Table of Contents: “...1. Introduction -- References -- 2. Bulk-Wave Acousto-Optic Bragg Diffraction -- 2.1 A Simple Experiment -- 2.2 Historical Perspective -- 2.3 Heuristic Picture -- 2.4 Parametric Excitation and Bragg Diffraction -- 2.5 A Quantum-Mechanical Point-of-View...”

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Table of Contents: “...Fundamentals of Laser Spectroscopy and Quantum Optics -- Techniques of Laser Spectroscopy; their Advantages and Limitations -- Quantum Effects in Single—Atom and Single Photon Experiments -- Chaos and Complexity in Quantum Optics -- Synchronization...”

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Table of Contents: “...Emission Frequency of a Homogeneously Broadened Laser Operating below Threshold -- Dynamics of the NH3 FIR Laser and the Lorenz Model -- Quantum Theory of Interaction of a Resonant Field with a Nonlinear Medium Modelled as an Anharmonic Oscillator...”

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Table of Contents: “...The Integer and the Fractional Quantum Hall Effect -- The Quantum Hall Effect -- Theory of the Integer Quantum Hall Effect – an Introductory Survey -- Experimental Aspects of the Fractional Quantum Hall Effect -- Interactions in 2D Electron Systems...”

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Table of Contents: “... and the Modulation Transfer Function -- 2.6 Quantum Phenomena and Related Noise Sources -- 2.7 Lessons for the System Designer -- Appendix 2.1 -- 3. Perception of Images -- 3.1 Seeing in the Dark -- 3.2 Contrast Sensitivity -- 3.3 The Effect of Shape -- 3.4 Masking -- 3.5...”

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