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Advances in Imaging & Electron Physics merges two long-running serials--Advances in Electronics & Electron Physics and Advances in Optical & Electron Microscopy. The series features extended articles on the physics of electron devices (especially semiconductor devices), particle optics at high and low energies, microlithography, image science and digital image processing, electromagnetic wave propagation, electron microscopy, and the computing methods used in all these domains. ... Read more

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Contains the proceedings from the conference of the Fifth Training Course in the Physics of Correlated Electron Systems and High Tc Superconductors. ... Read more

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This volume reviews the state of the art of accelerator physics and technologies and the use of accelerators in research, industry and medicine. It covers a wide range of topics, from basic problems concerning the performance of circular and linear accelerators to technical issues and related fields. Also discussed are recent achievements that are of particular interest (such as RF quadrupole acceleration, ion sources and storage rings) and new technologies (such as superconductivity for magnets and RF cavities). The book should interest not only researchers and engineers in the field of accelerator development but also users of accelerators in research and industry. Moreover, teachers giving courses on accelerators and their applications will profit by learning about the most recent achievements and future possibilities. ... Read more

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Advances in Imaging and Electron Physics merges two long-running serials--Advances in Electronics and Electron Physics and Advances in Optical & Electron Microscopy. The series features extended articles on the physics of electron devices (especially semiconductor devices), particle optics at high and low energies, microlithography, image science and digital image processing, electromagnetic wave propagation, electron microscopy, and the computing methods used in all these domains. ... Read more

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''This work is outstanding....The charm of the work liesherein, that it presents in a coherent fashion a great deal ofvaluable material.I strongly recommend it in particular to graduatestudents inexperimental semiconductor physics.''---Contemporary Physics ... Read more

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High temperature superconductivity is still one of the mostdiscussed topicsin physics. "The Physics and Chemistry ofOxide Superconductors " collectstogether more than onehundred original contributions presented during the2ndInternational Symposium of the Institute for Solid StatePhysics of the University of Tokyo.The main topics cover new insights into the basicmechanismof high temperature superconductivity, recent developmentsof new superconducting materials, the state of the art ofthin film production,theoretical understanding of theelectronic structures in this kind ofmaterial, theories forstrongly correlated electron systems, and many physical andchemical effects. ... Read more

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An understanding of the collisions between micro particles isof great importance for the number of fields belonging to physics,chemistry, astrophysics, biophysics etc. The present book, a theoryfor electron-atom and molecule collisions is developed usingnon-relativistic quantum mechanics in a systematic and lucid manner.

The scattering theory is an essential part of the quantum mechanicscourse of all universities. During the last 30 years, the author haslectured on the topics presented in this book (collisions physics,photon-atom collisions, electron-atom and electron-moleculecollisions, "electron-photon delayed coincidence technique", etc.) atmany institutions including Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, TheUniversity of Western Ontario, Canada, and The Meerut University,India. The present book is the outcome of those lectures and iswritten to serve as a textbook for post-graduate and pre-PhD studentsand as a reference book for researchers. ... Read more

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Some ferromagnetic materials with localized magnetic moments have become a hot topic of modern solid state physics because of their potential applications, e.g. in spintronic devices. The magnetic systems of interest comprise diluted magnetic semiconductors and half-metallic ferromagnets. Like conventional concentrated local-moment systems, they are characterized by an exchange interaction between localized magnetic moments and quasi-free charge carriers. The current research on local-moment ferromagnetism is reviewed in a tutorial style by leading experts in this field. Experimentalists present the latest approaches to characterize the unique material properties and theoreticians share decisive ideas to describe the observed phenomena theoretically. Students and researchers alike will benefit from this status report.

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The Physics of Semiconductor Devices provides a comprehensive description and insight into the latest trends in the Semiconductor materials, devices and related technologies in a single publications consisting of two volumes. The state-of-the-art of the devices and technology of elemental and compound Semiconductor materials such as GaN, AIGaN, AIGaAs, SiC are presented in various sections.Several articles in this book deal with the technologies for MEMS, nanofluidic devices and nanostructures. The recent features of device modeling and scaling for VLSI and ULSI technologies are dealt in one section. Separate sections on Emerging Technologies, Nanostructures, High frequency devices, and Optoelectronics provide up-to-date information as well as a peep into the future trends ... Read more

