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UNINA9910453372903321 |
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Vectorial optical fields : fundamentals and applications / / editor, Qiwen Zhan, University of Dayton, USA |
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Hackensack, New Jersey : , : World Scientific, , [2014] |
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©2014 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (293 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Polarization (Light) |
Electrooptics |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Preface; CONTENTS; Chapter 1 : Cylindrical Vector Beams; 1. Introduction; 2. Mathematical description of cylindrical vector beams; 3. Graphical representation of cylindrical vector beams; 4. Generation of cylindrical vector beams; 4.1. Passive generation methods in free space; 4.2. Passive generation methods using optical fiber; 4.3. Active generation methods; 5. Cylindrical vector beams under high NA focusing; 6. Summary; References; Chapter 2 : Vector Optical Fields and their Novel Effects; 1. Introduction; 2. Generation of vector optical fields; 2.1. Local linearly polarized vector fields |
2.2. Hybridly polarized vector fields3. Novel effects; 3.1. Optical cages; 3.2. Axial-symmetry broken vector fields; 3.3. Young's two-slit interference; 3.4. Optical orbital angular momentum (OAM); 4. Summary; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 3 : Cylindrical Vector Beams for Spectroscopic Imaging of Single Molecules and Nanoparticles; 1. Introduction; 2. Theoretical background; 3. Instrumentation; 4. Fluorescence spheres to probe the quality of CVBs; 5. Single molecules; 5.1. Single molecules as nanoscale probes for interfaces; 5.2. CVBs for the investigation of the Host-Guest compounds |
5.3. Imaging of excited-state tautomerization6. Single nanoparticles; 6.1 Single SiO2 nanoparticles; 6.2. Single silicon nanocrystals; 6.3. |
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Excitation isotropy of single CdSe/ZnS quantum dots; 6.4. Optical characterization of single gold nanorods; 7. Orientation and position determination of a single quantum emitter inside an optical microcavity; 8. Conclusions; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 4 : Comprehensive Focal Field Engineering with Vectorial Optical Fields; 1. Introduction; 2. Three-dimensional focus shaping with CV beams |
3. Three-dimensional polarization control within focal volume4. Spherical spot with controllable 3D polarization; 5. Focus shaping through inverse dipole array radiation; 5.1. High purity optical needle field; 5.2. 3D optical tube, flattop focus and optical chain; 6. Conclusions; References; Chapter 5 : Plasmonics with Vectorial Optical Fields; 1. Surface plasmon polaritons; 2. Interaction of vectorial fields with plasmonic structures; 2.1. Planar metallic thin film; 2.2. Bull's eye structures; 2.2.1. Plasmonic lens made of single circular slot |
2.2.2. Plasmonic lens made of multiple concentric circular slots2.2.3. Single ring plasmonic lens with circular Bragg gratings; 2.2.4. Applications in compact radial polarizer design; 2.3. Extraordinary optical transmission with radial polarization; 2.3.1. Coaxial aperture; 2.3.2. Circular nanoantenna; 2.4. Polarization mode matching and optimal plasmonic focusing; 2.5. Archimedes' spiral plasmonic lens; 2.5.1. Single spiral plasmonic lens; 2.5.2. Spiral plasmonic lens array; 2.5.3. Hybrid spiral plasmonic lens; 2.6. Applications in near-field optical probe designs |
2.6.1. Metal coated conical dielectric tip |
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Polarization is a vector nature of light that plays an important role in optical science and engineering. While existing textbook treatments of light assume beams with spatially homogeneous polarization, there is an increasing interest in vectorial optical fields with spatially engineered states of polarization. New effects and phenomena have been predicted and observed for light beams with these unconventional polarization states. This edited review volume aims to provide a comprehensive overview and summarize the latest developments in this important emerging field of optics. This book will |
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UNINA9910456536003321 |
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Autore |
Carbine Jason A. <1971-> |
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Sons of the Buddha [[electronic resource] ] : continuities and ruptures in a Burmese monastic tradition / / Jason A. Carbine |
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New York, : Walter de Gruyter, 2011 |
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1-283-16671-2 |
9786613166715 |
3-11-025410-7 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (268 p.) |
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Religion and society, , 1437-5370 ; ; 50 |
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Monastic and religious life (Buddhism) - Burma |
Religion and sociology - Burma |
Monastic and religious life (Buddhism) - Burma - History |
Electronic books. |
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Significant revision of the author's thesis (doctoral--University of Chicago, 2004) under title: An Ethic of Continuity: Shwegyin monks and the Sasana in Contemporary Burma/Myanmar. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [223]-235) and indexes. |
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Frontmatter -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Figures and Tables -- A Note on the Name Myanmar -- Conventions for Transliterations, etc. -- Map of Myanmar -- Introduction: From the kyamuni Buddha to the Shwegyin Tradition -- Chapter One: The Shwegyin Tradition and Its Traditionalism -- Chapter Two: Institutional Moorings -- Chapter Three: Classic Ritual Permutations -- Chapter Four: Existential Ruminations -- Conclusion: Continuities and Ruptures -- Epilogue: A Comment on Continuity and Rupture, from Afar -- Bibliography -- Index of Authors -- Index of Burmese Terms -- Index of Pali and Sanskrit Terms -- Index of Subjects |
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Intended as a methodological and theoretical contribution to the study of religion and society, this book examines Buddhist monasticism in Myanmar. The book focuses on the Shwegyin, one of the most important but least understood monastic groups in the country. Analyzing the group as a tradition constructed around ideas of continuity and disruption/rupture, the study illuminates key aspects of |
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monastic and wider Burmese Buddhist thought and practice, and ultimately argues for the distinctiveness of elements of that thought and practice in comparison to the Buddhist cultures of Sri Lanka and Laos.After situating the Shwegyin within the history of Buddhist monasticism more generally, and within the vicissitudes of modern Burmese political history, the book proceeds along two scholarly avenues. It adopts an interdisciplinary method with attention to biographical, administrative, doctrinal, and ethnographic evidence. Theoretically, the book engages scholarly discussion about "traditions" and their "traditionalisms" and advances a specific type of interpretive approach built on bringing the viewpoints and practices of the Shwegyin into conversation with the enterprise of understanding larger historical and cultural patterns in the Buddhist societies of South and Southeast Asia. |
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