Condensed Matter Physics

  1. Dielectric and Optical Properties
    1. Macroscopic Electrodynamics in Matter
      1. Electric Displacement Field
        1. Polarization
          1. Bound Charges
            1. Polarization Density
            2. Dielectric Constant
              1. Relative Permittivity
                1. Susceptibility
              2. Microscopic Origins of Polarization
                1. Electronic Polarization
                  1. Induced Dipoles
                    1. Atomic Response
                    2. Ionic Polarization
                      1. Relative Ion Displacement
                      2. Orientational Polarization
                        1. Permanent Dipole Alignment
                      3. Local Field Effects
                        1. Lorentz Field
                          1. Cavity Field Calculation
                          2. Clausius-Mossotti Relation
                            1. Microscopic-Macroscopic Connection
                              1. Polarizability
                            2. Frequency-Dependent Response
                              1. Complex Dielectric Function
                                1. Real and Imaginary Parts
                                  1. Kramers-Kronig Relations
                                  2. Classical Oscillator Model
                                    1. Lorentz Oscillator
                                      1. Resonance and Damping
                                      2. Dispersion Relations
                                        1. Normal and Anomalous Dispersion
                                      3. Optical Properties of Metals
                                        1. Drude Model for Optics
                                          1. Plasma Frequency
                                            1. Relaxation Time
                                            2. Skin Depth
                                              1. Electromagnetic Penetration
                                              2. Reflectivity
                                                1. Fresnel Equations
                                                  1. Hagen-Rubens Relation
                                                  2. Plasmons
                                                    1. Bulk Plasmons
                                                      1. Surface Plasmons
                                                        1. Dispersion Relation
                                                          1. Excitation Conditions
                                                      2. Optical Properties of Insulators and Semiconductors
                                                        1. Interband Transitions
                                                          1. Valence to Conduction Band
                                                            1. Absorption Edge
                                                              1. Joint Density of States
                                                              2. Excitons
                                                                1. Bound Electron-Hole Pairs
                                                                  1. Wannier Excitons
                                                                    1. Frenkel Excitons
                                                                      1. Exciton Binding Energy
                                                                      2. Phonon-Assisted Transitions
                                                                        1. Indirect Gap Semiconductors
                                                                      3. Ferroelectricity
                                                                        1. Spontaneous Polarization
                                                                          1. Structural Phase Transitions
                                                                            1. Order Parameter
                                                                            2. Ferroelectric Domains
                                                                              1. Domain Walls
                                                                                1. Switching Mechanisms
                                                                                2. Hysteresis in Ferroelectrics
                                                                                  1. Polarization-Field Loops
                                                                                    1. Coercive Field
                                                                                    2. Applications
                                                                                      1. Capacitors
                                                                                        1. Memory Devices

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