Applied Physics

This Handbook collects the latest knowledge on atmospherics and presents it in two volumes. Each chapter is written by an expert in his or her field. Topics include the physics of thunderclouds, thunder, global atmospheric electric currents, biological aspects of sferics, and various space technique..

Handbook of Atmospheric Electrodynamics, Volume I..

The handbook presents spectra to be utilized for the detection and measurement of new constituents in the earth's atmosphere and to obtain data for common minor species with large gas amounts in the absorption cell (such as CH/sub 4/ and N/sub 2/O)...

The potential of the "blue laser" for commercial lighting systems that use about one-tenth of the power and with a thousand times the operating lifetime of a comparable conventional system are now being realized. Introduction to Nitride Semiconductor Blue Lasers and Light Emitting Diodes is a compre..

A comprehensive introduction to the theory of special relativity for undergraduates...

1997 saw the centenary of one of the most important moments in modern physics - the discovery of the electron. This volume maps the life and achievement of J.J.Thomson, with particular focus on his ideas and experiments leading to the landmark discovery. A foreword by J.J.Thomson's grandson, David T..

This book contains essentially two parts. A Review of the classical, quantum, and semi-classical theories of collision is given in the first part, while their applications to the atom and molecule collisions are given in the second. The book is useful to scientists other than atom and molecular phys..

This book presents the theoretical and experimental knowledge necessary to design and build your own miniature refrigerators, including both single shot and continuous 1 K, 300 mK and 100 mK coolers, and details how to write the needed design software...

A tribute to the life and work of Nobel Laureate, Sir Nevill Mott. Over 80 friends and associates have contributed their memoirs to this book, full of anecdotes and appreciations for a colossus of modern physics...

The field of plasmonics has shown extraordinary capabilities in realizing highly sensitive and accurate sensors for environmental monitoring and measurement of biological analytes. The inherent potential of such devices has led to growing interest worldwide in commercial fiber optic chemical and bio..

Written by distinguished researcher Piotr Rodnyi, Physical Processes in Inorganic Scintillators explores the theory and applications of scintillation processes and points the way to the development of better scintillation materials. This unique work first defines the fundamental physical processes a..

This book is devoted to heterogeneous photochromic glasses containing silver halide or copper halide nanocrystals. These glasses are increasingly being manufactured, and are popularly used in sunglasses. This book explores photochromic glass applications in optical devices...