Elsevier

Solid State Physics

Volume 15, 1963, Pages 299-408
Solid State Physics

Elementary Theory of the Optical Properties of Solids

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This chapter describes elementary theory of the optical properties of solids. One of the most powerful tools for studying the properties of solids is the measurement and analysis of their optical properties. Some of the results required for such an analysis are described in the chapter with emphasis on the detailed development of simple models. It expresses many of the results in numerical form and has dictated the use of meter–kilogram–second (mks) units throughout. The treatment is elementary in the sense that no physics beyond Maxwell's equations and simple quantum mechanics is used in the chapter. Dispersion relations as applied to the analysis of optical properties are discussed in the chapter. It summarizes some of the classical results for two very important physical systems, the free-electron gas and the optical lattice vibrations in ionic crystals. These systems are sufficiently simple that detailed results can be obtained very easily, yet realistic enough that the results give quite a good representation of at least some of the properties of real solids.

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