Optical Properties of Solids

Content: 
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
Dedication, Page v
PREFACE, Page xi
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS, Page xii
Chapter 1 - INTRODUCTION, Pages 1-14
Chapter 2 - MAXWELL'S EQUATIONS AND THE DIELECTRIC FUNCTION, Pages 15-41
Chapter 3 - ABSORPTION AND DISPERSION, Pages 42-84
Chapter 4 - FREE-ELECTRON METALS, Pages 85-107
Chapter 5 - INTERBAND TRANSITIONS, Pages 108-172
Chapter 6 - DISPERSION RELATIONS AND SUM RULES, Pages 173-185
Chapter 7 - SELF-CONSISTENT FIELD APPROXIMATION, Pages 186-202
Chapter 8 - CURRENT-CURRENT CORRELATIONS AND THE FLUCTUATION-DISSIPATION THEOREM, Pages 203-209
Chapter 9 - PLASMONS AND CHARACTERISTIC ENERGY LOSSES, Pages 210-224
Appendix A - DECOMPOSITION OF A VECTOR FIELD INTO LONGITUDINAL AND TRANSVERSE PARTS, Pages 225-226
Appendix B - THE LOCAL FIELD, Pages 227-231
Appendix C - REFLECTION AT NORMAL INCIDENCE, Pages 232-233
Appendix D - THE f-SUM RULE FOR A CRYSTAL, Pages 234-235
Appendix E - INTERACTION OF RADIATION WITH MATTER, Pages 236-239
Appendix F - M1 CRITICAL POINTS, Pages 240-243
Appendix G - REFLECTANCE AND PHASE-SHIFT DISPERSION RELATIONS, Pages 244-250
Appendix H - k · p PERTURBATION THEORY, Pages 251-253
INDEX, Pages 255-260