Optical Properties of Solids: An Introductory Textbook - Hardcover

Locharoenrat, Kitsakorn

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9814669067 ISBN 13: 9789814669061

Publisher: Jenny Stanford Publishing, 2016

Synopsis

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.

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About the Author

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.

Edition details

• Publisher: Jenny Stanford Publishing
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9814669067
• ISBN 13: 9789814669061
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 320