Encyclopedia of Physics Research, 3-Volume Set

1029 Pages·2012·43.802 MB·English

by  Nancy B. Devins & Jullian P. Ramos

PHYSICS RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY

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NCYCLOPEDIA OF HYSICS ESEARCH

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NCYCLOPEDIA OF HYSICS ESEARCH

NANCY B. DEVINS

AND
JILLIAN P. RAMOS
EDITORS

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Encyclopedia of physics research / editors, Nancy B. Devins and Jillian P. Ramos.
p. cm.
Includes index.
ISBN: (cid:28)(cid:26)(cid:27)(cid:16)(cid:20)(cid:16)(cid:25)(cid:20)(cid:23)(cid:26)(cid:19)(cid:16)(cid:20)(cid:22)(cid:23)(cid:16)(cid:26) (eBook)
1. Physics. I. Devins, Nancy B. II. Ramos, Jillian P.
QC21.3.E53 2011
530--dc23
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CONTENTS

Preface ix 
Volume 1
Chapter 1 Pulse Structuring in Laser-Light Dynamics: From Weak
to Strong Sideband Analyses; I. The Integro-differential
“Maxwell-Bloch” System 1 
Belkacem Meziane 
Chapter 2 Pulse Structuring in Laser-Light Dynamics: From Weak
to Strong Sideband Analyses; II. The Lorenz-Haken Model 61 
Belkacem Meziane 
Chapter 3 Rydberg Atoms, Molecules, Ionization, Radiation Trapping
and Surface Physics in Laser Excited Dense Vapours
of in and Ga Confined in Quartz Cells 109 
P. Bicchi and S. Barsanti 
Chapter 4 Excitation of Atoms and Ions by Electron Impact 147 
S. S. Tayal 
Chapter 5 Polarization Dependent Effects in Optical Waveguides
Containing Bragg Grating Structures 205 
Ping Lu, Liang Chen, Xiaoli Dai, Stephen J. Mihailov
and Xiaoyi Bao 
Chapter 6 Fiber Bragg Gratings and Their Applications as Temperature
and Humidity Sensors 237 
Qiying Chen and Ping Lu 
Chapter 7 Time-Variant Signal Encryption by Dual Random Phase
Encoding Setups Applied to Fiber Optic Links 263 
Christian Cuadrado-Laborde 
Chapter 8 Magnetism in Pure and Doped Manganese Clusters 315 
Mukul Kabir, Abhijit Mookerjee and D.G. Kanhere
vi Contents
Volume 2
Chapter 9 Porous Silica for Solid-State Optical Devices 347 
Carlo M. Carbonaro,,Francesca Clemente, Stefania Grandi
and Alberto Anedda 
Chapter 10 Pump to Signal Relative Intensity Noise Transfer
in Optical Amplifiers and Lasers 389 
Junhe Zhou 
Chapter 11 Quantum Information Processing by Cavity Qed Under Dissipation 431 
M. Feng, Z. J. Deng, W. L. Yang and Hua Wei 
Chapter 12 High Harmonic Generation from Molecular Systems
in Excited Electronic States 467 
M. Kitzler and J. Zanghellini 
Chapter 13 Universal Dynamical Decoherence Control of Multi-Partite Systems 495 
Goren Gordon and Gershon Kurizki 
Chapter 14 Control of the Sonic Boom Generated by a Flying Vehicle
by Means of a Cryogenic Impact on the Flow Process 527 
V. M. Fomin, V. F. Chirkashenko, A. M. Kharitonov
and V. F. Volkov 
Chapter 15 Liquid Oxygen Magnetohydrodynamics 563 
J. C. Boulware, H. Ban, S. Jensen and S. Wassom 
Chapter 16 Effect of Cryogenic Treatment on Microstructure
and Mechanical Properties of Light Weight Alloys 593 
Kaveh Meshinchi Asl and Mehdi Koneshloo 
Chapter 17 Cryogenic Treatment and Fatigue Resistance 615 
Paolo Baldissera and Cristiana Delprete 
Chapter 18 Application of Fiber Bragg Grating Sensors
at Cryogenic Temperatures 627 
Ines Latka, Tobias Habisreuther, and Wolfgang Ecke 
Chapter 19 Cryogenic Grinding: Application for Structural Modification
and Formulation Development of Drug Molecules 645 
Kunikazu Moribe, Kenjirou Higashi and Keiji Yamamoto 
Chapter 20 Improvements in Tolerance to Cryopreservation Using Shoot-Tips
of Chrysanthemum (Dendranthema grandiflorum Kitam)
from Genetically Modified Plants that Accumulate Trehalose 659 
María Teresa González-Arnao, José O. Mascorro-Gallardo,
Antelmo Osorio Saenz, María del Rocío Valle-Sandoval
and Florent Engelmann 
Chapter 21 Cryogenics Vessels Thermal Profiling Using the Boubaker
Polynomials Expansion Scheme BPES Investigation 671 
D. H. Zhang
Contents vii
Volume 3
Chapter 22 Fabrication and Applications of Polymer Photonic Crystals 687 
Jingxia Wang and Yanlin Song
Chapter 23 Achieving Complete Band Gaps Using Low
Refractive Index Material 717 
Dahe Liu, Tianrui Zhai and Zhaona Wang 
Chapter 24 Photonic Crystals for Microwave Applications 753 
Yoshihiro Kokubo 
Chapter 25 Physics of Photonic Crystal Couplers and Their Applications 781 
Chih-Hsien Huang,Forest Shih-Sen Chien, Wen-Feng Hsieh
and Szu-Cheng Cheng 
Chapter 26 A Photonic Band Gap in Quasicrystal-Related Structures 801 
P. N. Dyachenko and Yu. V. Miklyaev 
Chapter 27 Spectrum Engineering with One-Dimensional Photonic Crystal 821 
Anirudh Banerjee 
Chapter 28 Transmission through Kerr Media Barriers
Within Waveguides: Device Applications 835 
A. R. McGurn 
Chapter 29 Influence of the Solid-Liquid Adhesion on the Self-Assembling
Properties of Colloidal Particles 859 
Edina Rusen, Alexandra Mocanu, Bogdan Marculescu,
Corina Andronescu, I. C. Stancu, L. M. Butac,
A. Ioncea and I. Antoniac 
Chapter 30 Optical Logic Gate Based in a Photonic Crystal 877 
A. Wirth L. Jr and A. S. B. Sombra 
Chapter 31 Two-Dimensional Photonic Crystals with Glide-Plane
Symmetry for Integrated Photonics Applications 895 
Adam Mock and Ling Lu 
Chapter 32 Nonlinear Photonic Crystals of Strontium Tetraborate 931 
A. S. Aleksandrovsky, A. M. Vyunishev and A. I. Zaitsev 
Chapter 33 Optical Properties of Self-Assembled Colloidal Photonic Crystals
Doped with Citrate-Capped Gold Nanoparticles 965 
Marco Cucini, Marina Alloisio,
Anna Demartini and Davide Comoretto 
Chapter 34 Mathematical Representation of the Group Index
in a Photonic Crystal 983 
M. A. Grado-Caffaro and M. Grado-Caffaro 
Index 987