Optical Materials, Second Edition, presents, in a unified form, the underlying physical and structural processes that determine the optical behavior of materials. It does this by combining elements from physics, optics, and materials science in a seamless manner, and introducing quantum mechanics when needed. The book groups the characteristics of optical materials into classes with similar behavior. In treating each type of material, the text pays particular attention to atomic composition and chemical makeup, electronic states and band structure, and physical microstructure so that the reader will gain insight into the kinds of materials engineering and processing conditions that are required to produce a material exhibiting a desired optical property. The physical principles are presented on many levels, including a physical explanation, followed by formal mathematical support and examples and methods of measurement. The reader may overlook the equations with no loss of comprehension, or may use the text to find appropriate equations for calculations of optical properties.
1. Title of Book - p. i 2. Cover image - p. i 3. Title page - p. ii 4. Table of Contents - p. iii 5. Copyright - p. iii 6. Dedication - p. iii 7. List of figures - p. xv 8. List of tables - p. xxvii 9. About the authors - p. xxxi 10. Preface - p. xxxiii 11. Chapter 1. Wave propagation - p. 1 12. Chapter 2. Optical properties of conductors - p. 69 13. Chapter 3. Optical properties of insulators—fundamentals - p. 101 14. Chapter 4. Optical properties of insulators—materials, devices, and applications - p. 173 15. Chapter 5. Optical properties of semiconductors - p. 229 16. Chapter 6. Energy-related optical materials - p. 309 17. Chapter 7. Optical gain and lasers - p. 369 18. Chapter 8. Nonlinear optical processes in materials - p. 429 19. Index - p. 479
Optical Materials, Second Edition, presents, in a unified form, the underlying physical and structural processes that determine the optical behavior of materials. It does this by combining elements from physics, optics, and materials science in a seamless manner, and introducing quantum mechanics when needed. The book groups the characteristics of optical materials into classes with similar behavior. In treating each type of material, the text pays particular attention to atomic composition and chemical makeup, electronic states and band structure, and physical microstructure so that the reader will gain insight into the kinds of materials engineering and processing conditions that are required to produce a material exhibiting a desired optical property. The physical principles are presented on many levels, including a physical explanation, followed by formal mathematical support and examples and methods of measurement. The reader may overlook the equations with no loss of comprehension, or may use the text to find appropriate equations for calculations of optical properties.
1. Title of Book - p. i 2. Cover image - p. i 3. Title page - p. ii 4. Table of Contents - p. iii 5. Copyright - p. iii 6. Dedication - p. iii 7. List of figures - p. xv 8. List of tables - p. xxvii 9. About the authors - p. xxxi 10. Preface - p. xxxiii 11. Chapter 1. Wave propagation - p. 1 12. Chapter 2. Optical properties of conductors - p. 69 13. Chapter 3. Optical properties of insulators—fundamentals - p. 101 14. Chapter 4. Optical properties of insulators—materials, devices, and applications - p. 173 15. Chapter 5. Optical properties of semiconductors - p. 229 16. Chapter 6. Energy-related optical materials - p. 309 17. Chapter 7. Optical gain and lasers - p. 369 18. Chapter 8. Nonlinear optical processes in materials - p. 429 19. Index - p. 479
