Duke Physics: Experimental Optical Physics Researchers in optical physics explore the interaction of light with matter by using and They include such subdisciplines of physics as optics, http://www.phy.duke.edu/graduate/brochure/photon.ptml
Extractions: Physics Home ... Duke University Researchers in optical physics explore the interaction of light with matter by using and developing light sources that span the electromagnetic spectrum from the microwave to the X-ray region. This research is motivated by a wide variety of interests including the desire to understand fundamental features of nature, such as conceptual foundations of quantum mechanics at one extreme, and technology-oriented applications, such as biomedical imaging or optical communications, at the other. For prospective students interested in medical applications of optical techniques, please see the section on Medical Physics. The Duke FEL Laboratory currently operates a small infrared FEL for use as a tunable, high peak power light source for basic and applied research, for further investigations of FEL physics and technology, and for student training. This device is based on a 45 MeV linac and can be tuned from 2 to 10 microns. The Laboratory also has a specially designed electron storage ring to provide a high peak current, high quality electron beam at energies up to 1 GeV for an FEL that operates in the vacuum ultraviolet at wavelengths between 1000 and 2500 angstroms.
Extractions: Students can be involved with the broader physics community by participation in the Society for Physics Students and other campus organizations. We have weekly seminars that enhance the formal coursework by providing students with the opportunity to learn from and interact with leading scientists from around the world. Students majoring in physics become prepared for careers in industry, medicine, and education. Many of our students seek graduate or professional degrees.
Physics Applets Light and optics. Geometric optics Refraction of Light, Converging Lens, Modern physics. Time Dilation, Oscillating of 3D Crystal, Toda Lattice Solitons http://physics.uwstout.edu/physapplets/
Extractions: The Pendulum Spring Pendulum Forced Oscillation Two-Coordinate Harmonic Oscillatory Without Friction Swapping and Time Graph1 Opposite-phase and Time Graph2 ... Same-phase Two-Coordinate Harmonic Oscillatory With Friction Swapping and Time Graph1 Opposite-phase and Time Graph2 ... Interactive of Two-Coordinate Harmonic Oscillation The Law of Gravity
ASGS: Best Of Doc-Talk--Job Searches The job market for optics/physics theorists is pretty grim so *whatever* Are there any optics/physics theorists with more specific jobseeking advice http://www.asgs.org/JobSrch.html
Extractions: BEST OF DOC-TALK: Job Searches From: An MIT Doc-talker I would like to start a new subject: JOB SEARCH I expect my PhD in EE in a year and would appreciate advice on the mechanics of getting a job. I am looking for a job doing scientific research either in a large company or a university. Should I mail my resume to personnel offices? How helpful is the career office at school? How effective is cold calling prospective employers? How do I apply for tenure track positions? The job market for optics/physics theorists is pretty grim so *whatever* suggestions you might have are most welcome. ...and Ronda Dave' writes: Dear Doc-talker, ...and here's a posting to the "alt.education.higher.stu-affairs" Newsgroup that I came across, which addresses the subject from the point of view of using the Internet. dt A Rochester Doc-talker writes, From: A Michigan State University Doc-talker From: A UNL Doc-talker I have found some very helpful advice in: Feibelman, Peter J. 1993. A Ph.D. Is Not Enough. Addison Wesley, 109 pp. Contents 1. Do you see yourself in this picture? 2. Important choices: a thesis adviser, a postdoctoral job 3. Giving talks 4. Writing papers: publishing without perishing 5. From here to tenure: choosing a career path 6. Job interviews 7. Getting funded 8. Establishing a research program Excerpts of the text can be found in issues of The Scientist: 3 Oct, 17 Oct, 31 Oct. (The 12 Oct 1992 issue had an article on postdocs in industry.) While book is geared toward scientists, many of the concerns which it addresses are common to other fields.
