Colour and the Optical Properties of Materials (3rd Edition)

• Main Author: Tilley, R. J. D.
• Format: eBook Book
• Language: English
• Published: Hoboken John Wiley & Sons 2020; Wiley; John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated; Wiley-Blackwell
• Edition: 3rd ed
• Subjects: Color; General Engineering & Project Administration; Light; Materials; Optics
• ISBN: 9781119554691; 1119554691; 1119554683; 9781119554684

The revised Third Edition of this book focuses on the ways that colour is produced, both in the natural world and in a wide range of applications. The expert author offers an introduction to the science underlying colour and optics and explores many of the most recent applications. The text is divided into three main sections: behaviour of light in homogeneous media, which can largely be explained by classical wave optics; the way in which light interacts with atoms or molecules, which must be explained mainly in terms of photons; and the interaction of light with insulators, semiconductors and metals, in which the band structure notions are of primary concern. The updated Third Edition retains the proven concepts outlined in the previous editions and contains information on the significant developments in the field with many figures redrawn and new material added. The text contains new or extended sections on photonic crystals, holograms, flat lenses, super-resolution optical microscopy and modern display technologies.