Solid-State Spectroscopy : An Introduction

"Spectroscopic methods have opened up a new horizon in our knowledge of solid-state materials. Numerous techniques using electromagnetic radiation or charged and neutral particles have been invented and worked out to a high level in order to provide more detailed information on the solids. The text presented here is an updated description of such methods as they were originally presented in the first edition. It covers linear response of solids to electromagnetic radiation in a frequency range extending from megahertz or gigahertz as used in spin resonance spectroscopy, to infrared spectroscopy and various forms of spectroscopy in the visible and near visible spectral range. It extends to spectroscopy in the UV and x-ray spectral range and eventually several spectroscopic methods are addressed in the frequency range of g radiation. Likewise linear response to irradiation with particles such as electrons, positrons, muons, neutrons, and atoms is discussed. Instrumental and technical background is provided as well as application to the analysis of the solid state. New developments especially addressed in this second edition cover the exciting new field of mesoscopic and nanoscopic solids using light scattering from small particles, single electron (addition) spectroscopy, and quantization in magnetic fields. Likewise, the development and application of synchrotron radiation has encountered a dramatic progress particularly in the field of high resolution and angular resolved photoelectron spectroscopy. Free electron lasers from undulators in linear accelerators are becoming available with dramatic enhancement in brightness and provide a fourth generation of synchrotron light sources. The better understanding and the possibilities to manipulate spin states as it happens in spintronic research stimulated sophisticated technologies in electron and nuclear spin resonance which are also covered in the new edition. Breakthrough developments were obtained in the field of light emission from semiconductor devices and for femtosecond spectroscopy. In addition in almost all other spectroscopic techniques progress was obtained in the last years and is reviewed in the text. Thus the book may be considered as a state-of-the-art introductory text in solid-state spectroscopy. Each chapter includes problems. The concept of this textbook is designed for graduate students and young professors who want to set up lectures or courses in solid-state spectroscopy."--Publisher's website Front Matter....Pages i-xviii Introduction....Pages 1-3 Electromagnetic Radiation....Pages 5-30 Light Sources with General Application....Pages 31-67 Spectral Analysis of Light....Pages 69-89 Detection of Electromagnetic Radiation....Pages 91-105 The Dielectric Response Functions....Pages 107-127 Spectroscopy in the Visible and Near-Visible Spectral Range....Pages 129-159 Symmetry and Selection Rules....Pages 161-182 Light Scattering Spectroscopy....Pages 183-215 Infrared Spectroscopy....Pages 217-249 Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy....Pages 251-296 Ultraviolet and X-Ray Spectroscopy....Pages 297-332 Spectroscopy with γ Rays....Pages 333-347 Generalized Form of Response Functions....Pages 349-365 Spectroscopy with Electrons, Positrons and Muons....Pages 367-399 Spectroscopy of Mesoscopic and Nanoscopic Solids....Pages 401-421 Neutron Scattering....Pages 423-439 Spectroscopy with Atoms and Ions....Pages 441-451 Appendix a,b,c.d.e.f....Pages 453-522 Back Matter....Pages 1-23 This text is an introductory compilation of basic concepts, methods and applications in the field of spectroscopy. It discusses new radiation sources such as lasers and synchrotrons and describes the linear response together with the basic principles and the technical background for various scattering experiments.