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Elementary optical properties of crystals and nanostructures are investigated, like absorption, emission and reflectivity, as the system response to time- and space-dependent electric fields. The corresponding response and dielectric functions are introduced, that are dispersive in frequency and wavenumber. Simple models of dielectric functions for metals and insulators are introduced and studied. Electronic transitions induced by electromagnetic fields assisted by phonon excitations are investigated as well, and their occurrence determined to first and second perturbative order. Finally the optical properties of confined nanostructures are discussed. The issue of electronic and ionic screening of interactions is considered for all the cases under discussion.
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Iadonisi, G., Cantele, G., Chiofalo, M.L. (2014). Optical Properties. In: Introduction to Solid State Physics and Crystalline Nanostructures. UNITEXT for Physics. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-2805-0_5
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