Materials Science

Optics for Materials Scientists
Myeongkyu Lee, PhD

Optics for Materials Scientists

Published. Available now.
Pub Date: July 2019
Hardback Price: See Ordering info
Hard ISBN: 9781771887571
Paperback ISBN: 978-1-77463-440-0
E-Book ISBN: 9780429425356
Pages: 392pp w/index
Binding Type: hardbound / ebook / paperback
Notes: 7 color and 237 b/w illustrations


Reviews
This compact, modern textbook aims to provide enough optics theory and basic broad applications to be useful to students in materials science, solid state physics, chemistry, and various engineering disciplines. . . . The reviewer especially liked the extended discussion on x-ray diffraction . . . Summing Up: Recommended.”
—CHOICE,
a publication of the Association of College and Research Libraries, Nov 2020, review by J. Lambropoulos, University of Rochester, NY, USA


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Optics for Materials Scientists is intended to help materials scientists and engineers fully comprehend the principles of optics and optical phenomena and effectively utilize them for the design and fabrication of optical materials and devices. Materials science is an interdisciplinary field at the intersection of various fields, such as metallurgy, ceramics, solid-state physics, chemistry, chemical engineering, and mechanical engineering. Thus, many physicists, chemists, and engineers also work in materials science. Many materials scientists generally do not have a strong background in optics, and this book aims to fill that gap.

The volume explains the fundamentals of optics legibly to nonspecialists and presents theoretical treatments for a variety of optical phenomena resulting from light-matter interactions. It covers thin film optics, interference lithography, and metal plasmonics as practical applications of optics for materials research. Each chapter of the book has a problem and reference section to facilitate the reader’s understanding.

The book is aimed at assisting materials scientists and engineers who must be aware of optics and optical phenomena. This book will also be useful as a textbook for students in materials science, physics, chemistry, and engineering throughout their undergraduate and early graduate years.

Key features:
  • Explains the fundamentals of optics legibly to nonspecialists
  • Presents theoretical treatments for a variety of optical phenomena resulting from light-matter interactions
  • Covers thin film optics, interference lithography, and metal plasmonics as practical applications of optics for materials research
  • Cites and reviews many important results recently reported in the literature
  • Presents a huge number of elaborately drawn graphics for better understanding

CONTENTS:
Preface

1. Electromagnetic Waves
Mathematics of Wave Motion
Fundamental Electromagnetic Theory
Electromagnetic Waves
Light Propagation in Dielectrics
Light Propagation in Metals

2. Reflection and Refraction
Introduction
Law of Reflection and Refraction
Fermat’s Principle
Reflection and Transmission at Normal Incidence
Reflection and Refraction at Oblique Incidence
Reflection at the Boundary of an Absorbing Medium

3. Superposition of Waves
Superposition of Waves of the Same Frequency
Standing Waves
Superposition of Waves of Different Frequency
Coherence

4. Interference
Introduction
Young’s Double-Slit Experiment
Amplitude-Splitting Interferometers
Multi-Beam Interference
Interference in Thin Film

5. Diffraction
Huygens’ Principle
Fraunhofer Diffraction
Diffraction Grating
X-Ray Diffraction
Electron Diffraction

6. Light Propagation in Anisotropic Media
Introduction
Dielectric Tensor of an Anisotropic Medium
Index Ellipsoid
Light Propagation in Uniaxial Crystals
Double Refraction

7. Polarization
Polarization States of Light
Matrix Treatment of Polarization
Production of Polarized Light
Polarization Devices

8. Thin Film Optics and Reflectance Control
Multilayer Thin Films
Surface Structures for Antireflection

9. Interference Lithography
Introduction
Theory of Interference Lithography
Fabrication of Periodic Structures
Applications of Interference Lithography

10. Metal Plasmonics
Optical Properties of Metals
Surface Plasmons
Localized Surface Plasmons
Applications

Index


About the Authors / Editors:
Myeongkyu Lee, PhD
Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea

Myeongkyu Lee, PhD, is currently a professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Yonsei University in Seoul, Korea. Formerly, he was a researcher at the National Institute for Materials Science, Japan, and a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, California, where he received his PhD. Dr. Lee’s research interests include dye-sensitized solar cell, non-lithographic thin film patterning for electronics, transparent electrode, diffractive optics and holography, and laser materials processing. He is a member of several academic societies, including the Materials Research Society (MRS), the European Materials Research Society (E-MRS), and the Optical Society of America (OSA), and he is the former editor of Electronic Materials Letters (2013–2014).




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