This book gives an introduction to the optical properties of solids, including many new topics that have not been previously covered in other solid state texts at this level. The fundamental principles of absorption, reflection, luminescence and light scattering are discussed for a wide range of materials, including crystalline insulators and semiconductors, glasses, metals, and molecular materials. Classical and quantum models are used where appropriate along with recent experimental data. Examples include semiconductor quantum wells, organic semiconductors, vibronic solid state lasers, and nonlinear optics.
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"[A] useful and sound introduction to the subject."--Materials World
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Dr Mark Fox, University of Sheffield, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Hicks Building, Sheffield S3 7RH, Tel.: 0114/2224527, Fax: 0114/2728079, Email: mark.fox@shef.ac.uk
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This review is from: Optical Properties of Solids (Oxford Master Series in Condensed Matter Physics) (Paperback)
I thought this book was a good basic introduction to the field of optical properties of solids. The strong point of this book is that it is well organized and gives many examples. It starts with the basics of Maxwell's equation, then moves on to talk about luminescence, excitons, quantum wells, luminescence centers ... I enjoyed reading about the examples given. It gives many basic descriptions of how optoelectronics device work such as light emitting diodes and Ti:sapphire lasers.This book is geared toward anybody who has taken one semester of basic quantum and one semester of electricity and magnetism. It is easy to read and contains many diagrams. Chapters end with a useful list of references that go into more details. This book is not a reference for graduate level treatment of optical properties of solids. The nonlinear optics part is short and shallow. The quantum mechanical description is basic. Overall, I would recommend this book to anybody that is learning for the first time about optical properties of solids. Solid state physics textbooks by Ashcroft & Mermin and Kittel do not contain a useful and up-to-date section on optical properties of solids. This book fills the gap.
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A reasonable text and a great resource,
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This book is much less formal than traditional texts (Kittel, etc.) and much more focused. Some readers may find this to be a shortcoming, but I feel the book is more accessible than the alternatives.
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Light interacts with matter in many different ways. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
dipole oscillator model, carrier reflectivity, interband luminescence, effective carrier temperature, restrahlen band, momentum scattering time, classical oscillator model, excited state band, reflectivity edge, band edge absorption, reststrahlen band, vibronic absorption, excitonic effects, free carrier effects, fundamental band gap, free carrier gas, interband absorption, light hole transition, heavy hole transition, semiconductor doped glasses, ground state band, luminescence centres, short radiative lifetimes, nonlinear susceptibility tensor, nonlinear phase shift Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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Light interacts with matter in many different ways. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
dipole oscillator model, carrier reflectivity, interband luminescence, effective carrier temperature, restrahlen band, momentum scattering time, classical oscillator model, excited state band, reflectivity edge, band edge absorption, reststrahlen band, vibronic absorption, excitonic effects, free carrier effects, fundamental band gap, free carrier gas, interband absorption, light hole transition, heavy hole transition, semiconductor doped glasses, ground state band, luminescence centres, short radiative lifetimes, nonlinear susceptibility tensor, nonlinear phase shift Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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- Laser Handbook (2 Volumes) (v. 1 & 2) by F. T. Arecchi on page 225, and Back Matter
- Handbook on Semiconductors, Vol. 2: Optical Properties of Solids by Minko Balkanski in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Identification of Defects in Semiconductors, Volume 51B (Semiconductors & Semimetals) (Vol 51B) by Michael Stavola on page 225, and Back Matter
- Fort Worth by Rh Value Publishing in Back Matter
- Introduction to Solid State Physics by Charles Kittel in Front Matter
- Optical Properties of Condensed Matter and Applications (Wiley Series in Materials for Electronic & Optoelectronic Applications) by Jai Singh on page 24, and page 105
- Understanding Solids: The Science of Materials by Richard J. D. Tilley on page 466
- Photophysics of Molecular Materials: From Single Molecules to Single Crystals by Guglielmo Lanzani on page 425
- Understanding Solids: The Science of Materials by Richard J. D. Tilley on page 466
- Electronic Excitations in Organic Based Nanostructures, Volume 31 (Thin Films and Nanostructures) by G. Franco Bassani on page 400
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