{"product_id":"modern-devices-9780470900437","title":"Modern Devices","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFocuses on the common recurring physical principles behind sophisticated modern devices\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book discusses the principles of physics through applications of state-of-the-art technologies and advanced instruments. The authors use diagrams, sketches, and graphs coupled with equations and mathematical analysis to enhance the reader's understanding of modern devices. Readers will learn to identify common underlying physical principles that govern several types of devices, while gaining an understanding of the performance trade-off imposed by the physical limitations of various processing methods. The topics discussed in the book assume readers have taken an introductory physics course, college algebra, and have a basic understanding of calculus. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eDescribes the basic physics behind a large number of devices encountered in everyday life, from the air conditioner to Blu-ray discs\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCovers state-of-the-art devices such as spectrographs, photoelectric image\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbout the Companion Website xv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 Principles of Physics and the Relevance to Modern Technologies 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.1 CM, EM, and QM: The Backbone of Physics 3\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.2 Photonics and Electronics 5\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 Everyday Home Appliances 9\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.1 The Air Conditioner 10\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.2 Microwave Ovens 18\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.3 Smoke Detectors 25\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.4 Compact Discs, Digital Versatile Discs, and Blu-Ray Discs 27\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.5 Photocopiers and Fax Machines 37\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 Devices Encountered in Modern Life 43\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.1 Metal Detectors for Airports and Traffic Lights 43\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.2 Barcode Scanners, Quick Response Codes, and Radio-Frequency Identification Readers 47\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.3 Global Positioning 53\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.4 Transportation Technologies 57\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.4.1 Internal Combustion Engines versus Electric Motors 57\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.4.2 Alternative Fuels 58\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.4.3 Speed Radar Guns 60\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.4.4 High-Speed Rail 67\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 Vacuum Systems: Enabling High-Tech Industries 69\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.1 Vacuum Chamber Technology 70\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.2 Physics of Some Vacuum Gauges 76\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.3 Low Vacuum via Venturi, Mechanical, or Sorption Pumps 78\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.4 HV via Diffusion, Turbomolecular, or Cryogenic Pumps 80\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.5 UHV via Ion Pumps 84\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Cleanrooms, an Enabling Technology 87\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Solid-State Electronics 91\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.1 Conducting, Semiconducting, and Insulating Materials 95\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.2 Resistors, Capacitors, and Inductors 101\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.3 Diodes and Transistors 110\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.4 FET, JFET, MOSFET, CMOS, and TTL 119\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.5 Summary 124\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7 High-Tech Semiconductor Fabrication 127\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.1 Thin Films 127\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.2 Thin-Film Deposition Methods 132\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.3 High-Purity Crystals via MBE 138\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.4 Photolithography and Etch Techniques 141\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.5 In Situ and Intermediate-Stage Tests 145\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.6 Device Structures and IC Packaging 152\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e8 Materials Science—Invaluable High-Tech Contributions 155\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.1 The Use of Composite Materials 156\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.2 Thin-Film Multilayers 157\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.3 Nanotechnology 158\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e9 Light Sources 161\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.1 Incandescent Lamps 166\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.2 Gas Discharge Lamps 168\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.3 Fluorescent Lamps 171\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.4 Light Emitting Diodes 174\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.5 X-Ray Sources 175\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.6 Lasers 177\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.7 Synchrotron Light Sources 180\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.8 Summary of Light Sources 180\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e10 Some Basic Physics of Optical Systems 183\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.1 Refractive and Reflective Optics and Their Uses 184\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.2 Polarization and Birefringence 188\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.2.1 Law of Malus and Brewster’s Angle 188\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.2.2 Dichroism and Birefringence 190\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.2.3 Retarder Plates and Circular Polarization 192\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.3 Diffraction 194\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.3.1 Huygens’ Principle and Diffraction from a Single Slit 194\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.3.2 Fresnel Zone Plate 196\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.3.3 Diffraction Gratings 198\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.4 Holography 200\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.4.1 Basic (Absorption) Holography 200\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.4.2 Temporal and Spatial Coherence 202\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.4.3 Other Methods of Holography and Applications 203\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.5 Primary Aberrations 205\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e11 Optical Couplers Including Optical Fibers 217\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.1 Optical Fibers and Hollow Waveguides 218\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.2 Couplers for Long Distances 223\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.3 Optical Couplers as a Means of Electronic Isolation 228\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e12 Spectrographs: Reading the “Bar Code” of Nature 231\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.1 Prisms, Ruled Gratings, and Holographic Gratings 240\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.2 Long-Slit Spectrographs 248\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.3 Integral Field Unit and Fabry–Pérot 249\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.4 Echelle