Optical Properties of Materials

Chapter 1 HW (due: 10/16)

Please read Optical Properties of Solids second Ed. Chapter 1, Chapter 2 and
Appendix A carefully!!
1. Use the data in Table 1.4 of Text Book Optical Properties of Solids 2nd Ed. to
calculate the ratio of the reflectivities of fused silica and Flint glass.
2. Text Book Optical Properties of Solids 2nd Ed. Chapter 1 Exercise problem
(1.9)
3. Text Book Optical Properties of Solids 2nd Ed. Chapter 1 Exercise problem
(1.10):
4. The complex dielectric constant of a metal at infrared frequencies is given by
r r i

Estimate the reflectivity of a silver mirror at a wavelength of 200 nm and 50 m.

Assume the conductivity of silver is 6.6 107 1m .
5. A photon of wavelength 520 nm is scattered inelastically from a NaCl crystal by
exciting a phonon of frequency 7.921012 Hz. By applying the law of
conservation of energy to the scattering process, calculate the wavelength of the
scattered photon.
6. Text Book Optical Properties of Solids 2nd Ed. Chapter 2 Exercise problem
(2.4)
7. Consider a simple Lorentz oscillator with a single undamped resonance. The
dielectric constant will be given by eqn 2.14 (see Foxs text) with and both
zero. This gives:

Ne 2
1
r ( ) 1
2
0 m0 0 2

Prove that the group velocity is always less than c.

8. A dipole oscillator has a resonant frequency at 0 =5.5x1014 rad/s, st 13.4 ,
10.5 , please use the mathematica or matlab to draw , , n and as a

function of frequency if: (a) = 5 x 1012 s-1, and (b) = 3 x 1013 s-1.

9. A certain material has a single absorption band which runs from photon energy E1
to E2. On the assumption that the absorption coefficient has a constant value of 0
within the band, and is zero elsewhere, use Kramers-Kronig relationship to show
that the refractive index for a photon energy E below E1 is given by:
n( E ) 1

c 0 ( E2 E )( E1 E )
ln
2 E ( E2 E )( E1 E )

10. Text Book Optical Properties of Solids 2nd Ed. Chapter 2 Exercise problem
(2.15)
11. Sellmeier derived the following equation for the wavelength dependence of the
refractive index in 1871:
n 1
2

Aj 2
2

j2

Show that this equation is equivalent to eqn 2.24 (Foxs text) in regions of
transparency far from any absorption lines. State the values of Aj and j.
12. Text Book Optical Properties of Solids 2nd Ed. Chapter 2 Exercise problem
(2.18)