Preface
1.Introduction
Part One:Concepts and Properties
2.The interaction of radiation with matter
2.1 Maxwells’’s equations for time-varying fields
2.2 Propagation of electromagnetic waves in the medium
2.3 Optical constants
2.4 changes of electromagnetic radiation at the interface
3.General properties of the optical constants
3.1 Longitudinal and transverse responses
3.2 Kramers-Kronig relations and sum rules
4.The medium:correlation and response functions
4.1 Current-current correlation functions and conductivity
4.2 the semiclassical approach
4.3 Response function formalism and conductivity
5.Metals
6.Semiconductors
7.Broken symmetry states of metals
Part Two:Methods
8.Techniques:general considerations
9.Propagation and scattering of electromagnetic waves
10.Spectroscopic principles
11.Measurement configurations
Part Three:Experiments
12.Metals
13.Semiconductors
14.Broken symmetry states of metals
Part Four:Appendices
Index
