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After introduction of the basic properties of atoms, molecules, solids and semiconductors in the first sections, the interaction of light with matter will be presented in the following.
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G.A. Reider, Photonics: An Introduction (Springer, 2016)
A. Yariv, P. Yeh, Photonics: Optical Electronics in Modern Communications (Oxford University Press, 2006)
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Eichler, H.J., Eichler, J., Lux, O. (2018). Absorption and Emission of Light. In: Lasers. Springer Series in Optical Sciences, vol 220. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-99895-4_2
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