BITS Pilani

Pilani Campus

Course No. : CHEM F343

Course Title: Inorganic Chemistry III

17/01/2023
 Importance of Optical Materials
• Dealing with the following questions

 Why does the sky appear blue?

 How does the optical fiber work?
 What factors control the transmission and absorption of light in different
materials?
 What is Ruby LASER made from?
 Does the operation of a fluorescent tube light involve phosphorescent?
 What is Optical materials?
• About optical materials
 optical materials used in the construction of devices or instruments
 its’ function is to alter or control electromagnetic radiation in the
ultraviolet, visible, or infrared spectral regions.
 are fabricated into optical elements such as lenses, mirrors, windows,
prisms, polarizers etc

• About optical properties

 Related to the interaction of a material with electromagnetic radiation in the
form of waves or particles of energy called photons.
 This radiation may have characteristics that fall in the visible light spectrum
or may be invisible to the human eye
 These materials serve to refract, reflect, transmit, disperse, polarize,
detect and transform light
• Gamma and X-rays have a very short wavelength
• microwaves and radio waves possess very low energies;
• visible light represents only very narrow portion of the electromagnetic
spectrum