Preface Author biography 1 Concepts in classical mechanics 1.1 The quantumclassical boundary 1.2 Separation of scales and constraints 1.3 Newtonian mechanics 1.4 The one-dimensional simple harmonic oscillator 1.5 Generalization 1.6 Increasing complexity to discover new phenomena Problems Reference 2 Lattice vibrations 2.1 Harmonic oscillation of a diatomic molecule 2.2 Beyond harmonic oscillation of a diatomic molecule 2.2.1 The monatomic linear chain 2.3 The dispersion relation and symmetry 2.3.1 The diatomic linear chain 2.4 Lattice vibrations in semiconductors Problems Reference 3 Driven oscillation 3.1 The damped oscillator subject to an external harmonic force 3.2 Coupled oscillator normal modes and beats 3.3 Coupled damped oscillator Problems 4 Transient dynamics of driven oscillation 4.1 The RungeKutta method 4.2 Phasor diagram of a harmonically driven damped oscillator 4.3 Control of a harmonically driven damped oscillator 4.4 Transient dynamics of a harmonically driven damped non-harmonic oscillator 4.5 Control of systems with chaotic motion 4.6 Noise 4.6.1 Brownian motion 4.7 Diffusion and mobility Problems References 5 The Lorentz oscillator model 5.1 Isotropic materials with a linear local response 5.2 Electric susceptibility of an insulating dielectric 5.3 The Kramers-Kronig relation 5.4 The transverse dielectric permittivity function 5.5 Propagation of electromagnetic waves in a dielectric medium 5.6 An electromagnetic plane-wave at normal incidence 5.7 Reflectance 5.8 Normal and anomalous dispersion 5.9 Permittivity due to longitudinal polar-optic phonons 5.10 The loss function Problems References 6 The Drude model 6.1 DC conductivity 6.2 AC conductivity 6.3 Kinetic inductance 6.4 Permittivity of metal 6.4.1 The loss function of copper 6.5 Physical origin of plasma frequency 6.5.1 Local response in the Drude model 6.6 An electromagnetic field interacting with a metal 6.7 Drude dispersion of electromagnetic radiation 6.8 Changing the properties of a metal Problems References Appendices A Physical values B Maxwell's equations 编辑手记