Contents Light and optics Polarization Polarizers Practice Problems Mirrors Ray Diagrams Planar Mirror Concave Mirror Convex Mirror http://www.phys.ufl.edu/~phy3054/extras/contents/Welcome.html
Spectra-Physics | Lasers Home used for development and application of laser and optical technologies, Founded in 1961, Spectraphysics was the first commercial laser business and http://www.spectra-physics.com/
Physlets Home Page physics applets plus the source code. Links to other applet sites and authors are here as well. http://webphysics.davidson.edu/Applets/Applets.html
Extractions: Welcome to the Physlets resource page. Physlets, Ph ysics App lets , are small flexible Java applets designed for science education. You do not need to become a Java expert in order to use Physlets. The links on the right contain tutorials, download instructions, and example problems to help you use Physlets in your teaching. Physlets run on the Mac using OS X Panther and the Safari browser.
Optics Bench The applet is designed to be scripted but may also be used to construct optical systems using buttons and a click and drag metaphor. http://webphysics.davidson.edu/applets/Optics/intro.html
Extractions: For more information please email either Mike Lee, milee@davidson.edu , or Wolfgang Christian, wochristian@davidson.edu This applet allows users to simulate standard optic elements (lens, mirror, dielectrics, sources, apertures) and observe the ways that light rays propagate through these elements. The applet is designed to be scripted but may also be used to construct optical systems using buttons and a click and drag metaphor. Please refer to the script examples or play with the applet that is embedded in the top of this page. Please send any bug reports or comments to the addresses above. OpticsApplet v1.1.
Spectra-Physics | Lasers Home and systems used for development and application of laser and optical technologies, Spectraphysics Expands Solid State UV Laser Product Offering http://www.spectraphysics.com/
NIST: Electron And Optical Physics Division - Division 841 The Electron and Optical physics Division is divided into three groups. , Photon physics Group performs research in the areas of far ultraviolet and http://physics.nist.gov/Divisions/Div841/div841.html
Extractions: The Division, part of NIST 's Physics Laboratory develops measurement capabilities needed by emerging electronic and optical technologies, particularly those required for submicrometer fabrication and analysis. In pursuit of this mission, it maintains an array of research, measurement, and calibration activities. The Electron and Optical Physics Division is divided into three groups: Photon Physics Group performs research in the areas of far ultraviolet and extreme ultraviolet (EUV) physics. Far Ultraviolet Physics Group is responsible for SURF III operations and for source-based radiometry and calibration services in the far UV and soft x-ray spectral regions. Electron Physics Group has the mission of advancing measurement science for the determination of electronic and magnetic properties of nanometer-scale systems.
NIST Physics Laboratory Home Page Electron Optical physics develops measurement methods and associated technology for determining electron and photon interactions with matter. http://physics.nist.gov/lab.html
Extractions: Seminars / Meetings develops measurement methods and associated technology for determining electron and photon interactions with matter. Atomic Physics carries out a broad program of long-term experimental and theoretical research in atomic physics. Optical Technology promotes accurate and useful optical radiation measurements in the ultraviolet, visible, and infrared spectral regions. Ionizing Radiation provides national leadership in fundamental research and measurement standards for all types of ionizing radiation. is responsible for the standards of time and frequency; and since length is now derived from the second, develops optical frequency standards.
Optical Physics Experimental and theoretical optical and atomic physics. Current projects include quantum computing, spatial squeezing in optical second harmonic generation http://hexagon.physics.wisc.edu/
Cookies Required optics and Spectroscopy presents original and review papers in various fields of modern optics and spectroscopy in the entire wavelength range from http://scitation.aip.org/ops/
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Deutsches Museum - Physics At the beginning of this part of the physics exhibition the properties of light are Included in the vision group are also displays on optical illusions. http://www.deutsches-museum.de/ausstell/dauer/physik/e_phys2.htm
Extractions: Optics Light, Eye and Vision Telescope and Microscope other Opt. Instruments Demonstration of total reflexion in glass Optical phenomena occur everywhere in nature. The rainbow, the refraction of light in water, the flickering of the stars in the nocturnal sky or the irridescent play of colours caused by a thin oil film on a water surface have always fascinated man. At the beginning of this part of the physics exhibition the properties of light are illustrated: A panopticum comprises the most important optical phenomena and their corresponding phenomena in nature. The next group of exhibits deals with the human eye and vision . The function of the eye, defective vision, the methods of defining nature and degree of sight defects and their correction by vision aids. You can even test your own vision! Included in the vision group are also displays on optical illusions.
