Ulrich Hohenester - Böcker

This classroom-tested textbook is a modern primer on the rapidly developing field of quantum nano optics which investigates the optical properties of nanosized materials.The essentials of both classical and quantum optics are presented before embarking through a stimulating selection of further topics, such as various plasmonic phenomena, thermal effects, open quantum systems, and photon noise.Didactic and thorough in style, and requiring only basic knowledge of classical electrodynamics, the text provides all further physics background and additional mathematical and computational tools in a self-contained way. Numerous end-of-chapter exercises allow students to apply and test their understanding of the chapter topics and to refine their problem-solving techniques.

This classroom-tested textbook is a modern primer on the rapidly developing field of quantum nano optics which investigates the optical properties of nanosized materials.The essentials of both classical and quantum optics are presented before embarking through a stimulating selection of further topics, such as various plasmonic phenomena, thermal effects, open quantum systems, and photon noise.Didactic and thorough in style, and requiring only basic knowledge of classical electrodynamics, the text provides all further physics background and additional mathematical and computational tools in a self-contained way. Numerous end-of-chapter exercises allow students to apply and test their understanding of the chapter topics and to refine their problem-solving techniques.

This comprehensive two-volume graduate textbook presents the theoretical basis of optics and spectroscopy together with their advancement to the nanoscale, relevant experimental and numerical techniques, and selected emerging applications of nanospectroscopy. The work aims at students of the natural sciences and interested readers entering this fascinating interdisciplinary field. Volume 2 covers theoretical and experimental methods essential for nanospectroscopy. The work explains necessary instrumentation, gives insights into simulation tools and introduces a wide variety of nanomaterials typically investigated by nanospectroscopy. Vol. 1: Fundamentals & Methods. The work "Optical Nanospectroscopy. Applications" presents numerous examples in modern photonics and optical sensing or state-of-the-art applications in material, chemical and biological sciences.

This comprehensive two-volume graduate textbook presents the theoretical basis of optics and spectroscopy together with their advancement to the nanoscale, relevant experimental and numerical techniques, and selected emerging applications of nanospectroscopy. The work aims at students of the natural sciences and interested readers entering this fascinating interdisciplinary field. Vol. 1 "Fundamentals & Methods" covers the basics of optical nanospectroscopy from the fundamentals of light-matter-interaction, through an overview over optical spectroscopies in general, to the specific techniques in nanospectroscopy that either offer nanoscale resolution or are addressed to nano-objects. Vol. 2 "Instrumentation, Simulation & Materials" presents theoretical and experimental methods essential for nanospectroscopy. The work explains necessary instrumentation, gives insights into simulation tools and introduces a wide variety of nanomaterials typically investigated by nanospectroscopy. Set price EUR 99.95 instead of EUR 139.90. Also from the Editors: "Optical Nanospectroscopy. Applications" presentíng numerous examples in modern photonics and optical sensing or state-of-the-art applications in material, chemical and biological sciences.

Quantum coherence is a phenomenon that plays a crucial role in various forms of matter. The thriving field of quantum information as well as unconventional approaches to use mesoscopic systems in future optoelectronic devices provide the exciting background for this set of lectures.The lectures originate from the well-known Schladming Winter Schools and are carefully edited so as to address a broad readership ranging from the beginning graduate student up to the senior scientist wanting to keep up with or to enter newly emerging fields of research.

The spin degree of freedom is an intrinsically quantum-mechanical phenomenon, leading to both intriguing applications and unsolved fundamental issues (such as "where does the proton spin come from"). The present volume investigates central aspects of modern spin physics in the form of extensive lectures on semiconductor spintronics, the spin-pairing mechanism in high-temperature semiconductors, spin in quantum field theory and the nucleon spin.

Quantum coherence is a phenomenon that plays a crucial role in various forms of matter. The thriving field of quantum information as well as unconventional approaches to use mesoscopic systems in future optoelectronic devices provide the exciting background for this set of lectures.The lectures originate from the well-known Schladming Winter Schools and are carefully edited so as to address a broad readership ranging from the beginning graduate student up to the senior scientist wanting to keep up with or to enter newly emerging fields of research.

The spin degree of freedom is an intrinsically quantum-mechanical phenomenon, leading to both intriguing applications and unsolved fundamental issues (such as "where does the proton spin come from"). The present volume investigates central aspects of modern spin physics in the form of extensive lectures on semiconductor spintronics, the spin-pairing mechanism in high-temperature semiconductors, spin in quantum field theory and the nucleon spin.