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A Guided Tour of Light Beams - From Lasers to Optical Knots (Hardcover)
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A Guided Tour of Light Beams - From Lasers to Optical Knots (Hardcover)
Series: IOP Concise Physics
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From science fiction death rays to supermarket scanners, lasers
have become deeply embedded in our daily lives and our culture. But
in recent decades the standard laser beam has evolved into an array
of more specialized light beams with a variety of strange and
counterintuitive properties. Some of them have the ability to
reconstruct themselves after disruption by an obstacle, while
others can bend in complicated shapes or rotate like a corkscrew.
These unusual optical effects open new and exciting possibilities
for science and technology. For example, they make possible
microscopic tractor beams that pull objects toward the source of
the light, and they allow the trapping and manipulation of
individual molecules to construct specially-tailored nanostructures
for engineering or medical use. It has even been found that beams
of light can produce lines of darkness that can be tied in knots.
This book is an introductory survey of these specialized light
beams and their scientific applications, at a level suitable for
undergraduates with a basic knowledge of optics and quantum
mechanics. It provides a unified treatment of the subject,
collecting together in textbook form for the first time many topics
currently found only in the original research literature.
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