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Experiments with light / (Record no. 420519)

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001 - CONTROL NUMBER
control field 136891
003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER
control field ISI Library, Kolkata
005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION
control field 20160616152626.0
008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION
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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9788130931661
040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE
Original cataloging agency ISI Library
Language of cataloging eng
082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 535
Edition number 23
Item number G411
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Ghatak, Ajoy,
Relator term author
245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Experiments with light /
Statement of responsibility, etc Ajoy Ghatak.
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication, distribution, etc New Delhi :
Name of publisher, distributor, etc MV Learning,
Date of publication, distribution, etc 2015.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent x, 142 p. :
Other physical details illustrations (some color) ;
Dimensions 24 cm +
Accompanying material 1 DVD (4 3/4 in.).
505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note 1. Introduction <br/>2. Refraction of Light, Total Internal Reflection & The Optical Fiber <br/>3. Focusing of Laser Beams <br/>4. Dispersion and Rainbow <br/>5. What is a Wave? <br/>6. Interference of Light <br/>7. Diffraction of Light <br/>8. Electromagnetic Waves <br/>9. Polarization of Light <br/>10. Einstein's Light Quantum: The Photon <br/>11. Line Spectrum & Doppler Effect <br/>12. E = mc2 <br/>13. Rayleigh & Raman Scattering <br/>14. Fiber Amplifiers & Fiber Lasers <br/>15. Photon Momentum & Wave Particle Duality <br/>16. EPR Paradox & Bell's Inequality: A Simple Analysis Appendix A: Refractive Index and Snell's Law <br/>Appendix B: Mathematical Expressions for Linearly Polarized Waves and for Circularly Polarized Waves <br/>Appendix C: Expressions for Interference & Diffraction Patterns References & Suggested Readings <br/><br/>There is also a DVD with the book which contains <br/>1. Power Point slides of all diagrams & photographs in the book 2. Power Point slides of a few animations explaining the concepts. <br/>3. A video clip showing effects of a focused light beam from a fiber laser; video courtesy: Professor David Payne, University of Southampton <br/>4. A video clip showing Einstein explaining E = mc2. <br/>5. Richard Feynman's Messenger Lecture on "The Double Slit Paradox: Particle or Wave" <br/>6. Lecture 1 is a popular lecture on "Fiber Optics: A Brief History" - Recording Courtesy: IIT Delhi. <br/>7. Lecture 2 is on "Einstein & E = mc2" - Recording Courtesy: IIT Delhi. <br/>8. Lecture 3 is on "The Light Quantum" - Recording Courtesy: IIT Delhi. <br/>9. Lecture 4 is a general lecture on "Einstein & His Year of Miracles" - Recording Courtesy: Dr. Anil Roy at Ahmedabad.
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    ISI Library, Kolkata ISI Library, Kolkata 31/03/2016   535 G411 D944 CD/DVD CD/DVD Collection
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