Toyozawa, Yukata <br/><br/>
Optical processes in solids 
/ Yukata Toyozawa 
 - New York :  Cambridge University Press,  2003 
 - xvii, 422 p. 
<br/><br/> Includes appendices, references and subject index 
<br/><br/>	Introduction; 1. Radiation field; 2. Quantum mechanics and the harmonic oscillator; 3. The interaction of radiation with matter; 4. Electronic versus nuclear motions and the optical spectra of localized electrons in solids; 5. Lattice vibrations; 6. Electric susceptibility and the dielectric constant; 7. One electron states in solids; 8. Excitons; 9. Polarons and the self-trapped state; 10. Optical spectra of excitons in the phonon field; 11. Higher order optical processes; 12. Inner shell excitation; 13. Photo-induced structural changes; 14. Light, matter, and life. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780521556057 (pbk) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Physics- Optics
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>530.412  / T6689