books by subject

Applied Optics

Microcavities

By Alexey Kavokin (, Chair of Nanophysics and Photonics at the University of Southampton and Chair of Excellence at the University of Rome "Tor Vergata"), Jeremy J. Baumberg (, Head of the Quantum Light and Matter group at the Physics and Astronomy School...

Fundamentals of Beam Physics

By Rosenzweig (, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California at Los Angeles)

Interference: The History of Optical Interferometry and the Scientists Who Tamed Light

By David D. Nolte (E. M. Purcell Distinguished Professor of Physics and Astronomy)

Theory of Optical Processes in Semiconductors: Bulk and Microstructures

By P. K. Basu (Professor at Institute of Radio Physics and Electronics, Professor at Institute of Radio Physics and Electronics, University of Calcutta, India)

Handbook of Single Molecule Fluorescence Spectroscopy

By Chris Gell (School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Leeds), David Brockwell (School of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Alastair Smith (School of Physics and Astronomy

Lecturers on Light: Nonlinear and Quantum Optics using the Density Matrix

By Stephen Rand

Photographic Science: Advances in Nanoparticles, J-Aggregates, Dye Sensitization, and Organic Devices

By Tadaaki Tani (FUJIFILM Corporation and Tokyo Institute of Technology, retired)

Luminescence Spectroscopy of Semiconductors

By Ivan Pelant (Institute of Physics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague), Jan Valenta (Department of Chemical Physics, CHARLES UNIVERSITY

Group III Nitride Semiconductor Compounds: Physics and Applications

By Bernard Gil (Directeur de Recherche, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Groupe d'Etude des Semiconducteurs, Directeur de Recherche, Universite de Montpellier I...

Electrical Properties of Materials

By L. Solymar (Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Imperial College, London), D. Walsh (Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford), R. R. A. Syms (Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, London...

Optically Polarized Atoms: Understanding light-atom interactions

By Marcis Auzinsh (Professor of Physics, Professor of Physics, Department of Physics, University of Latvia, Latvia), Dmitry Budker (Professor of Physics, University of California at Berkeley, California), Simon Rochester (Graduate St...

Astrophysical Lasers

By Vladilen Letokhov (Institute of Spectroscopy, Troitsk, Russia), Sveneric Johansson (Atomic Astrophysics Division, Institute of Astronomy, Lund University, Sweden)

Bose-Einstein Condensation and Superfluidity

By Lev Pitaevskii (Senior Researcher, Senior Researcher, University of Trento), Sandro Stringari (Professor of Theoretical Physics, Professor of Theoretical Physics

Atomic Physics

By C.J. Foot (, Department of Physics, University of Oxford)

Electrical Properties of Materials

Introduction to Nanophotonics

By Henri Benisty (Full Professor, Full Professor, Institut d'Optique, Universite Paris-Saclay), Jean-Jacques Greffet (Full Professor, Philippe Lalanne (CNRS Research Director, CNRS Research Dir...

Programmable Integrated Photonics

By Jose Capmany (Professor of Photonics, Professor of Photonics, Universitat Politecnica de Valencia, Spain), Daniel Perez (Senior Research Fellow, Senior Research Fellow

Cosmical Magnetic Fields: Their Origin and their Activity

By E. N. Parker (S. Chandrasekhar Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus, Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics; Enrico Fermi Institute; and the College, S. Chandrasekhar Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus, Department of Astronomy and Astrophys...

Laser Experiments for Chemistry and Physics

By Robert N. Compton (Professor of Chemistry and Physics, Professor of Chemistry and Physics, Dept Chemistry, University of Tennessee), Michael A. Duncan (Franklin Professor and Regents' Professor, Franklin Professor and Regents' Professor, Dept of Chemis...

Introduction to Perfusion Quantification using Arterial Spin Labelling

By Michael Chappell (Associate Professor of Engineering Science, Associate Professor of Engineering Science, Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford, UK), Bradley MacIntosh (Associate Professor and Neur...

Quantum Optics

By John Garrison (Department of Physics, University of California at Berkeley), Raymond Chiao (Professor in the School of Natural Sciences and in the School of Engineering, University of California at Merced)

Ultracold Atoms in Optical Lattices: Simulating quantum many-body systems

By Maciej Lewenstein (Institucio Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avancats (ICREA) and Institut de Ciencies Fotoniques (ICFO), Barcelona, Spain), Anna Sanpera (Institucio Catalana de Recerca i Estudits Avancats (ICREA) and Departament de Fisica, Universitat...

The Photomultiplier Handbook

By A. G. Wright (formerly Chief Scientist, formerly Chief Scientist, ET Enterprises)

The Quantum Divide: Why Schroedinger's Cat is Either Dead or Alive

By Christopher C. Gerry (Department of Physics, Lehman College, City University of New York), Kimberley M. Bruno (Vice Principal, Williamsburg High School for Architecture and Design, Brooklyn, New York)

Holograms: A Cultural History

By Sean F. Johnston (Professor of Science, Technology and Society, Professor of Science, University of Glasgow, UK)

Dynamical Theory of X-Ray Diffraction

By Andre Authier (, Universite Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris)

Relativity Principles and Theories from Galileo to Einstein

By Olivier Darrigol (Research Director at CNRS and Research Scholar at OHST, Research Director at CNRS and Research Scholar at OHST, CNRS, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France, and OHST, University of California at Berkeley, USA)

The Shadow of Enlightenment: Optical and Political Transparency in France 1789-1848

By Theresa Levitt (Department of the History, University of Mississippi)

Handbook of Optoelectronics (Two-Volume Set)

ABCs of FT-NMR

By John D. Roberts