization and Technological Exploitation of Graphene. The workshop realised on 15-18 May at Gran Sasso National Laboratories (Assegi-L'Aquila, Italy) has brought together scientists and engineers working on different technological uses of graphene in a multidisciplinary and multisectorial (academia/industry) environment.

Biotechnology. --- Computational biology. --- Computer simulation. --- Engineering & Applied Sciences --- Chemical & Materials Engineering --- Materials Science --- Technology - General --- Graphene. --- Graphene --- Industrial applications. --- Materials science. --- Nanoscale science. --- Nanoscience. --- Nanostructures. --- Optical materials. --- Electronic materials. --- Nanotechnology. --- Materials Science. --- Nanoscale Science and Technology. --- Optical and Electronic Materials. --- Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons --- Optics --- Materials --- Molecular technology --- Nanoscale technology --- High technology --- Electronic materials --- Nanoscience --- Physics --- Nano science --- Nanoscale science --- Nanosciences --- Science

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Arthur C. Clarke famously wrote that, "any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." These words most certainly ring true with respect to invisibility cloaking devices. At work is the magic of science, of course. The technology to make an object simply disappear from view is now a reality. There is both great fear and great desire in the thought of invisibility. Indeed, for thousands of years, authors have grappled with the idea. Power, devilry, secrecy, ethical dilemma, and moral corruption - invisibility has it all. And yet, our waking world is full of familiar invisible phenomena. Electricity flowing along a metal wire, the gravity that keeps us grounded, the air we breathe, the bacteria and viruses that make us ill, the X-rays that reveal our broken bones - all are invisible to our eyes. They surround and envelop us, and we don't give them a second thought. Nature long ago learned how to play tricks with light rays, enriching the world with rainbows, mirages, and animal camouflage. The new physics of invisibility simply aims to take these tricks of nature a few steps further. Indeed, by learning what light is and how it interacts with matter, physicists have begun to take control of light - with metamaterials, which, manmade, can be precisely melded, warped, twisted, transformed, and even time-edited. In this book the ancient and modern story of light and invisibility is revealed, from early Greek speculations to the remarkable works of James Clerk Maxwell. The new and burgeoning field of transformation optics is also explored, and the story behind the development of the first fully functional invisibility cloak is charted. What will they be used for and how will they change things? Find out here.

Invisibility. --- Light. --- Physics -- Miscellanea. --- Science -- History. --- Invisibility --- Light --- Physics --- Science --- Physical Sciences & Mathematics --- Light & Optics --- Electricity & Magnetism --- Miscellanea --- History --- Optics. --- Magic tricks. --- Conjuring --- Legerdemain --- Parlor magic --- Prestidigitation --- Sleight of hand --- Physics. --- Electrodynamics. --- Popular works. --- Optical materials. --- Electronic materials. --- Optics and Electrodynamics. --- Popular Science, general. --- Optical and Electronic Materials. --- Tricks --- Optics --- Science (General). --- Classical Electrodynamics. --- Materials --- Electronic materials --- Dynamics

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This textbook offers original and new approaches to the teaching of electrochemical concepts, principles and applications. Throughout the text the authors provide a balanced coverage of the thermodynamic and kinetic processes at the heart of electrochemical systems. The first half of the book outlines fundamental concepts appropriate to undergraduate students and the second half gives an in-depth account of electrochemical systems suitable for experienced scientists and course lecturers. Concepts are clearly explained and mathematical treatments are kept to a minimum or reported in appendices. This book features: - Questions and answers for self-assessment - Basic and advanced level numerical descriptions - Illustrated electrochemistry applications This book is accessible to both novice and experienced electrochemists and supports a deep understanding of the fundamental principles and laws of electrochemistry.

Chemistry. --- Electrochemistry. --- Optical materials. --- Thermodynamics. --- Chemistry --- Physical Sciences & Mathematics --- Physical & Theoretical Chemistry --- Electrochemical analysis. --- Analysis, Electrochemical --- Analysis, Electrolytic --- Electroanalysis --- Electrolytic analysis --- Energy storage. --- Electrical engineering. --- Electronic materials. --- Energy Storage. --- Optical and Electronic Materials. --- Electrical Engineering. --- Chemistry, Physical and theoretical --- Chemistry, Analytic --- Electrochemistry --- Quantitative --- Computer engineering. --- Computers --- Dynamics --- Mechanics --- Physics --- Heat --- Heat-engines --- Quantum theory --- Optics --- Materials --- Physical sciences --- Design and construction --- Electric engineering --- Engineering --- Electronic materials --- Storage of energy --- Force and energy --- Power (Mechanics) --- Flywheels --- Pulsed power systems

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Enhancement cavities are passive optical resonators in which continuous-wave laser radiation or pulses of a frequency comb are coherently overlapped, allowing for a power and intensity scaling of up to several orders of magnitude. A prominent application is the table-top generation of bright, laser-like radiation in spectral regions where direct laser action is inefficient or not available at all, via intracavity nonlinear optical processes. However, to exploit the full capacity of this technique further progress is needed. This thesis covers central problems of enhancement cavities, such as finding limitations in scaling the circulating power, measuring cavity parameters with high accuracy, tailoring transverse modes and coupling out radiation generated in the cavity. Unprecedented intracavity laser powers were demonstrated, surpassing previous results by an order of magnitude. As an application, harmonics of the fundamental 1040-nm radiation up to the 21st order are generated. Besides reporting these fine experimental results, the thesis provides an excellent introduction into the physics of enhancement cavities, supported by more than 140 references.

Optics. --- Photonics. --- Nonlinear optics --- Cavity resonators --- Physics --- Physical Sciences & Mathematics --- Atomic Physics --- Light & Optics --- Nonlinear optics. --- Optics, Nonlinear --- Physics. --- Quantum optics. --- Optical materials. --- Electronic materials. --- Quantum Optics. --- Optics, Lasers, Photonics, Optical Devices. --- Optical and Electronic Materials. --- Optics --- Lasers --- Materials --- Lasers. --- Electronic materials --- New optics --- Light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation --- Masers, Optical --- Optical masers --- Light amplifiers --- Light sources --- Optoelectronic devices --- Optical parametric oscillators --- Photons --- Quantum theory