| Birefringent Thin Films and Polarizing Elements (2nd Edition) Revised Edition Contributor(s): McCall, Martin W. (Author), Hodgkinson, Ian J. (Author), Wu, Qihong (Author) |
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ISBN: 1783265353 ISBN-13: 9781783265350 Publisher: Imperial College Press OUR PRICE: $159.60 Product Type: Hardcover Published: January 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | Physics - Optics & Light - Science | Physics - Quantum Theory - Science | Physics - Electromagnetism |
| Dewey: 530.427 |
| LCCN: 2014032123 |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 6.1" W x 9.1" (1.90 lbs) 468 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Birefringent Thin Films and Polarizing Elements (2nd Edition) includes the significant advances that have been made since the first book on tilted-columnar films was published. The major discovery of serial bideposition has led to a normal-columnar nanostructure with enhanced birefringence and in turn to nanoengineered handed films with properties matching the left-circular reflectors of scarab beetles. A second version of the Matlab software that accompanies the book includes algorithms for computing material, electromagnetic and optical properties of isotropic, birefringent and chiral films. A set of numerical and experimental examples chosen to illustrate and generate interest in these new fields will be of interest to graduate students and to researchers in optics. |