Abstract
The interaction of light with solids takes place through different mechanisms, depending on the type of material and the range of wavelength investigated. Insulators or dielectrics are typically transparent to visible light while most semiconductors are opaque to visible light yet transparent to infrared radiations; in contrast metallic solids appear shiny because they reflect all wavelength up to the ultraviolet region. The optical properties of a solid depends on its chemical composition and its structural properties and vary for every material, though, one parameter, the complex refractive index n is sufficient to characterize entirely the optical properties of a specific material.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Title of host publication | Encyclopedia of Modern Optics, Five-Volume Set |
| Publisher | Elsevier Inc. |
| Pages | 466-474 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9780123693952 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jan 1 2004 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Computer Science
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