LEADER 06884cam 2200757Ii 4500001 ocn942379284 003 OCoLC 005 20170413043551.2 008 160301s2016 sz a b 000 0 eng d 020 3319319027 |q(hbk.) 020 9783319319025 |q(hbk.) 024 7 10.1007/978-3-319-31903-2 |2doi 035 (Sirsi) 40027102294 035 40027102294 035 (OCoLC)942379284 040 YDXCP |beng |erda |cYDXCP |dBTCTA |dOCLCQ |dCPE |dIQU |dUtOrBLW 050 4 QC355.3 |b.O64 2016 245 00 Optics in our time / |cMohammad D. Al-Amri ; Mohamed M. El-Gomati ; M. Suhail Zubairy, editors. 264 1 Cham, Switzerland : |bSpringer Open, |c[2016] 264 4 |c©2016 300 xx, 504 pages : |billustrations (chiefly color) ; |c29 cm 336 text |btxt |2rdacontent 337 unmediated |bn |2rdamedia 338 volume |bnc |2rdacarrier 504 Contains bibliographical references. 505 00 |gI. History -- |tA very brief history of light / |rM. Suhail Zubairy -- |tIbn Al-Haytham's scientific research programme / |rRoshdi Rashed -- |gII. Ultrafast phenomena and the invisible world -- |tUltrafast light and electrons : imagining the invisible / |rAhmed H. Zewail -- |gIII. Optical sources -- |tThe laser / |rBahaa Saleh -- |tSolid-state lighting based on light emitting diode technology / |rDandan Zhu ; Colin J. Humphreys -- |tModern electron optics and the search for more light : the legacy of the Muslim golden age / |rMohamed M. El-Gomati -- |gIV. Applications -- |tThe dawn of quantum biophotonics / |rDmitri V. Voronine ; Narangerel Altangerel ; Edward S. Fry ; Olga Kocharovskaya ; Alexei V. Sokolov ; Vladislav V. Yakovlev ; Aleksey Zheltikov ; Marlan O. Scully -- |tOptical communication : its history and recent progress / |rGovind P. Agrawal -- |tOptics in remote sensing / |rThomas Walther ; Edward S. Fry -- |tOptics in nanotechnology / |rMunir H. Nayfeh -- |tOptics in Renaissance art / |rCharles M. Falco -- |tThe eye as an optical instrument / |rPablo Artal -- |tOptics in medicine / |rAlexis Méndez -- |gV. Quantum optics -- |tAtom optics in a nutshell / |rPierre Meystre -- |tSlow, stored and stationary light / |rMichael Fleishhauer ; Gediminas Juzeliūnas -- |tOptical tests of foundations of quantum theory / |rYanhua H. Shih -- |tQuantum mechanical properties of light fields carrying orbital angular momentum / |rRobert W. Boyd ; Miles J. Padgett -- |tQuantum communication with photons / |rMario Krenn ; Mehul Malik ; Thomas Scheidl ; Rupert Ursin ; Anton Aeilinger -- |tWave-particle dualism in aciton / |rWolfgang P. Schleich. 520 Light and light based technologies have played an important role in transforming our lives via scientific contributions spanned over thousands of years. In this book we present a vast collection of articles on various aspects of light and its applications in the contemporary world at a popular or semi-popular level. These articles are written by the world authorities in their respective fields. This is therefore a rare volume where the world experts have come together to present the developments in this most important field of science in an almost pedagogical manner. This volume covers five aspects related to light. The first presents two articles, one on the history of the nature of light, and the other on the scientific achievements of Ibn-Haitham (Alhazen), who is broadly considered the father of modern optics. These are then followed by an article on ultrafast phenomena and the invisible world. The third part includes papers on specific sources of light, the discoveries of which have revolutionized optical technologies in our lifetime. They discuss the nature and the characteristics of lasers, Solid-state lighting based on the Light Emitting Diode (LED) technology, and finally modern electron optics and its relationship to the Muslim golden age in science. The book's fourth part discusses various applications of optics and light in today's world, including biophotonics, art, optical communication, nanotechnology, the eye as an optical instrument, remote sensing, and optics in medicine. In turn, the last part focuses on quantum optics, a modern field that grew out of the interaction of light and matter. Topics addressed include atom optics, slow, stored and stationary light, optical tests of the foundation of physics, quantum mechanical properties of light fields carrying orbital angular momentum, quantum communication, and Wave-Particle dualism in action. 650 0 Optics. |=^A6533 700 1 Al-Amri, Mohammad D. |eeditor. |=^A1432956 700 1 Zubairy, Muhammad Suhail, |d1952- |eeditor. |=^A393067 700 1 El Gomati, Mohamed M., |eeditor. |=^A1329487 700 1 Agrawal, G. 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