1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910456746003321

Autore

Markoš Peter

Titolo

Wave propagation [[electronic resource] ] : from electrons to photonic crystals and left-handed materials / / Peter Markoš, Costa M. Soukoulis

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Princeton, : Princeton University Press, 2008

ISBN

1-68015-901-1

1-282-53177-8

9786612531774

1-4008-3567-4

Edizione

[Course Book]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (367 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

SoukoulisC. M

Disciplina

530.14/1

530.141

621.38131

Soggetti

Electric waves

Electromagnetic waves - Mathematics

Matrices

Wave-motion, Theory of

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 Transfer Matrix -- 2 Rectangular Potentials -- 3 δ-Function Potential -- 4 Kronig-Penney Model -- 5 Tight Binding Model -- 6 Tight Binding Models of Crystals -- 7 Disordered Models -- 8 Numerical Solution of the Schrödinger Equation -- 9 Transmission and Reflection of Plane Electromagnetic Waves on an Interface -- 10 Transmission and Reflection Coefficients for a Slab -- 11 Surface Waves -- 12 Resonant Tunneling through Double-Layer Structures -- 13 Layered Electromagnetic Medium: Photonic Crystals -- 14 Effective Parameters -- 15 Wave Propagation in Nonlinear Structures -- 16 Left-Handed Materials -- Appendix A. Matrix Operations -- Appendix B. Summary of Electrodynamics Formulas -- Bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

This textbook offers the first unified treatment of wave propagation in



electronic and electromagnetic systems and introduces readers to the essentials of the transfer matrix method, a powerful analytical tool that can be used to model and study an array of problems pertaining to wave propagation in electrons and photons. It is aimed at graduate and advanced undergraduate students in physics, materials science, electrical and computer engineering, and mathematics, and is ideal for researchers in photonic crystals, negative index materials, left-handed materials, plasmonics, nonlinear effects, and optics. Peter Markos and Costas Soukoulis begin by establishing the analogy between wave propagation in electronic systems and electromagnetic media and then show how the transfer matrix can be easily applied to any type of wave propagation, such as electromagnetic, acoustic, and elastic waves. The transfer matrix approach of the tight-binding model allows readers to understand its implementation quickly and all the concepts of solid-state physics are clearly introduced. Markos and Soukoulis then build the discussion of such topics as random systems and localized and delocalized modes around the transfer matrix, bringing remarkable clarity to the subject. Total internal reflection, Brewster angles, evanescent waves, surface waves, and resonant tunneling in left-handed materials are introduced and treated in detail, as are important new developments like photonic crystals, negative index materials, and surface plasmons. Problem sets aid students working through the subject for the first time.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910140532603321

Autore

Ludescher Markus

Titolo

Le courage dans l'enseignement du français langue étrangère : (Re-)Découverte d’une vertu démocratique à travers des récits du XXe siècle / / Markus Ludescher

Pubbl/distr/stampa

innsbruck university press, 2013

Innsbruck, Austria : , : Innsbruck University Press, 2013

©2013

ISBN

3-903122-26-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (124 pages) : illustrations; digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Studien des Interdisziplinären Frankreich-Schwerpunktsder Universität Innsbruck; ; volume 6

Soggetti

Language acquisition

Lingua di pubblicazione

Francese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages118-122).

Sommario/riassunto

The advocacy of Markus Ludescher to "democratic virtue" Civil Courage is based on literary texts from different periods and geographical origins, addressing the most diverse social contexts, such as France under the Occupation, France postcolonial or Quebec in the 90s..

Le plaidoyer de Markus Ludescher pour la « vertu démocratique » du courage civil est basé sur des textes littéraires de différentes époques et provenances géographiques, qui abordent les contextes sociaux les plus divers, tels que la France sous l’Occupation, la France postcoloniale ou le Québec des années 90. Dans une première partie philosophique et théorique, l’auteur donne un panorama historico-culturel du concept de courage civil et développe des paramètres propres à sa définition ; cette définition est adaptée dans la deuxième partie aux approches littéraires. La dernière partie est didactique, elle aborde les textes littéraires sous l’angle de la réception et de l’enseignement : il s’agit de remettre en question, dans une perspective éthique, les situations et les comportements décrits dans les textes, pour les intégrer dans l’enseignement. Cette étude, qui a reçu deux prix, est, selon une experte, un « travail extraordinaire, dépassant de loin ce qu’on peut attendre d’un mémoire de maîtrise ».