Electrodynamics of Solids

In this book the authors thoroughly discuss the optical properties of solids, with a focus on electron states and their response to electrodynamic fields. Their review of the propagation of electromagnetic fields and their interaction with condensed matter is followed by a discussion of the optical properties of metals, semiconductors, and superconductors. Theoretical concepts, measurement techniques and experimental results are covered in three interrelated sections. The volume is intended for use by graduate students and researchers in the fields of condensed matter physics, materials science, and optical engineering.

Combines theoretical background material with experimental techniques and a large number of experimental results
Includes a full reference list of reviews and important publications in the various areas covered

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"Graduate students and professional scientists will find the fundamental physics point of view and uniform style attractive and very useful for unifying a large amount of information on the physical properities of solids." Choice

"This book offers a thorough discussion..." Materials Evaluation

"Dressel and Gruener present the most useful sum rules in a form suitable for reference." American Journal of Physics

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Published: January 2002
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780521597265
Length: 488 pages
Dimensions: 249 × 173 × 28 mm
Weight: 0.79kg
Contains: 159 b/w illus.
Availability: Available

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Contents

1. Introduction
Part I. Concepts and Properties:
2. The interaction of radiation with matter
3. General properties of the optical constants
4. The medium: correlation and response functions
5. Metals
6. Semiconductors
7. Broken-symmetry states of metals
Part II. Methods:
8. Techniques: general considerations
9. Propagation and scattering of electromagnetic waves
10. Spectroscopic principles
11. Measurement configurations
Part III. Experiments:
12. Metals
13. Semiconductors
14. Broken-symmetry states of metals
Appendix A. Fourier and Laplace transformation
Appendix B. Medium of finite thickness
Appendix C. k.p perturbation theory
Appendix D. Sum rules
Appendix E. Non-local response
Appendix F. Dielectric response in reduced dimensions
Appendix G. Important constants and units.

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Martin Dressel , Universität Stuttgart
Martin Dressel received his Doctor of Sciences degree in 1989 from the Universität Göttingen where he subsequently worked as a postdoctoral research fellow. Since then he has held positions in the University of British Columbia at Vancouver, the University of California, Los Angeles, the Technische Universität, Darmstadt, and the Center of Electronic Correlations and Magnetism at the Universität Augsburg. Professor Dressel is now Head of the Physikalisches Institut at the Universität Stuttgart.
George Grüner , University of California, Los Angeles
George Grüner obtained his Doctor of Sciences degree from the Eötvös Lorand University, Budapest, in 1972 and became Head of the the Central Research Institute of Physics in Budapest in 1974. In 1980 he took up the position of Professor of Physics at the University of California, Los Angeles, and later became Director of the Solid State Science Center there. Professor Grüner has been a distinguished visiting professor at numerous institutions worldwide and is a consultant for several international corporations and advisory panels. He is a Guggenheim Fellow and is also a recipient of the Alexander Humboldt Senior American Scientist Award.

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