Applied physics books

Negatively charged nitrogen-vacancy (N-V) centers in diamond have many unique properties, such as very long spin...  Read More >>

Thin films of wide band-gap semiconductors are deposited by the pulsed laser deposition method. Optimal deposition...  Read More >>

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Three fiber based optical devices: all phosphate glass fiber laser, single hybrid mode fiber laser, and fiber image...  Read More >>

Since its invention in the early seventies, the Shack-Hartmann wavefront sensor has seen a wide variety of applications...  Read More >>

Nanostructured materials continue to attract attention because of their new and interesting properties, which are...  Read More >>

In the forward elastic scattering of transversely polarized neutrons propagating through a medium, the most prominent...  Read More >>

Today lasers can generate terawatts (1012 watts) or even petawatts (1015 watts), of optical power that can be focused...  Read More >>

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Space-time geometry fluctuations are expected to be a generic feature of a successful theory of quantum gravity....  Read More >>

The recent advent of experimental techniques that study biological systems on the level of a single molecule have...  Read More >>

Using new wide-area galaxy redshift surveys, we explore the evolution of the most massive galaxies and the most...  Read More >>

The optical properties of a concentric nanometer-sized spherical shell comprised of an (active) 3-level gain medium...  Read More >>

One of the most well-developed applications of coherent interaction with atoms is atomic frequency standards and...  Read More >>

This dissertation describes a search for the pair production of scalar top quarks, t&d5;1, using a luminosity of...  Read More >>

This thesis was motivated by the promise that some physical aspects of astrophysical jets and collimation processes...  Read More >>

In this thesis I present an in-depth study of the distribution of various neutral species in Titan's upper atmosphere,...  Read More >>

Current integrated optics platforms fabricated using glass, semi-conductors and polymers cannot accommodate the...  Read More >>

Micro- and nano-cantilevers have the potential to revolutionize physical, chemical, and biological sensing; however,...  Read More >>

This dissertation addresses the creation of polarization vortex beams. Vortex retarders are components with uniform...  Read More >>

Exit-angle resolved Mo atom sputtering yield under Xe ion bombardment and carbon atom and cluster (C2 and C3) sputtering...  Read More >>

We use the light-front quark model (LFQM) to investigate the structure of the scalar mesons, mainly focusing on...  Read More >>

We live in a connected world. It is of great practical importance and intellectual appeal to understand the networks...  Read More >>

Electron-electron interaction effects play important role in the photophysics of complex organic materials such...  Read More >>

We use transverse sound spectroscopy to probe excited states of the Cooper pairs in the B-phase of superfluid 3He....  Read More >>