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This volume is the eighth of a well-established series devoted to inelastic light scattering by solids, both as a physical effect and as a spectroscopic technique. It appears jointly with volume VII and can be considered to be its continuation. Emphasis is placed on fullerenes, Raman spectroscopy of semiconductors, surfaces, and interfaces, and coherent phonons. A survey of some of the progress in other aspects of Raman spectroscopy, in particular in the field of semiconductor nanostructures including the fractional quantum Hall effect, and in Raman spectroscopy of isotopically modified crystals rounds up the description of the present status of the field. It will be useful to advanced students and to all researchers who apply Raman spectroscopy in their work. ... Read more

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The SDMoMS workshop provided a forum for exchange of ideas between the smart material modeling community and the design community. The possibility of a common modeling framework was explored to come up with modeling tools and to enable designers with exercising their choice of materials from an array of existing smart materials, gather material property data, and compare and simulate these materials in a relatively simple manner before arriving at an optimal design. The workshop focused on materials such as shape memory materials, magnetic solids and fluids, polymers for smart applications and ferroelectrics.

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The dielectric microstructures act as ultrahigh Q factorsoptical cavities, which modify the spontaneous emission rates andalter the spatial distributions of the input and output radiation. Theeditors have selected leading scientists who have made seminalcontributions in different aspects of optical processes inmicrocavities. Every attempt has been made to unify the underlyingphysics pertaining to microcavities of various shapes. This bookbegins with a chapter on the role of microcavity modes with additionalchapters on how these microcavity modes affect the spontaneous andstimulated emission rates, enhance nonlinear optical processes, usedin cavity-QED and chemical physics experiments, aid in single-moleculedetection, influence the design of microdisk semiconductor lasers, andhow deformed cavities can be treated with classical chaos theory. ... Read more

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The evolution of Si-based optoelectronics has been extremely fast in the last few years and it is predicted that this growth will still continue in the near future. The aim of the volume is to present different Si-based luminescing materials as porous silicon, rare-earth doped silicon, Si nanocrystals, silicides, Si-based multilayers and silicon-germanium alloy or superlattice structures. Moreover, the different devices needed for an all-Si-based optoelectronics are treated, spanning from light sources to waveguides, from amplifiers and modulators to detectors. Both the very basic treatments as well as applications to real prototype devices and integration in an optical integrated circuit are presented. Many still unresolved problems are underlined: the problem of electrical transport in low-dimensional Si systems, the possibility of gain in Si-based systems, the low modulation speed od Si-based LEDs, etc. The book gives a fascinating picture of the state-of-the-art in Si microphotonics and a perspective on what one can expect in the near future. For these reasons, it might be useful not only to graduate students but also to all researchers involved in this field. ... Read more

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The main topic of this book is the interaction of electrons with electromagnetic waves, primarily, but not only, for the generation and amplification of radiation. It discusses the various methods of electron-beam generation and propagation and the basic electron-wave interaction schemes. Then an idealized picture of the beam-wave interaction in a dielectric loaded waveguide is presented. Gradually the complexity of the analysis is increased by presenting the effect of reflected waves and further by considering the beam as an ensemble of macro-particles. The author discusses the interaction in periodic and in quasi-periodic metallic structures and the fundamentals of the beam-wave interaction in a periodic field. The book concludes with a brief discussion of particle acceleration, including novel acceleration schemes. ... Read more

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On Virtual Cathode Oscillator
This book gives a detail and complete coverage on the the topic of Vircator (virtual Cathode Oscillator). Especially on the way it is being formed and its transient effects. ... Read more

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Superconductivity has become one of the most intensely studied physical phenomena of our times, with tremendous potential to revolutionize fields as diverse as computing and transportation. This book describes the methods, established results, and recent advances in the field.The goal is to present recently developed theoretical models in light of the long-sought aim of achieving the effect at very high temperatures.The book includes a detailed review of various mechanisms, including phononic, magnetic, and electronic models.The authors focus on the phenomenon of induced superconductivity in the high-temperature oxides, particularly the high-transition-temperature cuprates.They also discuss a variety of low-temperature superconducting systems in conventional materials and organics.The book links the crucial experiments with the most current theories, offering a unified description of the phenomenon.All researchers (and graduate-level) students involved with work in superconductivity will find this an invaluable resource, including solid-state and condensed-matter physicists and chemists, and materials scientists. ... Read more

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Reference work on high-magnetic-field science. Describes key concepts and future prospects. ... Read more