{"product_id":"9781783265374","title":"BIREFRINGENT THIN FILMS (2ND ED)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBirefringent Thin Films and Polarizing Elements\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003ci\u003e2nd Edition\u003c\/i\u003e) 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eContents:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePropagation in Biaxial Media:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePropagation Equations\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBasis Vectors\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTransfer Matrices\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReflection and Transmission\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGuided Waves\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCharacterization of Anisotropic Films:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDeposition of Basic Nanostructures\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eForm Birefringence\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHanded Media\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eContinuum Methods\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEffective Media\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAnisotropic Scatter\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFluid Transport\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMetal Films\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eApplications of Birefringent Media:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLinear Polarizers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePhase Retarders\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBirefringent Filters\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCoating Architectures\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAppendices:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePS Sampler\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBirefringent Thin Films Toolbox\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReadership:\u003c\/b\u003e Graduate students and researchers in optics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eKey Features:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMueller calculus, Jones calculus, and Berreman calculus are developed in parallel, with chapters devoted to propagation, basis vectors and transfer matrices\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTwo new chapters provide major additions to the first edition of the book. Handed Media describes the optical properties of nanoengineered and natural chiral coatings with many photographs illustrating the beautiful colours and unique polarizing properties of scarab beetles\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eContinuum Methods provides a powerful and elegant means of describing the reflection and transmission characteristics of periodic, particularly chiral thin films\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Imperial College Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47140131569904,"sku":"9781783265374","price":59.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781783265374_p0.jpg?v=1763723165","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781783265374","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}