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These are my lecture notes on some advanced topics in experimental physics. We discuss the concept of Fourier transform, which is used in optics and X-ray scattering, and the concept of hybridization with examples from classical physics, quantum physics and quantum optics. In the concluding chapter, we discuss lattices of plasmonic particles that unify everything. More resources, including 'bookcast' type of videos, can be found on the website.
The lecture notes are typeset using the LaTeX class 'tufte-book' by Bil Kleb, Bill Wood, and Kevin Godby, which approximates the work of Edward Tufte. I applied many of the modifications introduced by Dirk Eddelbuettel in the 'tint' R package. For the time being, the source is LaTeX, not markdown.
The chapters are individual tex-files in the directory tree and included in the main tex file. Figures are mostly made by tikz. Tikz-external is used to save compilation time. It generates pdfs in the figures tree. Some chapters contain handout material for exercises, which is in the handout subdirectory of the chapter.