Contents
Introduction
1.1AimandConcepts
1.2Outline
1.3Problems
Maxwell'sEquationsandPhotons
2.1Maxwell'sEquations
2.2ElectromagneticRadiationinVacuum
2.3ElectromagneticRadiationinMatter;
LinearOptics
2.4Transverse,LongitudinalandSurfaceWaves
2.5PhotonsandSomeAspectsofQuantumMechanics
andofDispersionRelations
2.6DensityofStatesandOccupationProbabilities
2.7Problems
InteractionofLightwithMatter
3.1MacroscopicAspectsforSolids
3.1.1BoundaryConditions
3.1.2LawsofReflectionandRefraction
3.1.3Noether'sTheoremandSomeAspects
ofConservationLaws
3.1.4ReflectionandTransmissionatanInterface
andFresnel'sFormulae
3.1.5ExtinctionandAbsorptionofLight
3.1.6TransmissionThroughaSlabofMatter
andFabry-PerotModes
3.1.7BirefringenceandDichroism
3.2MicroscopicAspects
3.2.1Absorption,StimulatedandSpontaneous
Emission,VirtualExcitation
3.2.2PerturbativeTreatment
oftheLinearInteraction
ofLightwithMatter
3.3Problems
EnsembleofUncoupledOscillators
4.1EquationsofMotionandtheDielectricFunction
4.2CorrectionsDuetoQuantumMechanics
andLocalFields
4.3SpectraoftheDielectricFunction
andoftheComplexIndexofRefraction
4.4TheSpectraofReflectionandTransmission
4.5Problems
TheConceptofPolaritons
5.1PolaritonsasNewQuasiparticles
5.2TheDispersionRelationofPolaritons
5.3Problems
CoupledOscillatorsandSpatialDispersion
6.1DielectricFunctionandthePolaritonStates
withSpatialDispersion
6.2ReflectionandTransmission
andAdditionaiBoundaryConditions
6.3RealandImaginaryPartsofWavevector
andFrequency
6.4Problems
SurfacePolaritons
7.1DefinitionandDispersion
7.2Problems
Kramers-KronigRelations
8.1GeneralConcept
8.2Problem
LatticeVibrationsandPhonons
9.1AdiabaticApproximation
9.2LatticesinRealandReciprocalSpace
9.3VibrationsofaString
9.4LinearChains
9.5Three-DimensionalLattices
9.6QuantizationofLatticeVibrations:
PhononsandtheConceptofQuasiparticles
9.7TheDensityofStatesandPhononStatistics
9.8PhononsinSuperlattices
9.9LocalizedPhononModes
9.10Problems
EIectronsinaPeriodicCrystalLattice
10.1Bloch'sTheorem
10.2Metals,Semiconductors,Insulators
10.3ElectronsandHolesinCrystals
asNewQuasiparticles
10.4TheEffective-MassConcept
10.5ThePolaronConcept
andOtherElectron-Phonon
InteractionProcesses
10.6BandstructuresofRealSemiconductors
10.7DensityofStatesandOccupationProbability
10.8QuantumWells,Superlattices,QuantumWires
andQuantumDots
10.9Defects,DefectStatesandDoping
lO.'lODisorderedSystemsandLocalization
10.11Problems
Excitons
11.1WannierandFrenkelExcitons
11.2CorrectionstotheSimpleExcitonModel
11.3TheInfluenceofDimensionality
11.4BoundExcitonComplexes
11.5ExcitonsinDisorderedSystems
11.6Problems
SomeFurtherElementaryExcitations
12.1PlasmonsandPairExcitations
12.2Magnons
12.3Problems
OpticalPropertiesofPhononsandPIasmons
13.1ThePhononPolaritonasanExample
withNegligibleSpatialDispersion
13.2ReflectionSpectra
13.3RamanandBrillouinScattering
13.4SurfacePhononPolaritons
13.5LocalizedPhononModes
13.6PlasmonsandMagnons
13.7Problems
OpticalPropertiesofIntrinsicExcitons
14.1Exciton-PhotonCoupling
14.2ConsequencesofSpatialDispersion
14.3SpectraofReflection,Transmission
andLuminescence
14.4SpectroscopyinMomentumSpace
14.5Surface-ExcitonPolaritons
14.6ForbiddenTransitions
14.7ExcitonsinSystemsofReducedDimensionality
14.8OpticalTransitionsAbovetheFundamentalGap
14.9Problems
OpticalPropertiesofBoundandLocalizedExcitons
andofDefectStates
15.1Bound-ExcitonandMulti-excitonComplexes
15.2Donor-AcceptorPairsandRelatedTransitions
15.3InternalTransitionsandDeepCenters
15.4ExcitonsinDisorderedSystems
15.5Problems
ExcitonsUndertheInfluenceofExternalFields
16.1MagneticFields
16.2ElectricFields
16.3StrainFields
16.4Problems
ReviewoftheLinearOpticalProperties
17.1Problem
HighExcitationEffectsandNonlinearOptics
18.1IntroductionandDefinition
18.2GeneralScenarioforHighExcitationEffects
18.3Problems
TheIntermediateDensityRegime
19.1Two-PhotonAbsorptionbyExcitons
19.2ElasticandInelasticScatteringProcesses
19.3Biexcitons
19.4OpticaloracStarkEffect
19.5Bose-EinsteinCondensation
19.6Photo-thermalOpticalNonlinearities
19.7Problems
TheEIectron-HolePlasma
20.1TheMottDensity
20.2BandGapRenormalizationandPhaseDiagram
20.3Electron-HolePlasmas
inIndirect-GapSemiconduetors
20.4Electron-HolePlasmas
inDirect-GapSemiconductors
20.5Problems
StimulatedEmission
21.1IntrinsicProcesses
21.2LocalizedandExtrinsicProcesses
21.3Problems
UltrafastSpectroscopy
22.1TheBasicTimeConstants
22.2PhaseRelaxation
22.2.1ThePhoton-EchoTechnique
22.2.2FurtherTechniquestoDetermne
thePhaseRelaxationTimes
22.3IntrabandRelaxation
22.4InterbandRecombination
22.5BlochOscillations
22.6Problems
23OpticalBistability
23.1BasicConceptsandMechanisms
23.2DispersiveOpticalBistability
23.3OpticalBistabilityDuetoBleaching
23.4InducedAbsorptiveBistability
23.5Electro-opticBistabilityandDevices
23.6Applications
23.6.1OpticalComputing
23.6.2NonlinearDynamics
23.7Problems
ExperimentalTechniques
24.1LinearSpectroscopy
24.1.1TransmissionSpectroscopy
24.1.2ReflectionSpectroscopy
24.1.3Luminescence
andLuminescence-Excitation
Spectroscopy
24.2TimeResolvedSpectroscopy
24.3NonlinearSpectroscopy
24.4Problems
GroupTheoryinSemiconductorOptics
25.1IntroductoryRemarks
25.2AbstractGroupTheory
25.3TheoryofRepresentationsandofCharacters
25.4HamiltonOperatorandGroupTheory
25.5ApplicationstoSemiconductorOptics
25.6SomeSelectedGroupTables
25.7Problems
References
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