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101Relationship between string theory and quantum field theory — Many first principles in quantum field theory are explained, or get further insight, in string theory: * Emission and absorption: one of the most basic building blocks of quantum field theory, is the notion that particles (such as electrons) can… …
102spectroscopy — spectroscopist /spek tros keuh pist/, n. /spek tros keuh pee, spek treuh skoh pee/, n. the science that deals with the use of the spectroscope and with spectrum analysis. [1865 70; SPECTRO + SCOPY] * * * Branch of analysis devoted to identifying… …
103plant development — Introduction a multiphasic process in which two distinct forms succeed each other in alternating generations. One form, created by the union of sexual cells (gametes (gamete)), contains two sets of similar chromosomes (diploid). At sexual… …
104Mueller calculus — is a matrix method for manipulating Stokes vectors, which represent the polarization of incoherent light. It was developed in 1943 by Hans Mueller, then a professor of physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Light which is… …
105Quasi-phase-matching — is a technique in nonlinear optics which allows a positive net flow of energy from the pump frequency to the signal and idler frequencies by creating a periodic structure in the nonlinear medium. Momentum is conserved, as is necessary for phase… …
106Magneto-optic effect — A magneto optic effect is any one of a number of phenomena in which an electromagnetic wave propagates through a medium that has been altered by the presence of a quasistatic magnetic field. In such a material, which is also called gyrotropic or… …
107Jones-Formalismus — Der Jones Formalismus beschreibt lineare optische Abbildungen unter Berücksichtigung der Polarisation. Das Licht wird als ebene elektromagnetische Welle repräsentiert, mit einem komplexwertigen zweidimensionalen Jones Vektor, der Amplitude der… …
108Formalisme de Jones — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Jones. Le formalisme de Jones est un formalisme matriciel permettant de décrire l état de polarisation de la lumière, ou de manière générale d une onde électromagnétique, et son évolution à travers un système… …
109physical science — physical scientist. 1. any of the natural sciences dealing with inanimate matter or with energy, as physics, chemistry, and astronomy. 2. these sciences collectively. [1835 45] * * * Introduction the systematic study of the inorganic world …
110Optics — For the book by Sir Isaac Newton, see Opticks. Optical redirects here. For the musical artist, see Optical (artist). Optics includes study of dispersion of light. Optics is the branch of …
