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| Document Type: | Book |
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| All Authors / Contributors: |
R J D Tilley |
| ISBN: | 9780470746967 0470746963 9780470746950 0470746955 |
| OCLC Number: | 645889418 |
| Notes: | Includes index. |
| Description: | xvi, 510 p. : col. ill. ; 26 cm. |
| Contents: | Machine generated contents note: 1. Light and Colour -- 1.1. Colour and Light -- 1.2. Colour and Energy -- 1.3. Light Waves -- 1.4. Interference -- 1.5. Light Waves and Colour -- 1.6. Black-Body Radiation and Incandescence -- 1.7. The Colour of Incandescent Objects -- 1.8. Photons -- 1.9. Lamps and Lasers -- 1.9.1. Lamps -- 1.9.2. Emission and Absorption of Radiation -- 1.9.3. Energy-Level Populations -- 1.9.4. Rates of Absorption and Emission -- 1.9.5. Cavity Modes -- 1.10. Vision -- 1.11. Colour Perception -- 1.12. Additive Coloration -- 1.13. The Interaction of Light with a Material -- 1.14. Subtractive Coloration -- 1.15. Electronic Paper -- 1.16. Appearance and Transparency -- Appendix A1.1 Definitions, Units and Conversion Factors -- A1.1.1. Constants, Conversion Factors and Energy -- A1.1.2. Waves -- A1.1.3. SI Units Associated with Radiation and Light Further Reading -- 2. Colours Due to Refraction and Dispersion -- 2.1. Refraction and the Refractive Index of a Material 2.2. Total Internal Reflection -- 2.2.1. Total Internal Reflection -- 2.2.2. Evanescent Waves -- 2.3. Refractive Index and Polarisability -- 2.4. Refractive Index and Density -- 2.5. Invisible Animals, GRINs and Mirages -- 2.6. Dispersion and Colours Produced by Dispersion -- 2.7. Rainbows -- 2.8. Halos -- 2.9. Fibre Optics -- 2.9.1. Optical Communications -- 2.9.2. Optical Fibres -- 2.9.3. Attenuation in Glass Fibres -- 2.9.4. Chemical Impurities -- 2.9.5. Dispersion and Optical-Fibre Design -- 2.10. Negative Refractive Index Materials -- 2.10.1. Metamaterials -- 2.10.2. Superlenses -- Further Reading -- 3. The Production of Colour by Reflection -- 3.1. Reflection from a Single Surface -- 3.1.1. Reflection from a Transparent Plate -- 3.1.2. Data Storage Using Reflection -- 3.2. Interference at a Single Thin Film in Air -- 3.2.1. Reflection Perpendicular to the Film -- 3.2.2. Variation with Viewing Angle -- 3.2.3. Transmitted Beams -- 3.3. The Colour of a Single Thin Film in Air -- 3.4. The Reflectivity of a Single Thin Film in Air 4.5.1. Double Refraction -- 4.5.2. Refractive Index and Crystal Structure -- 4.6. The Description of Double Refraction Effects -- 4.6.1. Uniaxial Crystals -- 4.6.2. Biaxial Crystals -- 4.7. Colour Produced by Polarisation and Birefringence -- 4.8. Dichroism and Pleochroism -- 4.9. Nonlinear Effects -- 4.9.1. Nonlinear Crystals -- 4.9.2. Second-and Third-Harmonic Generation -- 4.9.3. Frequency Mixing -- 4.9.4. Optical Parametric Amplifiers and Oscillators -- 4.10. Frequency Matching and Phase Matching -- 4.11. More on Second-Harmonic Generation -- 4.11.1. Polycrystalline Solids and Powders -- 4.11.2. Second-Harmonic Generation in Glass -- 4.11.3. Second-Harmonic and Sum-Frequency-Generation by Organic Materials -- 4.11.4. Second-Harmonic Generation at Interfaces -- 4.11.5. Second-Harmonic Microscopy -- 4.12. Optical Activity -- 4.12.1. The Rotation of Polarised Light -- 4.12.2. Circular Birefringence and Dichroism -- 4.13. Liquid Crystals -- 4.13.1. Liquid-Crystal Mesophases -- 4.13.2. Liquid-Crystal Displays -- Further Reading -- 5. Colour Due to Scattering 5.1. Scattering and Extinction -- 5.2. Tyndall Blue and Rayleigh Scattering -- 5.3. Blue Skies, Red Sunsets -- 5.4. Scattering and Polarisation -- 5.5. Mie Scattering -- 5.6. Blue Eyes, Blue Feathers and Blue