Optical Constants of Inorganic Glasses

by Andrei M. Efimov

Overview

This book is devoted to the problem of the frequency dispersion of optical constants of inorganic glasses. It is the only source providing a comprehensive discussion of this topic on a unified physical and analytical basis.
Optical Constants of Inorganic Glasses presents thorough descriptions of the underlying physical phenomena, analytical models for the optical constants dispersion, and detailed information on the optical constants and related optical characteristics of glasses. The broad scope of the book includes such topics as general relationships for the response of a solid to the effect of an electromagnetic field, and specific features of optical spectrum formation for a glass and the resulting constants. The text details methods for reconstructing the spectra of optical constants from raw experimental spectra of glasses, and provides data on the spectra of optical constants in the IR and VUV ranges and on the IR band parameters for inorganic glasses. It includes factors responsible for the behavior of the refractive index dispersion of glasses in the transparency range.
The reference fully details the opportunities provided by the recent version of dispersion analysis for glasses based on the specific analytical model for the complex dielectric constant. Until now, this information was only available in Russian journals. A large quantity of never-before-published data on numerical values of optical constants in the medium and far IR and of IR band frequencies and intensities is given for a wide variety of inorganic glasses. For vitreous silica, data on the optical constants are also given for the broad wavelength range in the VUV.
Optical Constants of Inorganic Glasses provides the only comprehensive review of available dispersion formulas and methods for interpolating and extrapolating the refractive indices of glasses in the transparency range. The volume is a valuable resource for researchers, practitioners in the fields of glass technology

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781000722000
Publisher:	CRC Press
Publication date:	01/29/2020
Series:	Laser & Optical Science & Technology
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	224
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

Andrei Markovich Efimov was born in St. Petersburg (formerly Leningrad), Russia, in 1937. He graduated from the Leningrad State University (Department of Chemistry) in 1960. Since then, he has been associated with the S. I. Vavilov State Optical Institute in St. Petersburg. He earned his "Kandidat" degree in 1966 in Chemistry and his Doctor of Science degree in 1991 in Physics and Mathematics from the Vavilov State Optical Institute. Dr. Efimov has extensive experience in various fields of glass science. During the last sixteen years he has developed quantitative models and approaches to understanding the optical and spectroscopic properties of inorganic glasses as related to their structure. Dr. Efimov has more than one hundred publications in scientific journals and conference proceedings. He has been a member of the program committees of many all-union conferences and of the Fifteenth International Congress on Glass. Since1985, he has also served as a member of the Editorial Board of the journal Fizika i Khimiya Stekla (Glass Physics and Chemistry). Recently, Dr. Efimov was appointed a professor at St. Petersburg's Institute of Fine Mechanics and Optics.

Table of Contents

Frequency Dispersion of Optical Constants of a Solid: General Relationships. Frequency Dispersion of Optical Constants for a Glass: Specific Features. Methods for Reconstructing the Spectra of the Optical Constants in the Ranges of Fundamental Excitations. Spectra of Optical Constants in the Ranges of Fundamental Excitations for Particular Glass Types. Refractive Index Dispersion of Glasses in the Transparency Range: Applied Aspects. References. Appendix: Numerical Data on the Optical Constants of Various Glasses in the Ranges of the Fundamental Excitations.

Editorial Reviews

"This book is invaluable for anyone who needs to have accessible the theory and experimental data of the optical constants of inorganic glasses."
-Materials Research Bulletin, 31 (5), 1996
"This book is invaluable for anyone who needs to have accessible the theory and experimental data of the optical constants of inorganic glasses."
-Materials Research Bulletin, 31 (5), 1996

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