1.

Record Nr.

UNISA996466715103316

Titolo

Light Scattering from Microstructures [[electronic resource] ] : Lectures of the Summer School of Laredo, University of Cantabria, Held at Laredo, Spain, Sept.11-13, 1998 / / edited by Fernando Moreno, Francisco Gonzales

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2000

ISBN

3-540-46614-2

Edizione

[1st ed. 2000.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XII, 300 p. 121 illus.)

Collana

Lecture Notes in Physics, , 0075-8450 ; ; 534

Disciplina

535.43

Soggetti

Nanotechnology

Solid state physics

Spectroscopy

Microscopy

Physics

Solid State Physics

Spectroscopy and Microscopy

Physics, general

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

Light scattering by submicron spherical particles on semiconductor surfaces -- to Light Scattering from Microstructures -- Theory -- Heaviside Operational Calculus and Electromagnetic Image Theory -- Mathematical Methods for Data Inversion -- Mueller Matrices -- Scattering by Particles on Substrates. Numerical Methods -- Light Scattering from a Sphere Near a Plane Interface -- Electromagnetic Scattering by Cylindrical Objects on Generic Planar Substrates: Cylindrical-Wave Approach -- T-Matrix Method for Light Scattering from a Particle on or Near an Infinite Surface -- Scattering of Polarized Light -- Properties of a Polarized Light-Beam Multiply Scattered by a Rayleigh Medium -- Polarization and Depolarization of Light -- Statistics of the Scattered Light -- Polarisation Fluctuations in Light



Scattered by Small Particles -- Intensity Statistics of the Light Scattered by Particles on Surfaces -- Applications -- Microstructures in Rough Metal Surfaces: Electromagnetic Mechanism in Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy -- Light Scattering by Particles and Defects on Surfaces: Semiconductor Wafer Inspection -- From Scattering to Waveguiding: Photonic Crystal Fibres -- The Angular Distribution of Light Emitted by Sonoluminescent Bubbles -- Light Scattering by Regular Particles on Flat Substrates.

Sommario/riassunto

With a tutorial approach, this book covers the most impor- tant aspects of the scattering of electromagnetic radiation from structures (isolated or on a substrate) whose size is comparable to the incident wavelength. Special emphasis is placed on the electromagnetic problem of microstructures lo- cated close to an interface by reviewing the most important numerical methods for calculating the scattered field. The polarization propagation and the statistics of scattered in- tensity in microstructured targets are also presented from a didactic point of view. The final part of the book is dedi- cated to the most significant applications in both basic and applied research: surface enhanced Raman scattering, monito- ring and detection of surface contamination by particles, optical communications, particle sizing and others.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910795916703321

Autore

Comber Leon

Titolo

Templer and the road to Malayan independence : the man and his time / / Leon Comber [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore : , : Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, , 2015

ISBN

981-4620-11-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxvi, 239 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Disciplina

959.5104

Soggetti

BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political

Malaya History Malayan Emergency, 1948-1960

Malaya Politics and government

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Jun 2017).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF TABLES -- FOREWORD / Shamsul, A.B. -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- ABBREVIATIONS -- Map of Malaya -- PROLOGUE -- 1. THE BACKGROUND -- 2. THE EARLY DAYS -- 3. THE TEMPLER PLAN -- 4. Victor Purcell and Francis Carnell, Honorary MCA Political Advisers, August-September 1952 -- 5. General Sir Gerald Templer, the MCA, and the Kinta Valley Home Guard (1952-54) -- 6. THE CASE OF LEE MENG - A CAUSE CÉLÈBRE -- 7. THE ROAD TO SELF-GOVERNMENT -- 8. CONCLUSION -- Appendix A. Directive to General Sir Gerald Templer by the British Government -- Appendix B. General Sir Gerald Templer: A Short Bibliographical Note -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX -- ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Sommario/riassunto

Dr Comber's account of General Templer's administration in Malaya as High Commissioner and Director of Operations (1952-54) during the Malayan Emergency departs from the usually accepted orthodox assessment of his time in Malaya by focusing on the political and socioeconomic aspects of his governance rather than the military. In doing so, Dr Comber has relied mainly on primary and other first-hand sources, including the confidential reports sent from Malaya by the Australian Commission to the Australian government in Canberra, and the private papers of some of the leading Malayan politicians of the time with whom Templer had dealings which have been deposited in the ISEAS Library, Singapore, many of which have not been used before.



<br>The evidence and facts that Dr Comber marshals in this study reflect well the reservations that were often felt about General Templer's authoritarian form of government. While he was a good general and had an impressive military record, his administration in Malaya was marred by a lack of understanding of the background to Malaya's history and the subtleties that are inherent in its culture and way of life which would have enabled him to come to terms more easily with the aspirations of the Malayan people for self-government and independence.