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Optical Properties of Solids covers the important concepts of intrinsic optical properties and photoelectric emission. The book starts by providing an introduction to the fundamental optical spectra of solids. The text then discusses Maxwell's equations and the dielectric function; absorption a...
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Academic Press,
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| Publisher Address: | New York : |
| Publication Dates: | 1972. |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780127634500 |
| Summary: |
Optical Properties of Solids covers the important concepts of intrinsic optical properties and photoelectric emission. The book starts by providing an introduction to the fundamental optical spectra of solids. The text then discusses Maxwell's equations and the dielectric function; absorption and dispersion; and the theory of free-electron metals. The quantum mechanical theory of direct and indirect transitions between bands; the applications of dispersion relations; and the derivation of an expression for the dielectric function in the self-consistent field approximation are also encompassed. |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (xii, 260 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781483220765 1483220761 |
| Index Number: | QC176 |
| CLC: | O482.3 |
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Front Cover; Optical Properties of Solids; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1. INTRODUCTION; 1.1 Band Theory of Solids; 1.2 Optical Reflectivity; 1.3 Photoemission; 1.4 Characteristic Energy Loss Spectra; Chapter 2. MAXWELL'S EQUATIONS AND THE DIELECTRIC FUNCTION; 2.1 Maxwell's Microscopic Equations; 2.2 Maxwell's Macroscopic Equations; 2.3 Formal Solutions of Maxwell's Equations; 2.4 Analysis of Charge and Current Densities; 2.5 Properties of the Medium; 2.6 Interaction of Light with the Medium; 2.7 External Sources and Induced Responses. 2.8 Fourier Analysis of Maxwell's Equations2.9 The Dielectric Tensor; PROBLEMS; FURTHER READING; Chapter 3. ABSORPTION AND DISPERSION; 3.1 The Lorentz Oscillator; 3.2 The Drude Model for Metals; 3.3 A Qualitative Look at Real Metals; 3.4 Photoemission from Copper; 3.5 Quantum Theory of Absorption and Dispersion; 3.6 Oscillator Strengths and Sum Rules; 3.7 Applications of Sum Rules; 3.8 The Absorption Coefficient, Optical Conductivity, and Dielectric Function; PROBLEMS; FURTHER READING; Chapter 4. FREE-ELECTRON METALS; 4.1 Classical Theory of Free-Electron Metals; 4.2 The Classical Skin Effect. 4.3 The Anomalous Skin Effect4.4 Optical Properties and the Fermi Surface; PROBLEMS; REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING; Chapter 5. INTERBAND TRANSITIONS; 5.1 Periodic Perturbation; 5.2 Direct Interband Transitions; 5.3 Joint Density of States and Critical Points; 5.4 Direct Transitions in Germanium; 5.5 Direct Transitions in Silver: Effects of Temperature and Alloying; 5.6 Indirect Transitions; 5.7 The Absorption Edge in Ge, AgBr, and AgBr(Cl); 5.8 Excitons; 5.9 Direct and Indirect Transitions in Photoemission; 5.10 Nondirect Transitions: Photoemission from Cs3Bi. 5.11 Transport and Escape Cone Effects on Photoemission5.12 Photoemission and Electron Transport in Al and GaAs; PROBLEMS; FURTHER READING; REFERENCES; Chapter 6. DISPERSION RELATIONS AND SUM RULES; 6.1 Linear Response Functions and Kramers-Kronig Relations; 6.2 Reflectivity and Phase Shift Dispersion Relations; 6.3 Sum Rules; FURTHER READING; Chapter 7. SELF-CONSISTENT FIELD APPROXIMATION; 7.1 Self-Consistent Field Approximation; 7.2 Special Cases and Applications; PROBLEMS; REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING; Chapter 8. CURRENT-CURRENT CORRELATIONS AND THE FLUCTUATION-DISSIPATION THEOREM. 8.1 Transition Rate and Current-Current Correlations8.2 Current Fluctuations; 8.3 The Fluctuation-Dissipation Theorem and the Conductivity; PROBLEM; REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING; Chapter 9. PLASMONS AND CHARACTERISTIC ENERGY LOSSES; 9.1 Single-Electron Excitations in Metals; 9.2 Plasmons in Simple Metals; 9.3 The Plasmon Cutoff Wave Vector; 9.4 Characteristic Energy Loss Spectra; 9.5 Surface Plasmons; PROBLEMS; REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING; Appendix A: DECOMPOSITION OF A VECTOR HELD INTO LONGITUDINAL AND TRANSVERSE PARTS; REFERENCE; Appendix B: THE LOCAL FIELD; B.1 Insulators. |