The Handbook on Optical Constants of Metals

In Tables and Figures

This book presents data on the optical constants of metal elements (Na, Au, Mg, Hg, Sc, Al, Ti, β-Sn, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, La, Th, etc.) semimetal elements (graphite, Sb, etc.), metallic compounds (TiN, VC, TiSi2, CoSi2, etc.) and high-temperature superconducting materials (YBa2Cu3O7-δ, MgB2, etc.). A complete set of the optical constants are presented in tabular and graphical forms over the entire photon-energy range. They are: the complex dielectric constant ε(E)=ε1(E)+iε2(E), the complex refractive index n*(E)=n(E)+ik(E), the absorption coefficient α(E) and the normal-incidence reflectivity R(E). The book will aid many who are interested to know the optical constants of the metals, semimetals, metallic compounds and high-temperature superconducting materials in the course of their work.

Sample Chapter(s)
Chapter 1: Introduction (1,081 KB)
Chapter 2: Metals and Semimetal Elements (268 KB)
Chapter 3: Transition Metal-Carbides and Nitrides (261 KB)
Chapter 5: High-Tc Superconductors (129 KB)

Contents:

• Introduction
• Metal and Semimetal Elements
• Transition-Metal Carbides and Nitrides
• Metallic Silicides
• High-Tc Superconductors

Readership: Physicists, material scientists, engineers, undergraduate and postgraduate students who work in the field of Optics, especially high energy optics.
Key Features:

• Complete handbook for optical spectroscopies of metal and semimetal, transition-metal carbides and nitrides, metallic silicides and high critical temperature superconductors
• High energy optics