PHYS 620: Optical Properties of Solids

By Roberto Merlin

Department of Physics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

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Lecture Number/Topic	Online Lecture	Video	Lecture Notes	Supplemental Material	Suggested Exercises
PHYS 620 Lecture 1: Introduction				Notes
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PHYS 620 Lecture 2: Permittivity: Kramers-Kronig Relations				Notes Handout: Optical Data Overview
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PHYS 620 Lecture 3: Polarization: A Quantum Approach		View		Notes
PHYS 620 Lecture 4: Interband Transitions and Optical Selection Rules		View		Notes Handout: Interband Absorption
PHYS 620 Lecture 5: Diamond and Zincblende Semiconductors: Band Structure		View		PHYS 620 Lecture 5: Diamond and Zincblende Semiconductors: Band Structure Handout: Semiconductor Bands
PHYS 620 Lecture 6: Valence Band: Spin-Orbit Coupling and Stress Effects		View		PHYS 620 Lecture 6: Valence Band: Spin-Orbit Coupling and Stress Effects
PHYS 620 Lecture 7: Effective-Mass Theory, Landau Levels and Franz-Keldysh Oscillations		View		PHYS 620 Lecture 7: Effective-Mass Theory, Landau Levels and Franz-Keldysh Oscillations
PHYS 620 Lecture 8: Phonons		View		PHYS 620 Lecture 8: Phonons Handout: Phonons
PHYS 620 Lecture 9: Fano Interference and Coupled Oscillators		View		Notes
PHYS 620 Lecture 10: Excitons I		View
PHYS 620 Lecture 11: Excitons II		View		PHYS 620 Lecture 11: Excitons II Handout: Excitons
PHYS 620 Lecture 12: Excitons III		View
PHYS 620 Lecture 13: Metals		View
PHYS 620 Lecture 14 : Surface Plasmons		View
PHYS 620 Lecture 15: Plasmons in Nanoparticles		View