Optical radiation and matter / Robert J Brecha and J. Michael O'Hare.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brecha, Robert J., author.

O'Hare, J. Michael, author.

Series:

IOP Ebooks Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Optical radiometry.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (312 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Bristol, England : IOP Publishing, [2021]

Summary:

Optical Radiation and Matter provides a deeper look at electricity and magnetism and the interaction of optical radiation with molecules and solid materials. It will complement any course on advanced electricity and magnetism, electro-optics, and radiation and matter.

Contents:

Intro

Preface

Acknowledgements

Author biographies

Bob Brecha

Mike O'Hare

Chapter 1 Review of electromagnetic radiation

1.1 Historical introduction

1.2 Maxwell's equations in free space

1.3 The free-space wave equation

1.3.1 Plane wave solution to the wave equation

1.3.2 Spherical wave solution to the wave equation

1.3.3 Gaussian beam solution to the wave equation

1.4 Phase and group velocity

1.5 Energy flux

1.5.1 The free-space Poynting vector

1.5.2 Time averaging of sinusoidal products: irradiance

1.6 Resonator electric field

1.7 Problems

References

Chapter 2 Polarization of light

2.1 Historical introduction

2.2 Polarization of light waves

2.2.1 Elliptical polarization

2.2.2 Linear or plane polarization

2.2.3 Circular polarization

2.2.4 Polarization in the complex plane

2.3 Jones vector representation of polarization states

2.3.1 Superposition of waves using Jones vectors

2.4 Optical elements and Jones matrices

2.5 Longitudinal field components

2.6 Problems

Chapter 3 Radiation and scattering

3.1 Historical introduction

3.2 Summary of Maxwell's equations

3.3 Potential theory and the radiating EM field

3.4 Radiation from a dipole

3.5 Scattering

3.5.1 Scattering by a dipole

3.6 Polarization of Rayleigh scattered light

3.6.1 Polarization of scattered light

3.7 Radiation in the Coulomb gauge

3.8 Problems

Chapter 4 Absorption and line broadening

4.1 Historical introduction

4.2 Extinction by a dipole

4.3 Field from a sheet of dipoles

4.4 Propagation in a dilute medium

4.5 Beer's law

4.6 Broadening

4.6.1 Natural line broadening

4.6.2 Doppler broadening

4.6.3 Collision broadening

4.6.4 Voigt profile

4.7 Absorption spectroscopy experiment

4.8 Problems

References.

Chapter 5 Macroscopic electrodynamics

5.1 Historical introduction

5.2 The local field

5.3 The macroscopic Maxwell equations

5.4 The polarization density and constitutive relation

5.4.1 Monochromatic waves

5.5 Dielectric and impermeability tensors

5.6 The electromagnetic wave equation

5.7 Plane waves in dense matter

5.8 Classification of wave types

5.8.1 Homogeneous and inhomogeneous waves

5.8.2 Transverse electric and magnetic waves

5.8.3 Additional properties of plane waves

5.9 Reflection and transmission at an interface

5.9.1 Nature of reflected and transmitted waves

5.9.2 Amplitude of transmitted and reflected waves (Fresnel's equations)

5.9.3 Jones matrices for reflection

Example

5.9.4 Stokes relations

5.9.5 Specific angles of reflection

5.10 Thin-film anti-reflection (AR) coating

5.11 Waves at a conducting interface

5.11.1 Reflection and transmission for a conducting medium

5.11.2 Characteristic angles

5.12 Problems

Chapter 6 Optical properties of simple systems

6.1 Normal modes of motion

6.2 Local and collective modes

6.2.1 Local modes

6.2.2 The linear monatomic lattice

6.2.3 One-dimensional diatomic lattice

6.3 Optical properties of simple classical systems

6.3.1 Frequency dependence of the dielectric constant of bound charges

6.3.2 Electronic contributions to the dielectric constant

6.3.3 Reststrahlen bands

6.4 Drude theory of metals

6.4.1 Low-frequency region (ωτ≪1): the Hagen-Rubens relation

6.4.2 The high-frequency region (ωτ≫1)

6.4.3 Plasma reflection

6.5 Semiconductors-the example of InSb

6.6 Kramers-Kronig relations

6.7 Problems

Chapter 7 Crystal optics

7.1 Historical introduction

7.2 Polarizers

7.3 Birefringence (double refraction).

7.3.1 Uniaxial crystals

7.3.2 Ray direction and the Poynting vector

7.3.3 Double refraction at the boundary of an anisotropic medium

7.3.4 The optical indicatrix

7.3.5 Wave-velocity surfaces

7.4 Retarders

7.5 Optical activity

7.5.1 Susceptibility tensor of optically active medium

7.6 Faraday effect

7.7 The k-vector surface of quartz

7.8 Off-axis waveplates

7.9 Problems

Chapter 8 Electro-optic effects

8.1 Historical introduction

8.2 Optical indicatrix revisited

8.3 Electro-optic effects

8.3.1 Crystal symmetry effects on the tensor rijk

8.3.2 Deformation of the optical indicatrix

8.4 Electro-optic retardation

8.4.1 The longitudinal electro-optic effect

8.4.2 The transverse electro-optic effect

8.5 Electro-optic amplitude modulation

8.6 Electro-optic phase modulation

8.7 The quadratic electro-optic effect

8.8 A microscopic model for electro-optic effects

8.8.1 Pockels effect

8.9 High-frequency modulation

8.10 Frequency modulation (FM) spectroscopy

8.11 Problems

Chapter 9 Acousto-optic effects

9.1 Historical introduction

9.2 Interaction of light with acoustic waves

9.3 Elastic strain

9.4 The photoelastic effect

9.5 Diffraction of light by acoustic waves

9.5.1 Raman-Nath diffraction

9.5.2 Bragg scattering

9.6 Problems

Chapter

A.1 Theorems

A.2 Identities

B.1 Rectangular coordinates

B.2 Cylindrical coordinates

B.3 Spherical coordinates

C.1 Rectangular (x,y,z)-spherical (r,θ,φ)

C.2 Rectangular (x,y,z)-cylindrical (ρ,φ,z).

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ISBN:

9780750342063

0750342064

OCLC:

1429725146