Moons -- 5.7. Paints, Sunscreens and Related Matters -- 5.8. Multiple Scattering -- 5.9. Gold Sols and Ruby Glass -- 5.10. The Lycurgus Cup and Other Stained Glass -- Further Reading -- 6. Colour Due to Diffraction -- 6.1. Diffraction and Colour Production by a Slit -- 6.2. Diffraction and Colour Production by a Rectangular Aperture -- 6.3. Diffraction and Colour Production by a Circular Aperture -- 6.4. The Diffraction Limit of Optical Instruments -- 6.5. Colour Production by Linear Diffraction Gratings -- 6.6. Two-Dimensional Gratings -- 6.7. Estimation of the Wavelength of Light by Diffraction -- 6.8. Diffraction by Crystals and Crystal-like Structures -- 6.8.1. Bragg's Law -- 6.8.2. Opals -- 6.8.3. Artificial and Inverse Opals -- 6.8.4. The Effective Refractive Index of Inverse Opals -- 6.8.5. Photonic Crystals and Photonic Band Gaps 6.8.6. Dynamical Form of Bragg's Law -- 6.9. Diffraction from Disordered Gratings -- 6.9.1. Random Specks and Droplets -- 6.9.2. Colour from Cholesteric Liquid Crystals -- 6.9.3. Disordered Two-and Three-Dimensional Gratings -- 6.10. Diffraction by Sub-Wavelength Structures -- 6.10.1. Diffraction by Moth-Eye Antireflection Structures -- 6.10.2. The Cornea of the Eye -- 6.10.3. Some Blue Feathers -- 6.11. Holograms -- 6.11.1. Holograms and Interference Patterns -- 6.11.2. Transmission Holograms -- 6.11.3. Reflection Holograms -- 6.11.4. Rainbow Holograms -- 6.11.5. Hologram Recording Media -- 6.11.6. Embossed Holograms -- Further Reading -- 7. Colour from Atoms and Ions -- 7.1. The Spectra of Atoms and Ions -- 7.2. Terms and Levels -- 7.3. Atomic Spectra and Chemical Analysis -- 7.4. Fraunhofer Lines and Stellar Spectra -- 7.5. Neon Signs and Early Plasma Displays -- 7.6. The Helium -- Neon Laser -- 7.7. Sodium and Mercury Street Lights -- 7.8. Transition Metals and Crystal-Field Colours -- 7.9. Crystal Field Splitting, Energy Levels and Terms 7.9.1. Configurations and Strong Field Energy Levels -- 7.9.2. Weak Fields and Term Splitting -- 7.9.3. Intermediate Fields -- 7.10. The Colour of Ruby -- 7.11. Transition-Metal-Ion Lasers -- 7.11.1. The Ruby Laser: A Three-Level Laser -- 7.11.2. The Titanium -- Sapphire Laser -- 7.12. Emerald, Alexandrite and Crystal-Field Strength -- 7.13. Crystal-Field Colours in Minerals and Gemstones -- 7.14. Colour as a Structural Probe -- 7.15. Colours from Lanthanoid Ions -- 7.16. The Neodymium (Nd3+) Solid-State Laser: A Four-Level Laser -- 7.17. Amplification of Optical-Fibre Signals -- 7.18. Transition Metal, Lanthanoid and Actinoid Pigments -- 7.19. Spectral-Hole Formation -- Appendix A7.1 Electron Configurations -- A7.1.1. Electron Configurations of the Lighter Atoms -- A7.1.2. The 3d Transition Metals -- A7.1.3. The Lanthanoid (Rare Earth) Elements -- Appendix A7.2 Terms and Levels -- A7.2.1. The Vector Model of the Atom -- A7.2.2. Energy Levels and Terms of Many-Electron Atoms -- A7.2.3. The Ground-State Term of an Atom -- A7.2.4. Energy Levels of Many-Electron Atoms -- Further Reading 8. Colour from Molecules -- 8.1. The Energy Levels of Molecules -- 8.2. The Colours Arising in Some Simple Inorganic Molecules -- 8.3. The Colour of Water -- 8.4. Chromophores, Chromogens and Auxochromes -- 8.5. Conjugated Bonds in Organic Molecules: The Carotenoids -- 8.6. Conjugated Bonds Circling Metal Atoms: Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines -- 8.7. Naturally Occurring Colorants: Flavonoid Pigments -- 8.7.1. Flavone-Related Colours: Yellows -- 8.7.2. Anthocyanin-Related Colours: Reds and Blues -- 8.7.3. The Colour of Red Wine -- 8.8. Autumn Leaves -- 8.9. Some Dyes and Pigments -- 8.9.1. Indigo, Tyrian Purple and Mauve -- 8.9.2. Tannins -- 