Slow light [[electronic resource] ] : invisibility, teleportation and other mysteries of light / / Sidney Perkowitz |
Autore | Perkowitz S |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, : Imperial College Press, 2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (156 p.) |
Disciplina | 535 |
Soggetto topico |
Light - Speed
Light - Transmission Quantum optics Photons |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-283-43323-0
9786613433237 1-84816-753-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Introduction; Chapter 1 What is Light? The Mystery Continues; Chapter 2 Why is Light so Fast?; Chapter 3 Can Anything Go Even Faster?; Chapter 4 Slow, Stopped, Fast, and Backwards Light; Chapter 5 Extreme and Entangled Light; Chapter 6 Invisibility; Chapter 7 Light Fantasy to Light Reality; Faster than Light Travel; Faster than Light Communication; Slow, Stopped, Fast, Backwards, and Left-Handed Light; Quantum Information Technology with Light; Laser Fusion; Invisibility; Epilogue; Acknowledgements; Further Reading, Surfing, and Viewing
Chapter 1 What is Light? The Mystery ContinuesBackground and popular treatments; Chapter 2 Why is Light so Fast?; Background and popular treatments; For readers who want more detail; Chapter 3 Can Anything Go Even Faster?; Background and popular treatments; Fictional treatments; For readers who want more detail; Chapter 4 Slow, Stopped, Fast, and Backwards Light; Background and popular treatments; Fictional treatments; For readers who want more detail; Chapter 5 Extreme and Entangled Light; Background and popular treatments; Fictional treatments; For readers who want more detail Chapter 6 InvisibilityBackground and popular treatments; Fictional treatments; For readers who want more detail; Chapter 7 Light Fantasy to Light Reality; Background and popular treatments; For readers who want more detail; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910457501403321 |
Perkowitz S | ||
London, : Imperial College Press, 2011 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Slow light [[electronic resource] ] : invisibility, teleportation and other mysteries of light / / Sidney Perkowitz |
Autore | Perkowitz S |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, : Imperial College Press, 2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (156 p.) |
Disciplina | 535 |
Soggetto topico |
Light - Speed
Light - Transmission Quantum optics Photons |
ISBN |
1-283-43323-0
9786613433237 1-84816-753-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Introduction; Chapter 1 What is Light? The Mystery Continues; Chapter 2 Why is Light so Fast?; Chapter 3 Can Anything Go Even Faster?; Chapter 4 Slow, Stopped, Fast, and Backwards Light; Chapter 5 Extreme and Entangled Light; Chapter 6 Invisibility; Chapter 7 Light Fantasy to Light Reality; Faster than Light Travel; Faster than Light Communication; Slow, Stopped, Fast, Backwards, and Left-Handed Light; Quantum Information Technology with Light; Laser Fusion; Invisibility; Epilogue; Acknowledgements; Further Reading, Surfing, and Viewing
Chapter 1 What is Light? The Mystery ContinuesBackground and popular treatments; Chapter 2 Why is Light so Fast?; Background and popular treatments; For readers who want more detail; Chapter 3 Can Anything Go Even Faster?; Background and popular treatments; Fictional treatments; For readers who want more detail; Chapter 4 Slow, Stopped, Fast, and Backwards Light; Background and popular treatments; Fictional treatments; For readers who want more detail; Chapter 5 Extreme and Entangled Light; Background and popular treatments; Fictional treatments; For readers who want more detail Chapter 6 InvisibilityBackground and popular treatments; Fictional treatments; For readers who want more detail; Chapter 7 Light Fantasy to Light Reality; Background and popular treatments; For readers who want more detail; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910778963103321 |
Perkowitz S | ||
London, : Imperial College Press, 2011 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Slow light : invisibility, teleportation and other mysteries of light / / Sidney Perkowitz |
Autore | Perkowitz S |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, : Imperial College Press, 2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (156 p.) |
Disciplina | 535 |
Soggetto topico |
Light - Speed
Light - Transmission Quantum optics Photons |
ISBN |
1-283-43323-0
9786613433237 1-84816-753-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Introduction; Chapter 1 What is Light? The Mystery Continues; Chapter 2 Why is Light so Fast?; Chapter 3 Can Anything Go Even Faster?; Chapter 4 Slow, Stopped, Fast, and Backwards Light; Chapter 5 Extreme and Entangled Light; Chapter 6 Invisibility; Chapter 7 Light Fantasy to Light Reality; Faster than Light Travel; Faster than Light Communication; Slow, Stopped, Fast, Backwards, and Left-Handed Light; Quantum Information Technology with Light; Laser Fusion; Invisibility; Epilogue; Acknowledgements; Further Reading, Surfing, and Viewing
Chapter 1 What is Light? The Mystery ContinuesBackground and popular treatments; Chapter 2 Why is Light so Fast?; Background and popular treatments; For readers who want more detail; Chapter 3 Can Anything Go Even Faster?; Background and popular treatments; Fictional treatments; For readers who want more detail; Chapter 4 Slow, Stopped, Fast, and Backwards Light; Background and popular treatments; Fictional treatments; For readers who want more detail; Chapter 5 Extreme and Entangled Light; Background and popular treatments; Fictional treatments; For readers who want more detail Chapter 6 InvisibilityBackground and popular treatments; Fictional treatments; For readers who want more detail; Chapter 7 Light Fantasy to Light Reality; Background and popular treatments; For readers who want more detail; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910822391503321 |
Perkowitz S | ||
London, : Imperial College Press, 2011 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The speed of light [[electronic resource] ] : constancy + cosmos / / David A. Grandy |
Autore | Grandy David |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (216 p.) |
Disciplina | 535 |
Soggetto topico |
Light - Speed
Space and time Time - Philosophy |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 0-253-00362-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction -- Space, time, and light speed constancy -- Special relativity -- Horizonal light -- Experiential light -- Relational light -- Internal relations -- Light in a vacuum -- Ambient light -- Pre-reflective experience -- Body, world, and light -- Existential light. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910456849803321 |
Grandy David | ||
Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c2009 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The speed of light [[electronic resource] ] : constancy + cosmos / / David A. Grandy |
Autore | Grandy David |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (216 p.) |
Disciplina | 535 |
Soggetto topico |
Light - Speed
Space and time Time - Philosophy |
ISBN | 0-253-00362-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction -- Space, time, and light speed constancy -- Special relativity -- Horizonal light -- Experiential light -- Relational light -- Internal relations -- Light in a vacuum -- Ambient light -- Pre-reflective experience -- Body, world, and light -- Existential light. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910781066403321 |
Grandy David | ||
Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c2009 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The speed of light : constancy + cosmos / / David A. Grandy |
Autore | Grandy David |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (216 p.) |
Disciplina | 535 |
Soggetto topico |
Light - Speed
Space and time Time - Philosophy |
ISBN | 0-253-00362-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction -- Space, time, and light speed constancy -- Special relativity -- Horizonal light -- Experiential light -- Relational light -- Internal relations -- Light in a vacuum -- Ambient light -- Pre-reflective experience -- Body, world, and light -- Existential light. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910813254303321 |
Grandy David | ||
Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c2009 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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