Comparing two ranked lists
There comes times when we want to compare two rankings, for example, between my top-5 list of all time best male distance runners, and...
Quantum Nondemolition Measurements
One of the most well-known effects of quantum mechanics is the uncertainty principle. A direct consequence is that it that imposes a...
Normal mode
We are all quite familiar with a simple harmonic oscillator, such as a frictionless pendulum, or a mass-on-a-spring system. Since there...
I want to talk about light
What a poetic opening to your talk! This is what Sir John Pendry did when he gave a talk at the IIN Symposium few months back. He then...
What I talk about when I talk about running
The blog "This Condensed Life" has just published a post that resonates strongly with me -- not only I alway find their blog...
Resonator or Oscillator?
The words resonator and oscillator are very commonly interchangeably used, especially for physicists. But from engineering point of view,...
Congratulations to Youyou Tu!
Earlier today it was announced that Youyou Tu is awarded one half of the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, shared together with...
Hello world!
It is been a while since I last blogged... here we go again... at the least, I will try to use this space as warehouse for materials...
