Handbook of Optics: Devices, Measurements, and Properties, Volume II, Second Edition

William J. Tropf, Michael E. Thomas, and Terry J. Harris
Applied Physics Laboratory
Johns Hopkins University
Laurel, Maryland
| A i , B, C, D, E, G | constants |
| a, b, c | crystal axes |
| B | inverse dielectric constant |
| B | bulk modulus |
| C | heat capacity |
| c | speed of light |
| c | elastic stiffness |
| D | electric displacement |
| d | piezoelectric coefficient |
| | nonlinear optical coefficient |
| E | Young s modulus |
| E | energy |
| E | electric field |
| e | strain |
| G | shear modulus |
| g | degeneracy |
| Hi | Hilbert transform |
| h | heat flow |
| k | extinction coefficient |
| k B | Boltzmann constant |
| ? | phonon mean free path |
| MW | molecular weight |
| m | integer |
| N( ) | occupation density |
| n | refractive index |
|
| complex refractive index = n + ik |
| P | electric polarization |
| P x,y | relative partial dispersion |
| p | elasto-optic tensor |
| p | elasto-optic compliance |
| p | pyroelectric constant |
| q | piezo-optic tensor |
| r | electro-optic coefficient |
| r | amplitude reflection coefficient |
| r ij | electro-optic coefficient |
| S( ) | line strength |
| s | elastic compliance |
| T | temperature |
| t | amplitude transmission coefficient |
| U | enthalpy |
| u | atomic mass unit |
| V | volume |
| v | velocity of sound |
| x | displacement |
| x | variable of integration |
| Z | formulas per unit |
| ? | linear expansion coefficient |
| ? | intensity absorption |
| ? | thermal expansion |
| ? m | macroscopic polarizability |
| ?, ?, ? | crystal angles |
| ? | power absorption coefficient |
| ?( ) | line width |
| ? | Gruneisen parameter |
| | dielectric constant, permittivity |
| emittance | |
| ? D | Debye temperature |
| ? | thermal conductivity |
| ?( ) | complex function |
|
| permeability |
| v | wave number ( ?/2 ?c) |
| ? | density |
| ? | intensity reflectivity |
| ? | stress |
| ? | intensity... |