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By Martin Dressel

During this publication the authors completely talk about the optical houses of solids, with a spotlight on electron states and their reaction to electrodynamic fields. Their assessment of the propagation of electromagnetic fields and their interplay with condensed topic is via a dialogue of the optical homes of metals, semiconductors, and superconductors. Theoretical options, dimension strategies and experimental effects are coated in 3 interrelated sections. the amount is meant to be used by way of graduate scholars and researchers within the fields of condensed subject physics, fabrics technology, and optical engineering.

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Lett. R. V. J. D. Swalen, The Attenuated Total Reflection Method, in: Handbook of Optical Constants of Solids, Vol. D. Palik (Academic Press, Orlando, FL, 1991), p. 75 [Ste63] F. Stern, Elementary Theory of the Optical Properties of Solids, in: Solid State Physics 15, edited by F. Seitz and D. Turnbull (Academic Press, New York, 1963), p. 299 [Woo72] F. Wooten, Optical Properties of Solids (Academic Press, San Diego, CA, 1972) Further reading [Bri60] L. C. P. B. Leighton, and M. Sand, The Feynman Lectures on Physics, Vol.

20) in the absence of an external current Jext , where we have used the vector relation ∇ · (E × H) = H · (∇ × E) − E · (∇ × H). The first terms in the brackets of Eq. 20) correspond to the energy stored in the electric and magnetic fields. In the case of matter being present, the average electric energy density in the field u e and magnetic energy density u m introduced in Eq. 20) become u = ue + um = 1 1 (E · D) + (H · B) 8π 8π . 21) 10 Sometimes the definition of the attenuation coefficient is based on the field strength E and not the intensity I = |E|2 , which makes a factor 2 difference.

28) which connects the impedance Zˆ S to the complex refractive index and the wavevector. Since the surface impedance relates the electric field to the induced current in a surface layer, RS and X S must also be connected to the skin depth δ0 . Combining Eq. 32b) with Eq. 26) |σ2 |, which is the low frequency limit of good conductors. The last 44 2 The interaction of radiation with matter approximation can be easily understood by replacing the integration in Eq. 23) by the characteristic length scale of the penetration.

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