Accession Number:

AD0672481

Title:

OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF ELECTRONS IN METAL,

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

FRANKFORD ARSENAL PHILADELPHIA PA PITMAN-DUNN RESEARCH LABS

Personal Author(s):

• Esposito,Robert J.

Report Date:

1968-05-01

Pagination or Media Count:

206.0

Abstract:

Utilizing the Bohm-Pines formulation, we have calculated the optical absorbing power to second order of a high density electron gas in the long wavelength limit. The optical properties of the electron gas contained within a thin slab are shown to be markedly different from those of a bulk gas, provided that the lifetime of the excited particles is sufficiently long for the particles to feel their containment within the slab. We discuss bulk and thin film absorption processes which are predicted to be within the range of experimental observation in certain free electron-like materials, such as the alkali metals and n-doped semiconductors. The possible utilization of these predicted phenomena for laser intensity detection over a wide spectral region is briefly discussed. Author

Descriptors:

• *SEMICONDUCTING FILMS
• *METAL FILMS
• *OPTICAL PROPERTIES
• PLASMAS(PHYSICS)
• ELECTRONS
• METALS
• BAND THEORY OF SOLIDS
• ALKALI METALS
• EXCITATION
• INDIUM ANTIMONIDES
• ALUMINUM
• MAGNESIUM
• ABSORPTION SPECTRA
• PERTURBATION THEORY
• THESES

Subject Categories:

• Metallurgy and Metallography
• Solid State Physics

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE