1st Edition

Optical Constants of Inorganic Glasses

By Andrei M. Efimov Copyright 1995

    This new 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 and applied optics, and students.

    Frequency Dispersion of Optical Constants of a Solid: General Relationships
    Basic Phenomena and Terminology
    The Classical Analytical Model for the Complex Dielectric Constant
    Factorized Analytical Model for the Complex Dielectric Constant
    Frequency Dispersion of Optical Constants for a Glass: Specific Features
    General Remarks
    Structural Disorder and the Formation of Optical Spectra
    Effect of Disorder on the Analytical Presentation of the Complex Dielectric Constant for a Glass
    Methods for Reconstructing the Spectra of the Optical Constants in the Ranges of Fundamental Excitations
    Methods and Limitations Imposed by Strong Absorption
    Kramers-Kronig Transform
    Dispersion Analysis: General Aspects
    Dispersion Analysis of Glass Spectra
    Spectra of Optical Constants in the Ranges of Fundamental Excitations for Particular Glass Types
    Introductory Remarks
    Spectra of Optical Constants in the IR Range and IR Band Parameters of Inorganic Glasses
    Optical Constants of Glasses in the Range of Electronic Excitations
    Refractive Index Dispersion of Glasses in the Transparency Range: Applied Aspects
    Refractive Index Dispersion in Terms of Optical Characteristics Used in Applied Optics
    Refractive Index Interpolation and Extrapolation
    Refractive Index Dispersion versus Glass Composition
    Behavior of Relative Partial Dispersions
    References
    Appendix: Numerical Data on the Optical Constants of Various Glasses in the Ranges of the Fundamental Excitations

    Biography

    Efimov\, Andrei M.

    "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