Optical Properties of Solids, 2nd Edition by Mark Fox - ISBN: 9780199573370
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Exploring light’s interaction with all solid materials, from basics to cutting-edge.

Optical Properties of Solids, 2nd Edition

Second Edition

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    418 pages

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    13 April 2010

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Summary

The second edition of this successful textbook provides an up-to-date account of the optical physics of solid state materials. The basic principles of absorption, reflection, luminescence, and light scattering are covered for a wide range of materials, including insulators, semiconductors and metals. The text starts with a review of classical optics, and then moves on to the treatment of optical transition rates by quantum theory. In addition to the traditional discussion of crystalline mater…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780199573370
ISBN-10:0199573379
Author:Mark Fox
Publisher:Oxford University Press
Imprint:Oxford University Press
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:418
Edition:2nd
Release Date:13 April 2010
Weight:803g
Dimensions:245mm x 189mm x 21mm
Series:Oxford Master Series in Physics
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Critics Review

`Review from previous edition Fox has succeeded in offering a good, compact, senior level presentation of the optical properties of solids.‘American Journal of Physics

About The Author

Mark Fox

Mark Fox, Professor of Physics at the University of Sheffield, began his research career at Christ Church, Oxford, in 1986, as a Junior Research Fellow. After a post-doctoral position with AT&T Bell Laboratories in the US, he returned to Oxford as a Royal Society University Research Fellow. He moved to Sheffield in 1998, becoming Professor there in 2006.

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