Optical properties
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The optical properties of a
optical physics (a subfield of optics) and applied in materials science
. The optical properties of matter include:
- Refractive index
- Dispersion
- Transmittance and Transmission coefficient
- Absorption
- Scattering
- Turbidity
- Reflectivity(reflection coefficient)
- Albedo
- Perceived color
- Fluorescence
- Phosphorescence
- Photoluminescence
- Optical bistability
- Dichroism
- Birefringence
- Optical activity
- Photosensitivity
A basic distinction is between
anisotropic
ones, which exhibit different properties when light passes through them in different directions.
The optical properties of matter can lead to a variety of interesting
optical phenomena
.
Properties of specific materials
Literature
- Fox, Mark (2010). Optical properties of solids. Oxford New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-957336-3.
- Papadopoulos, Manthos G.; Sadlej, Andrzej J.; Leszczynski, Jerzy, eds. (2006). Non-Linear Optical Properties of Matter. Challenges and Advances in Computational Chemistry and Physics. Vol. 1. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands. ISBN 978-1-4020-4849-4.
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