Optical Processes in Solids

Yutaka Toyozawa

440 pages, parution le 17/03/2003

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Résumé

A unifying element that links the apparently diverse phenomena observed in optical processes is the dielectric dispersion of matter. It describes the response of matter to incoming electromagnetic waves and charged particles, and thus predicts their behavior in the self-induced field of matter, known as polariton and polaron effects. The energies of phonon, exciton and plasmon, quanta of collective motions of charged particles constituting the matter, are also governed by dielectric dispersion. Since the latter is a functional of the former, one can derive useful relations for their self-consistency. The nonlinear response to laser light inclusive of multiphoton processes, and excitation of atomic inner shells by synchrotron radiation, are also described in the same context.

Within the configuration coordinate model, photo-induced lattice relaxation and chemical reaction are described equally to both ground and relaxed excited states, to provide a novel and global perspective on structural phase transitions and the nature of interatomic bonds.

Contents

Radiation field
Quantum mechanics
Interaction of radiation with matter
Electronic versus nuclear motions and the optical spectra of localized electrons in solids
Lattice vibrations
Electric susceptibility and the dielectric constant
One-electron states in solids
Excitons
Polaron and the self-trapped state
Optical spectra of exciton in the phonon field
Higher-order optical processes
Inner-shell excitation
Photo-induced structural changes
Light, matter, and life (a scenario for the origin of life and its evolution)

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	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Cambridge University Press
Auteur(s)	Yutaka Toyozawa
Parution	17/03/2003
Nb. de pages	440
Format	17,4 x 24,7
Couverture	Broché
Poids	917g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780521556057
ISBN13	978-0-521-55605-7