ABSTRACT

Cottam and Tilley provide an introduction to the properties of wave-like excitations associated with surfaces and interfaces. The emphasis is on acoustic, optic and magnetic excitations, and apart from one section on liquid surfaces, the text concentrates on solids. The important topic of superlattices is also discussed, in which the different kinds of excitation are considered from a unified point of view. Throughout the book, the authors are careful to relate theory and experiment and all of the most important experimental techniques are described. The theoretical treatment assumes only a knowledge of undergraduate physics, except for Green function methods that are used in a few sections; these methods are developed in an appendix. The book also contains extensive references, enabling the reader to consult the research and review literature. Each of the main chapters contains problems to allow the reader to develop topics presented in the text.

part One|92 pages

Basic Concepts and Bulk Properties

chapter Chapter 1|34 pages

Introduction

chapter Chapter 2|54 pages

Bulk models and properties

part Two|206 pages

Single-Surface, Film and Related Excitations

chapter Chapter 3|34 pages

Surface phonons and elastic modes

chapter Chapter 4|42 pages

Surface magnons

chapter Chapter 5|37 pages

Surface magnetostatic and dipole-exchange modes

chapter Chapter 6|54 pages

Surface polaritons

chapter Chapter 7|37 pages

Other surface excitations

part Three|100 pages

Excitations in Multilayer Structures

chapter Chapter 8|55 pages

Nonmagnetic layered structures and superlattices

chapter Chapter 9|39 pages

Magnetic layered structures and superlattices

part Four|105 pages

Nonlinear Effects