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Electromagnetic Surface Excitations

Proceedings of an International Summer School at the Ettore Majorana Centre, Erice, Italy, July 1–13, 1985

  • Conference proceedings
  • © 1986

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  1. Richard F. Wallis

    1. Department of Physics, University of California, Irvine, USA

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  2. George I. Stegeman

    1. Optical Sciences Center, University of Arizona, Tucson, USA

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  3. Theodor Tamir

    1. Teaneck, USA

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Part of the book series: Springer Series on Wave Phenomena (SSWAV, volume 3)

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Table of contents (27 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-IX
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  2. Elementary Surface Excitations

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Introduction to Electromagnetic Surface Waves

      • R. F. Wallis
      Pages 2-7

    3. Surface Plasmon (SEW) Phenomena

      • F. Abeles
      Pages 8-29

    4. Surface Magnetic Modes

      • D. R. Tilley
      Pages 30-45

    5. Surface Vibrational Excitations in Noble Metals

      • V. Bortolani, G. Santoro
      Pages 46-56

    6. Electromagnetic Surface Excitations on Rough Surfaces

      • A. A. Maradudin
      Pages 57-131

    7. Contributions

      1. Poles of the Reflectance Function and Their Relation to Leaky Waves
        • F. Y. Kou, T. Tamir
        Pages 132-132
      2. Surface Polaritons in Semiconductor Superlattices
        • N. Raj, D. R. Tilley
        Pages 133-133
      3. Plasmon Modes in Semiconductor Superlattices
        • N. C. Constantinou, M. G. Cottam
        Pages 134-134
      4. Surface Phonons and Reconstruction in Diamond Structure Crystals
        • W. Goldammer, W. Zierau, W. Ludwig
        Pages 135-135
      5. Surface Plasmon — Surface Acoustic Wave Interactions on Thin Silver Films
        • W. M. Robertson, A. L. Moretti, R. Bray
        Pages 136-136

  3. Electromagnetic Probes of Surface Excitations

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 137-137
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    2. Surface Brillouin and Raman Scattering

      • F. Nizzoli
      Pages 138-161

    3. Response Functions at Surfaces

      • R. Del Sole
      Pages 162-179

    4. Contributions

      1. Light Emission from Nominally Smooth and Statistically Rough Ag Tunnel Junctions
        • P. Dawson, D. G. Walmsley
        Pages 180-180
      2. Observation of Various Electromagnetic Modes in a Nematic Liquid Crystal Using the ATR Method
        • K. R. Welford, J. R. Sambles
        Pages 181-181
      3. Surface Reflectivity of GaAs(110)
        • F. Ciccacci, S. Selci, G. Chiarotti, P. Chiaradia, A. C. Felici, C. Goletti
        Pages 182-182
      4. In situ Spectroscopic Studies of the Metal-Electrolyte Interface
        • G. Piazza
        Pages 183-183
      5. Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering from Bare Silver Gratings of Various Groove Depths
        • J. L. Coutaz
        Pages 184-184
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About this book

This volume is based on lectures and contributed papers presented at the Eighth Course of the International School of Materials Science and Tech­ nology that was held in Erice, Sicily, Italy at the Ettore Majorana Centre for Scientific Culture during the period 1-13 July 1985. The subject of the course was "Electromagnetic Surface Excitations". Forty lectures were given by eleven distinguished scientists and engineers from France, Italy, the United Kingdom, and the United States. In addition to the lectur­ ers, approximately fifty participants representing eleven different countries throughout the world t. ook part in the course. Short contributed papers were presented by seventeen participants on the results of their own re­ search. The subject of the Course is of great importance for both pure science and for practical applications such as telecommunications. A technolog­ ical revolution is occurring in which the transmission of information by means of electrical currents travelling in copper wires is being replaced by transmission by means of light travelling in objects known as optical wave guides. The manipulation and processing of the light signals prior and subsequent to transmission through the wave guide has resulted in a technology often referred to as integrated optics. Important to the opera­ tion of integrated optics devices is the behavior of electromagnetic waves near surfaces and interfaces. One of the goals of the course was to further the dialogue between engineers and physicists in common areas of interest related to the propagation of electromagnetic waves along surfaces.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Physics, University of California, Irvine, USA

    Richard F. Wallis

  • Optical Sciences Center, University of Arizona, Tucson, USA

    George I. Stegeman

  • Teaneck, USA

    Theodor Tamir

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