Optical Techniques for Solid-State Materials Characterization

CRC Press

Optical Techniques for Solid-State Materials CharacterizationAuthor(s): Rohit P. Prasankumar, Antoinette J. Taylor\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Inc, United States\nImprint: CRC Press Inc\nISBN-13: 9781439815373, 978-1439815373\nSynopsis\nOver the last century, numerous optical techniques have been developed to characterize materials, giving insight into their optical, electronic, magnetic, and structural properties and elucidating such diverse phenomena as high-temperature superconductivity and protein folding. Optical Techniques for Solid-State Materials Characterization provides detailed descriptions of basic and advanced optical techniques commonly used to study materials, from the simple to the complex. The book explains how to use these techniques to acquire, analyze, and interpret data for gaining insight into material properties. \n\nWith chapters written by pioneering experts in various optical techniques, the text first provides background on lightmatteo