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...Microscopy transverse effects electromagnetism polarization general physics Helmholtz formula Introduction Light can be interpreted as a simple ray or as a complex stream of energy packets. It is always advisable to begin with the simplistic understanding of light and venture into the more...

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...Microscopy Acoustic microscopy Polarization Transverse effects Maxwell equations Electromagnetism Dipole-dipole correlation-functions Introduction The key to high-quality imaging using LSM lies in the precise characterization of the light sheet, including its size, lateral and axial...

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...Electromagnetism Classical electromagnetism Dipole-dipole correlation-functions Fluorescence microscopy Nyquist-Shannon sampling theorem Subcellular processes Nanopatterning Introduction In the last few years, light sheets have expanded their reach in other dominant fields...

...Microscopy Acoustic microscopy Polarization Transverse effects Maxwell equations Electromagnetism Introduction The next-generation biomedical technologies demand rapid interrogation of biological specimens (cells and organisms) and determination of critical biophysical parameters. Existing...

...Microscopy Acoustic microscopy Polarization Transverse effects Maxwell equations Electromagnetism Existing Point-Illumination-Based Technology Existing technologies are heavily dependent on point illumination across the spectrum of sciences and technology. Although this is reaping benefits...

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...surface collisions polarizability electrostatics electromagnetism cylinder apparatus electrical conductor Uncharged Spheres in a Longitudinal External Field We wish to find the electric potential in all of space when two uncharged spheres (of radii a, b and separation...

...electrostatics electromagnetism cylinder apparatus electrical conductor Bicylindrical Coordinates Bicylindrical coordinates are tailor-made for problems involving two parallel cylinders, because a fixed value of one coordinate (u) corresponds to the surface of a cylinder...

...electrostatics electromagnetism cylinder apparatus electrical conductor Uncharged Cylinders in an External Field Single cylinder in an external field To discuss the polarizability tensor of a system of two cylinders, it will help to recall the polarizability of one cylinder (Sec. 1.5...

...electrostatics electromagnetism cylinder apparatus electrical conductor Historical Introduction The history of this subject goes back to Henry Cavendish (1731–1810), whose electrical research was written up by James Clerk Maxwell (1831–1879) when he became Cavendish Professor at Cambridge...

..., and engineers will find this an invaluable reference. It is also suitable for advanced undergraduate and graduate students in electrodynamics. electrostatics electromagnetism cylinder apparatus electrical conductor ...