Optical Characterization of Solids
By: by Daniela Dragoman, Mircea Dragoman
Contributors: Dragoman, Mircea
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Berlin, Heidelberg
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 451
ISBN-13: 9783642075216; 9783662048702
Subjects: Physics
Description: This is the first book to give a comprehensive and coherent account of the basic methods of characterizing a solid through its interaction with electromagnetic fields. The theoretical treatment focuses on the determination of the essential parameters of a solid (energy bands, energy levels, effective mass of electrons and holes etc.) from measured absorption coefficients, scattering data, magneto-optical results etc. The discussion is at an intermediate level and all the formulas are carefully deduced and explained. All types of solids (semiconductors, crystals, metals, etc.) are covered and the latest experimental results are also presented.
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Table of contents: title: 1. Elementary Excitations in Crystalline Solids; title: 2. Optical Transitions; title: 3. Optical Properties of Impurities in Solids; title: 4. Bulk Materials; title: 5. Optical Properties of Interfaces and Thin Films; title: 6. Low-Dimensional Structures; title: 7. Optical Properties of Disordered Materials; title: 8. Optical Properties of High-Temperature Superconductors.