Optical Materials

An introduction to the fundamentals and advanced research topics of optical materials

Kelly S. Potter (Author), Joseph H. Simmons (Author)

9780128186428

Paperback, published 22 April 2021

530 pages, 256 illustrations (56 in full color)
22.9 x 15.1 x 3.3 cm, 0.81 kg

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. Wave Propagation2. Optical Properties of Conductors3. Optical Properties of Insulators - Fundamentals4. Optical Properties of Insulators - Materials, Devices, and Applications5. Optical Properties of Semiconductors6. Energy-Related Optical Materials7. Optical Gain and Lasers8. Nonlinear Optical processes in Materials

Subject Areas: Applied optics [TTB], Electronics & communications engineering [TJ], Materials science [TGM], Optical physics [PHJ]