Maxwell's Equations Photons and the Density of States -- Interaction of Light with Matter -- Ensemble of Uncoupled Oscillators -- The Concept of Polaritons -- Kramers-Kronig Relations -- Crystals, Lattices, Lattice Vibrations and Phonons -- Electrons in a Periodic Crystal -- Excitons, Biexcitons and Trions -- Plasmons, Magnons and some further Elementary Excitations -- Optical Properties of Phonons -- Optical Properties of Plasmons, Plasmon-Phonon Mixed States and of Magnons -- Optical Properties of Intrinsic Excitons in Bulk Semiconductors -- Optical Properties of Bound and Localized Excitons and of Defect States -- Optical Properties of Excitons in Structures of Reduced Dimensionality -- Excitons under the Influence of External Fields -- From Cavity Polaritons to Photonic Crystals -- Review of the Linear Optical Properties -- High Excitation Effects and Nonlinear Optics -- The Intermediate Density Regime -- The Electron-Hole Plasma -- Stimulated Emission and Laser Processes -- Time Resolved Spectroscopy -- Optical Bistability, Optical Computing, Spintronics and Quantum Computing -- Experimental Methods -- Group Theory in Semiconductor Optics -- Optical- and Semiconductor Bloch Equations.

This updated and enlarged new edition of Semiconductor Optics provides an introduction to and an overview of semiconductor optics from the IR through the visible to the UV, including linear and nonlinear optical properties, dynamics, magneto and electrooptics, high-excitation effects and laser processes, some applications, experimental techniques and group theory. The mathematics is kept as elementary as possible, sufficient for an intuitive understanding of the experimental results and techniques treated. The subjects covered extend from physics to materials science and optoelectronics. Significantly updated chapters add coverage of current topics such as electron hole plasma, Bose condensation of excitons and meta materials. Over 120 problems, chapter introductions and a detailed index make it the key textbook for graduate students in physics. The mathematics is kept as elementary as possible, sufficient for an intuitive understanding of the experimental results and techniques treated. The subjects covered extend from physics to materials science and optoelectronics. Significantly updated chapters add coverage of current topics such as electron hole plasma, Bose condensation of excitons and meta materials. Over 120 problems, chapter introductions and a detailed index make it the key textbook for graduate students in physics.