Light-matter interaction : physics and engineering at the nanoscale /
Weiner, John, 1943-
Light-matter interaction : physics and engineering at the nanoscale / John Weiner, Frederico Nunes. - Second edition. - xiv, 418 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Historical synopsis of light-matter interaction -- Elements of classical electrodynamics -- Physical optics of plane waves -- Energy flow in polarizable matter -- The classical charged oscillator and the dipole antenna -- Classical black-body radiation -- Surface waves -- Transmission lines and waveguides -- Metamaterials -- Momentum in fields and matter -- Atom-light forces -- Radiation in classical and quantal atoms -- Appendices. Appendix A. Numerical constants and dimensions -- Appendix B. Systems of units in electromagnetism -- Appendix C. Review of vector calculus -- Appendix D. Gradient, divergence, and curl in cylindrical and polar coordinates -- Appendix E. Properties of phasors -- Appendix F. Properties of the Laguerre functions -- Appendix G. Properties of the Legendre functions -- Appendix H. Properties of the Hermite polynomials.
0198796668 9780198796664 0198796676 9780198796671
Nanophotonics.
Electromagnetic theory.
621.36/5 / W423
Light-matter interaction : physics and engineering at the nanoscale / John Weiner, Frederico Nunes. - Second edition. - xiv, 418 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Historical synopsis of light-matter interaction -- Elements of classical electrodynamics -- Physical optics of plane waves -- Energy flow in polarizable matter -- The classical charged oscillator and the dipole antenna -- Classical black-body radiation -- Surface waves -- Transmission lines and waveguides -- Metamaterials -- Momentum in fields and matter -- Atom-light forces -- Radiation in classical and quantal atoms -- Appendices. Appendix A. Numerical constants and dimensions -- Appendix B. Systems of units in electromagnetism -- Appendix C. Review of vector calculus -- Appendix D. Gradient, divergence, and curl in cylindrical and polar coordinates -- Appendix E. Properties of phasors -- Appendix F. Properties of the Laguerre functions -- Appendix G. Properties of the Legendre functions -- Appendix H. Properties of the Hermite polynomials.
0198796668 9780198796664 0198796676 9780198796671
Nanophotonics.
Electromagnetic theory.
621.36/5 / W423