Tensor Properties of Crystals

D Lovett (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

176 Seiten

1999 | 2nd edition
Institute of Physics Publishing (Verlag)
978-0-7503-0625-6 (ISBN)

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Offers an introduction to the tensor properties of crystals at a level suitable for advanced undergraduate and graduate students. This edition covers the developments in nonlinear optics and modulated structures. It also contains diagrams, worked examples, and problems with answers throughout.

The use of single crystals for scientific and technological applications is now widespread in solid-state physics, optics, electronics, materials science, and geophysics. An understanding of the variation of physical properties with crystalline direction is essential to maximize the performance of solid-state devices.

Written from a physical viewpoint and avoiding advanced mathematics, Tensor Properties of Crystals provides a concise introduction to the tensor properties of crystals at a level suitable for advanced undergraduate and graduate students. While retaining the successful basic format of the well-known first edition, this second edition brings the material up to date with the latest developments in nonlinear optics and modulated structures. Because of the increasing importance of nonlinear optics, a new chapter on optoelectronics has been added. This edition also includes a short discussion on incommensurate modulated structures in the final chapter because they are relevant to high temperature superconductors and to ferroelectric and ferromagnetic materials. The book extensively contains diagrams, worked examples, and problems with answers throughout.

David Lovett was a lecturer in Physics for nearly forty years at Essex University and is now visiting teaching fellow and director of the Physics Centre. He is also an associate lecturer with the Open University. For many years he was an awarder and moderator with the Oxford and Cambridge Examination Board. He is the author of a number of books and has published a wide range of research papers.

Crystals and crystal symmetry. Introducing tensors. Second-rank tensors-conductivity. Fourth-rank tensors-elasticity. Crystal optics. Axial tensors. Further tensor applications. Appendices. References. Answers to problems. Index.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.1.1999
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	181 g
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Chemie ► Physikalische Chemie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Mineralogie / Paläontologie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Festkörperphysik
ISBN-10	0-7503-0625-4 / 0750306254
ISBN-13	978-0-7503-0625-6 / 9780750306256
Zustand	Neuware