Index of Refraction and Absorption
- Author
- Peter Beyersdorf
- Published
- Tue 01 Sep 2009
- Episode Link
- http://www.sjsu.edu/faculty/beyersdorf/Phys268/8-30%20Absorption.m4a
We use the classical electron oscillator model to derive the functional form of the index of refraction in material as well as the absorption, which we relate to the cross section.
