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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450178803321

Autore

Bedeaux Dick

Titolo

Optical properties of surfaces [[electronic resource] /] / Dick Bedeaux, Jan Vlieger

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Imperial College Press, c2004

ISBN

1-281-86649-0

9786611866495

1-86094-543-0

1-59124-996-1

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (465 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

VliegerJan

Disciplina

530.4275

Soggetti

Surfaces - Optical properties

Thin films

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previous ed.: 2002.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Optical Properties of Surfaces; PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION; PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION; CONTENTS; 1 INTRODUCTION; 2 EXCESS CURRENTS, CHARGE DENSITIES AND FIELDS; 3 MAXWELL'S EQUATIONS WITH SINGULAR FIELDS; 4 REFLECTION AND TRANSMISSION; 5 ISLAND FILMS IN THE LOW COVERAGE LIMIT; 6 SPHEROIDAL ISLAND FILMS IN THE LOW COVERAGE LIMIT; 7 ISLANDS FILMS FOR A FINITE COVERAGE; 8 FILMS OF TRUNCATED SPHERES FOR A LOW COVERAGE; 9 FILMS OF TRUNCATED SPHEROIDS IN THE LOW COVERAGE LIMIT; 10 FILMS OF TRUNCATED SPHERES OR SPHEROIDS FOR FINITE COVERAGE; 11 STRATIFIED LAYERS

12 THE WAVE EQUATION AND ITS GENERAL SOLUTION13 GENERAL LINEAR RESPONSE THEORY FOR SURFACES; 14 SURFACE ROUGHNESS; 15 REFLECTION OF A GYROTROPIC MEDIUM; REFERENCES; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

This invaluable book represents a substantial body of work describing the theory of the optical properties of thin island films and rough surfaces. In both cases the feature sizes are small compared to the wavelength of light. The approach is extremely rigorous and theoretically very thorough.The reflection, transmission and absorption



of light are described. Computer programs that provide exact solutions for theoretical properties of thin island films have recently become available, and this makes the book of great practical use.