<span class="a-text-bold">Covers modern photonics accessibly and discusses the basic physical principles underlying all the applications and technology of photonics.</span>

This volume covers the basic physical principles underlying the technology and all applications of photonics from statistical optics to quantum optics. The topics discussed in this volume are: Photons in perspective; Coherence and Statistical Optics; Complex Light and Singular Optics; Electrodynamics of Dielectric Media; Fast and slow Light; Holography; Multiphoton Processes; Optical Angular Momentum; Optical Forces, Trapping and Manipulation; Polarization States; Quantum Electrodynamics; Quantum Information and Computing; Quantum Optics; Resonance Energy Transfer; Surface Optics; Ultrafast Pulse Phenomena.
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 	<li><span class="a-list-item">Comprehensive and accessible coverage of the whole of modern photonics</span></li>
 	<li><span class="a-list-item">Emphasizes processes and applications that specifically exploit photon attributes of light</span></li>
 	<li><span class="a-list-item">Deals with the rapidly advancing area of modern optics</span></li>
 	<li><span class="a-list-item">Chapters are written by top scientists in their field</span></li>
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Written for the graduate level student in physical sciences; Industrial and academic researchers in photonics, graduate students in the area; College lecturers, educators, policymakers, consultants, Scientific and technical libraries, government laboratories, NIH.