678 Phys

Optical Properties of solids:

List of topics:

-Introduction to optical properties of materials,
-the complex dielectric function, the complex refractive index,
-Lorentz oscillators dispersion,
-birefringence,
-Interband absorption, excitons,
-Luminescence,
-Quantum wells, Metals, doped semiconductors,
-Phonon absorption and reflectivity,
-Nonlinear optics.