Extractions: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics Group The Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics group of the Research Laboratory of Electronics consists of two subgroups: the Basic Atomic Physics group, which studies Bose-Einstein condensation, atom interferometry, the Rydberg frequency, and other topics, and the Quantum Optics and Photonics group, which studies non-linear optics, quantum computing, atom-optics, and optical memory. In recent years, the basic atomic physics group has been home to several groundbreaking achievements involving Bose-Einstein condensation: in 1995, Professor Ketterle's research group observed an unprecedentedly robust Bose-Einstein condensation, paving the way for the group's 1997 creation of the first atom laser. In 1998, the research group of Professors Kleppner and Greytak observed for the first time Bose-Einstein condensation of atomic hydrogen. Investigations continue into the creation and manipulation of these novel forms of matter. For more information on Bose-Einstein condensation, see the excellent websites maintained by the
SpringerLink - Publication physics DepartmentAtomic, Molecular and Optical physics. The Department offers exciting research opportunities in experimental and theoretical optical physics. http://link.springer-ny.com/link/service/journals/00340/
Extractions: Publication Applied Physics B: Lasers and Optics Publisher: Springer-Verlag GmbH ISSN: 0946-2171 (Paper) 1432-0649 (Online) Subject: Chemistry and Materials Science Engineering Physics and Astronomy Issues in bold contain content you are entitled to view. OnlineFirst Volume 81 Number 5 / September 2005 Number 4 / August 2005 Numbers 2-3 / July 2005 Title: Photonic Crystals Number 1 / July 2005 Volume 80 Number 8 / June 2005 Number 7 / June 2005 Number 6 / May 2005 Numbers 4-5 / April 2005 ... Request a sample Volume 79 Number 8 / December 2004 Title: Selected papers presented at the 2004 Spring Meeting of the Quantum Optics and Photonics Section of the German Physical Society Number 7 / November 2004 Number 6 / October 2004 Number 5 / September 2004 Number 4 / September 2004 ... Number 1 / July 2004 Volume 78 Numbers 7-8 / May 2004 Number 6 / April 2004 Number 5 / March 2004 Numbers 3-4 / February 2004 ... Number 1 / January 2004 Volume 77 Number 8 / December 2003 Numbers 6-7 / November 2003 Number 5 / October 2003 Number 4 / October 2003 ... Number 1 / August 2003 Volume 76 Number 8 / July 2003 Number 7 / July 2003 Number 6 / June 2003 Number 5 / May 2003 ... Number 1 / January 2003 Jump to volumes: Most Recent 75 to 70 69 to 64 63 to 63 First page
Extractions: Mountains of potential Imagine having an artificial substance in which you can control almost all aspects of the underlying periodic structure and the interactions between the atoms that make up this dream material. Such a substance would allow us to explore a whole range of fundamental phenomena that are extremely difficult - or impossible - to study in real materials. It may sound too good to be true, but over the last two years physicists have come extremely close to achieving this goal. This breakthrough has been made possible by the convergence of two related but previously distinct realms of research in atomic physics: quantum gases and optical lattices. The new-found ability to confine ultracold quantum gases in optical lattices is already having a major impact in fields as diverse as condensed-matter physics and quantum information processing. An optical lattice is essentially an artificial crystal of light - a periodic intensity pattern that is formed by the interference of two or more laser beams. The simplest optical lattice consists of the region of dark and bright stripes that is formed when two laser beams with the same wavelength travelling in opposite directions meet each other and form an interference pattern. This optical lattice has a period that is equal to half the laser wavelength. With more lasers - and enough care - it is possible to form a perfectly periodic 3D spatial structure. It is more difficult, however, to use these interference patterns to trap atoms.
ArXiv.org E-Print Archive Open eprint archive with over 100000 articles in physics, 10000 in mathematics, and 1000 in computer science. (Formerly called xxx.) http://arxiv.org/
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