Optical Properties of Solids An Introductory Textbook

This textbook presents the general point of views of the optical properties of solids and gives an overview of the landscape of optics in solid-state materials, especially focusing on optical imaging techniques. It presents the background of electromagnetic theory, which is based on Maxwell’s equations. It shows how to manipulate Maxwell’s equations in differential forms by utilizing vector analysis and how to calculate the electric field emerging from a single charge and from charge distributions in conductors and dielectrics under Maxwell’s boundary conditions. It analyzes the optical spectra from localized electronic states and goes over some well-known phenomena currently under research, such as nonlinear optical response of materials. It also gives a background on optical microscopy, focusing on the optical response of modern confocal microscopy on asymmetric materials, and introduces optical tomographic techniques to identify the locations and profiles of matter, concentrating on fluorescence diffuse optical tomography used as a probe in deep biological tissue. The book is designed for all kinds of learners, especially independent learners, and is aimed to facilitate the visualization of related theoretical concepts. Problem sets have been provided with each chapter to examine the readers’ understanding of each concept.

Preface Vector Analysis and Maxwell’s Equations INTRODUCTION SCALARS AND VECTORS SCALAR AND VECTOR PRODUCTS GRADIENT, DIVERGENCE AND ROTATION OF VECTORS GAUSS’ S AND STOKES’S THEOREM MAXWELL’S EQUATIONS PROBLEMS Electromagnetic Units and Electric Charges INTRODUCTION MKS UNITS COULOMB’S LAW CONDUCTOR AND INSULATOR PROBLEMS Electric Field and Electric Potential INTRODUCTION ELECTRIC FIELD THE LINE OF ELECTRIC FORCE ELECTRIC POTENTIAL GAUSS’S LAW OHM’S LAW ELECTRIC DIPOLE PROBLEMS Capacitance and Electromagnetic Energy INTRODUCTION CAPACITANCE ELECTROMAGNETIC ENERGY COEFFICIENT OF ELECTROSTATIC POTENTIAL PROBLEMS Dielectric Materials INTRODUCTION POLARIZATION ELECTRIC DISPLACEMENT AND DIELECTRIC CONSTANT MAXWELL’S BOUNDARY CONDITIONS PROBLEMS Methods of Determining Electric Field and Potential INTRODUCTION LAPLACE-POISSON EQUATION METHOD OF IMAGES DIRECT SOLUTION CONFOCAL MAPPING GREEN’ S FUNCTION PROBLEMS Light INTRODUCTION LIGHT DE BROGLIE WAVES CABLE WAVES ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES PROBLEMS Classical and Quantum Theory of Light INTRODUCTION ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES IN VACUUM POLARIZATION OF LIGHT SPECTRUM OF LIGHT ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES IN MEDIUM ELECTROMAGNETIC POTENTIAL ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD QUANTIZATION PROBLEMS Classical Theory of Light-Matter Interaction I INTRODUCTION OPTICAL CONSTANTS PROPAGATION OF LIGHT IN A MATERIAL KRAMERS-KRONIG RELATIONS PROBLEMS Classical Theory of Light-Matter Interaction II INTRODUCTION LORENTZ MODEL DRUDE MODEL THEORY OF LOCAL FIELD ELECROMAGNETIC FIELD RADIATION PROBLEMS Quantum Theory of Light-Matter Interaction INTRODUCTION QUANTUM THEORY OF MATTER SEMI-CLASSICAL QUANTUM MECHANICAL TREATMENT FULLY QUANTUM MECHANICAL TREATMENT PROBLEMS Electron-Nuclei Interaction INTRODUCTION SEPARATION OF MOTIONS OF ELECTRONS AND NUCLEI MOLECULAR VIBRATIONS ABSORPTION SPECTRUM ORIGIN OF SPECTRAL PROFILE PROBLEMS Optical Spectra of Materials INTRODUCTION OPTICAL SPECTRA OF ATOMS OPTICAL SPECTRA OF MOLECULES OPTICAL SPECTRA OF CRYSTALS PROBLEMS Some Interesting Phenomena INTRODUCTION LUMINESCECE LIGHT SCATTERING LASER ACTION OPTICAL SECOND HARMONIC GENERATION PROBLEMS Optics of Eyes INTRODUCTION COMPONENT OF EYES FUNCTION OF EYES OCULAR PROBLEM AND ITS CORRECTION PROBLEMS Appendix A Index

Asst. Prof. Dr. Kitsakorn Locharoenrat is a lecturer in the Faculty of Science, Department of Physics, King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Ladkrabang (KMITL), Thailand. He obtained his B.S. degree in 1994 from Chulalongkorn University, Thailand, M.S. degree in 2000 from the Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand, and Ph.D. in 2007 from the Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Japan. His research fields of interest are synthesis of nanomaterials and optical microscopy and spectroscopy, including optical imaging technique.