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Optical Radiation and Matter provides a deeper look at electricity and magnetism and the interaction of optical radiation with molecules and solid materials. The focus is on developing an understanding of the sources of light, how light moves through matter, and how external electric and magnetic fields can influence the way light waves propagate through materials.
Classroom tested for over 30 years and now revised and expanded, this textbook provides introductory chapters reviewing the basics before moving into more advanced topics. With an introduction, worked examples, and end-of-chapter problems for each chapter, this textbook is suitable for readers with a background in electricity and magnetism at an advanced undergraduate level and will complement any course on advanced electricity and magnetism, electro-optics, and radiation and matter.
Key Features
- Starts with the key basic concepts of electricity and magnetism.
- Includes many fundamental concepts of both optical radiation and materials.
- Addresses applications of a wide variety of optical radiation principles.
- Worked examples throughout.
- Exercises at the end of each chapter.
This book is intended to provide the reader with the fundamental theory of optical radiation that would give the reader an understanding of the physics behind optical device applications.
The target audience of this book is students studying electromagnetic or condensed matter physics. The book has questions at the end of each chapter for further studies or homework and references at the end of each chapter for further study. Anyone interested in the theory of optical radiation and condensed matter physics would be interested in this book.
John J. Shea, IEEE Electrical Insulation Magazine, July-August 2022