Polaritons in Periodic and Quasiperiodic Structures

Erscheinungsjahr 2004
ISBN: 978-0-444-51627-5
Verlag: Elsevier BV

Buch, Englisch, 358 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 681 g

In recent years there have been exciting developments in techniques for producing multilayered structures of different materials, often with thicknesses as small as only a few atomic layers. These artificial structures, known as superlattices, can either be grown with the layers stacked in an alternating fashion (the periodic case) or according to some other well-defined mathematical rule (the quasiperiodic case). This book describes research on the excitations (or wave-like behavior) of these materials, with emphasis on how the material properties are coupled to photons (the quanta of the light or the electromagnetic radiation) to produce "mixed� waves called polaritons.

Zielgruppe

The book is aimed at graduate students, faculty members and other researchers in condensed matter physics, materials science and engineering, surface and interface science, and nanotechnology. It will be useful in providing instructional material in this developing area of physics/ materials science, as a review of the field of study, and as a comprehensive reference.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Albuquerque, Eudenilson L.

Cottam, Michael G.

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Physik Thermodynamik Festkörperphysik, Kondensierte Materie
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Thermodynamik Oberflächen- und Grenzflächenphysik, Dünne Schichten

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface1 Basic Properties of Excitations in Solids 2 Periodic and Quasiperiodic Structures 3 Bulk Polaritons4 Surface Plasmon- and Phonon-Polaritons5 Plasmon-Polaritons in Periodic Structures 6 Plasmon-Polaritons in Quasiperiodic Structures 6.1 Two-Component Quasiperiodic Structures 7 Magnetic Polaritons 8 Magnetic Polaritons in Spin-Canted Systems 9 Metallic Magnetic Multilayers 10 Exciton-Polaritons11 Experimental Techniques 12 Concluding Topics Appendix A: Some Theoretical Tools

Über Autor(innen)

Albuquerque, Eudenilson L.
Eudenilson L. Albuquerque is Professor of Physics and Biophysics, at the Department of Biophysics, UFRN, Brazil, where he served as Dean for Research and Graduate Studies (1987-1991). He has previously co-authored the books Polariton in Periodic and Quasiperiodic Structures (Elsevier, 2004) and Quantum Chemistry Simulation of Biological Molecules (Cambridge University Press, 2021).