TY - BOOK ID - 71459329 TI - Optical materials AU - Simmons, J. H AU - Potter, Kelly S PY - 2000 SN - 9780126441406 0126441405 9780080513201 0080513204 1281033642 9781281033642 9786611033644 PB - San Diego Academic Press DB - UniCat KW - 543.4 KW - 543.4 Optical methods of analysis KW - Optical methods of analysis KW - Materials science. KW - Optical materials. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:71459329 AB - This book presents, in a unified form, the underlying physical and structural processes that determine the optical behavior of materials. It does this by combining elements from physics, optics, and materials science in a seamless manner, and introducing quantum mechanics when needed. The book groups the characteristics of optical materials into classes with similar behavior. In treating each type of material, the text pays particular attention to atomic composition and chemical makeup, electronic states and band structure, and physical microstructure so that the reader will gain insight into ER -