Optical Properties of Solids: Papers from the NATO Advanced Study Institute on Optical Properties of Solids Held August 7–20, 1966, at Freiburg, Germany(Optical Physics and Engineering)

This book is an account of the manner in which the optical phenomena observed from solids relate to their fundamental properties. Written at the graduate level, it attempts a threefold purpose: an indication of the breadth of the subject, an in-depth examination of important areas, and a text for a two-semester course. The first two chapters present introductory theory as a foundation for subsequent reading. The following ten chapters broadly concern electronic properties associated with semiconductors ranging from narrow to wide energy gap materials. Lattice properties are examined in the remaining chap­ ters, in which effects governed by phonons in perfect crystals, point defects, their vibrational and electronic spectra, and electron-phonon interactions are stressed. Fun and hard work, both in considerable measure, have gone into the preparation of this volume. At the University of Freiburg, W. Germany, from August 7-20, 1966, the occasion of a NATO Advanced Study Institute on "The Optical Properties of Solids," the authors of these various chapters lectured for the Institute; this volume provides essentially the "Proceed­ ings" of that meeting. Many major revisions of original lectures (contrac­ tions and enlargements) were required for better organization and presentation of the subject matter. Several abbreviated chapters appear mainly to indicate the importance of their contents in optical properties research and to indicate recently published books that provide ample coverage. We are indebted to many people: the authors for their efforts and patience; our host at the University of Freiburg, the late Professor Dr.

Table of Contents:
1 Group Theory in Crystal Physics.- 2 Principles and Methods of Band Theory.- 3 Electric-Susceptibility Mass of Free Carriers in Semiconductors.- 4 Magneto-optics.- 5 Optical Properties and Electronic Structure of Amorphous Semiconductors.- 6 Optical Constants of Insulators: Dispersion Relations.- 7 Electroreflectance.- 8 Infrared Photoconductivity.- 9 Excitons.- 10 Excitons in II–VI Compounds.- 11 Luminescence.- 12 Lattice Vibrations.- 13 New Spectral and Atomistic Relations in Physics and Chemistry of Solids.- 14 Infrared and Raman Spectra Due to Lattice Vibrations.- 15 Impurity-Induced Lattice Absorption.- 16 Pseudo-Brewster Angle Technique for Determining Optical Constants.- 17 Introductory Notes to Electron Spin Resonance Absorption Spectroscopy.- 18 Electronic Spectra of Molecular Crystals.- 19 Spectra of Ions in Crystals.- 20 Coupling of Modified Modes to Electronic Transitions at Defects.- 21 Optical Analog of the Mössbauer Effect.- 22 Configurational Coordinates.- Author Index.