Spectrographs 254\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.5 Raman Spectrographs 255\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e13 Optical and Electron Microscopy 259\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.1 Optical Microscopes 260\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.1.1 The Magnifier 260\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.1.2 The Compound Microscope 261\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.1.3 Numerical Aperture, Resolution, and Depth of Field 262\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.1.4 Alternative Methods of Optical Microscopy 265\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.2 The Transmission Electron Microscope 266\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.3 Electron–Matter Interactions 271\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.4 Bragg’s Diffraction 273\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.5 Scanning Probe Microscopes 275\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e14 Photoelectric Image Sensors 277\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.1 Solid-State Visible Wavelength Sensors 280\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.2 Photoemissive Devices for UV and X-Rays 284\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.3 Infrared “Thermal” Sensors and Night Vision Sensors 287\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e15 Image Display Systems 291\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15.1 The Human Visual System 293\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15.2 Who Invented Television? 300\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15.3 Traditional and High-Definition Tv Display Formats 301\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15.4 Cathode Ray Tubes 306\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15.5 Liquid Crystal Displays 308\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15.6 Plasma Displays 310\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15.7 Digital Micro-Mirror Devices 311\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15.8 Touch Screens 314\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15.9 Electrophoretic Displays 315\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15.10 Near-Eye Displays, Augmented Reality, and Virtual Reality 317\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15.11 Stereoscopic, Autostereoscopic, and Holographic 3D Displays 319\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e16 Spacecraft Systems 325\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16.1 Operating in Space: An Overview 326\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16.2 Attitude Control System 330\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16.3 Spacecraft Power 337\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16.4 Thermal and Other Environmental Control 339\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16.5 Command, Control, and Telemetry 341\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16.6 Launch, Propulsion, Station Keeping, and Deorbit 345\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e17 Astronomical and Planetary Observatories 353\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17.1 Telescope Designs 354\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17.2 Very Large, Ultra-Lightweight or Segmented Mirrors 358\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17.3 Adaptive Optics and Active Optics 362\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17.4 Space Observatories 365\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17.5 Planetary Probes 372\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e18 Telecommunications 377\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18.1 Physical Connections: Phone Lines, Coaxial Cable, and Fiber Optics 378\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18.2 Analog Free-Space Channels: TV, Radio, Microwave Connections 384\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18.3 Digitally Modulated Free-Space Channels 390\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18.4 The Network, Multiplexing, and Data Compression 392\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e19 Physics of Instruments for Biology and Medicine 397\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19.1 Imaging Instruments 397\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19.1.1 CT Scanners 398\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19.1.2 Magnetic Resonance Imaging 398\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19.1.3 Ultrasonography and Ultrasonic Lithotripsy 408\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19.2 Minimally Invasive Probes and Surgery 410\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19.3 Laser Technologies 411\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19.4 Miscellaneous Electronic Devices 415\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e20 A-Bombs, H-Bombs, and Radioactivity 419\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20.1 Alpha, Beta, and Gamma Ray Radiation 421\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20.2 A-Bombs, H-Bombs, and Dirty Bombs 423\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20.3 Radiation Safety, Detection, and Protection 428\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20.4 Industrial and Medical Applications 431\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e21 Power Generation 433\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21.1 Principles of Electric Generators 434\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21.2 Power Storage and Power Content of Fuels 435\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21.3 The Power Grid 439\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e22 Particle Accelerators—Atom and Particle Smashers 443\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22.1 Lorentz Force, Deflection, and Focusing 446\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22.2 Beam Generation, Manipulation, and Characterization 448\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22.3 DC Accelerators 450\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22.4 RF Linear Accelerators 450\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22.4.1 Motivation and History 450\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22.4.2 Linac Components and Operation 452\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22.4.3 Beam Bunch Stability and RF Bucket 454\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22.4.4 Power Budget and Linac Applications 454\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22.5 Cyclotrons 456\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22.6 Synchrotron Radiation and Light Sources 462\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22.6.1 Dipole Radiation and Larmor’s Formula 462\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22.6.2 Wigglers and Undulators 464\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22.6.3 First-to-Fourth Generations of Light Sources and Applications of SR 466\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22.6.4 Free-Electron Lasers 468\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e23 Jet Engines, Stratospheric Balloons, and Airships 471\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23.1 Ramjets, Turbojets, and Turbofan Jets 474\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23.2 Stratospheric Balloons 476\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23.3 Future Airships 484\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix A Statistics and Error Analysis 489\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography 497\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 503\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53515420041559,"sku":"9780470900437","price":106.16,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/modern-devices-9780470900437","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}