Patterns of Light Chasing the Spectrum from Aristotle to LEDs /

• Main Authors: Beeson, Steven (Author), Mayer, James W. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2008.
• Subjects: Physics.; Optics.; Electrodynamics.; Quantum optics.; Lasers.; Photonics.; Optoelectronics.; Plasmons (Physics).; Microwaves.; Optical engineering.; Optics and Electrodynamics.; Laser Technology, Photonics.; Optics, Optoelectronics, Plasmonics and Optical Devices.; Quantum Optics.; Microwaves, RF and Optical Engineering.

Light is all around us – even when we do not see it. Our eyes do not detect the higher energy and shorter-than-visible-wavelength ultraviolet radiation, yet we know it is there from the sunburn we receive in Arizona. We know that window glass can block ultraviolet rays so we do not get a burn while...