8.9.3. Melanins -- 8.10. Charge-Transfer Colours -- 8.10.1. Charge-Transfer Processes -- 8.10.2. Cation-to-Cation (Intervalence) Charge Transfer -- 8.10.3. Anion-to-Cation Charge Transfer -- 8.10.4. Iron-Containing Minerals -- 8.10.5. Intra-Anion Charge Transfer -- 8.11. Colour-Change Sensors -- 8.11.1. The Detection of Metal Ions -- 8.11.2. Indicators -- 8.11.3. Colorimetric Sensor Films and Arrays -- 8.11.4. Markers -- 8.12. Dye Lasers 8.13. Photochromic Organic Molecules -- Further Reading -- 9. Luminescence -- 9.1. Luminescence -- 9.2. Activators, Sensitisers and Fluorophores -- 9.3. Atomic Processes in Photoluminescence -- 9.3.1. Energy Absorption and Emission -- 9.3.2. Kinetic Factors -- 9.3.3. Quantum Yield and Reaction Rates -- 9.3.4. Structural Interactions -- 9.3.5. Quenching -- 9.4. Fluorescent Lamps -- 9.4.1. Fluorescent Lamps -- 9.4.2. Trichromatic Lamps -- 9.4.3. Other Fluorescent Lamps -- 9.5. Plasma Displays -- 9.6. Cathodoluminescence and Cathode Ray Tubes -- 9.6.1. Cathode Rays -- 9.6.2. Television Tubes -- 9.6.3. Other Applications of Cathodoluminescence -- 9.7. Field-Emission Displays -- 9.8. Phosphor Electroluminescent Displays -- 9.9. Up-Conversion Note continued: 9.9.1. Ground-State Absorption and Excited-State Absorption -- 9.9.2. Energy Transfer -- 9.9.3. Other Up-Conversion Processes -- 9.10. Quantum Cutting -- 9.11. Fluorescent Molecules -- 9.11.1. Molecular Fluorescence -- 9.11.2. Fluorescent Proteins -- 9.11.3. Fluorescence Microscopy -- 9.11.4. Multiphoton Excitation Microscopy -- 9.12. Fluorescent Nanoparticles -- 9.13. Fluorescent Markers and Sensors -- 9.14. Chemiluminescence and Bioluminescence -- 9.15. Triboluminescence -- 9.16. Scintillators -- Further Reading -- 10. Colour in Metals, Semiconductors and Insulators -- 10.1. The Colours of Insulators -- 10.2. Excitons -- 10.3. Impurity Colours in Insulators -- 10.4. Impurity Colours in Diamond -- 10.5. Colour Centres -- 10.5.1. The F Centre 10.5.2. Electron and Hole Centres -- 10.5.3. Surface Colour Centres -- 10.5.4. Complex Colour Centres: Laser Action -- 10.5.5. Photostimulable Phosphors -- 10.6. The Colours of Inorganic Semiconductors -- 10.6.1. Coloured Semiconductors -- 10.6.2. Transparent Conducting Oxides -- 10.7. The Colours of Semiconductor Alloys -- 10.8. Light Emitting Diodes -- 10.8.1. Direct and Indirect Band Gaps -- 10.8.2. Idealised Diode Structure -- 10.8.3. High-Brightness LEDs -- 10.8.4. Impurity Doping in LEDs -- 10.8.5. LED Displays and White Light Generation -- 10.9. Semiconductor Diode Lasers -- 10.10. Semiconductor Nanostructures -- 10.10.1. Nanostructures -- 10.10.2. Quantum Wells -- 10.10.3. Quantum Wires and Quantum Dots -- 10.11. Organic Semiconductors and Electroluminescence -- 10.11.1. Molecular Electroluminescence -- 10.11.2. Organic Light Emitting Diodes 10.12. Electrochromic Films -- 10.12.1. Tungsten Trioxide Electrochromic Films -- 10.12.2. Inorganic Electrochromic Materials -- 10.12.3. Electrochromic Molecules -- 10.12.4. Electrochromic Polymers -- 10.13. Photovoltaics -- 10.13.1. Photoconductivity and Photovoltaic Solar Cells -- 10.13.2. Dye-Sensitised Solar Cells -- 10.14. Digital Photography -- 10.14.1. Charge Coupled Devices -- 10.14.2. CCD Photography -- 10.15. The Colours of Metals -- 10.16. The Colours of Metal Nanoparticles -- 10.16.1. Plasmons -- 10.16.2. Surface Plasmons and Polaritons -- 10.16.3. Polychromic Glass -- 10.16.4. Photochromic Glass -- 10.16.5. Photographic Film -- 10.16.6. Metal Nanoparticle Sensors and SERS -- 10.17. Extraordinary Light Transmission and Plasmonic Crystals -- Further Reading. |
| Responsibility: | Richard J.D.Tilley. |
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