Timeline for reconcile transparency with energy band in solids
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| Dec 14, 2016 at 21:59 | comment | added | eliu | "phonons" is what other people are talking about. Almost like band structure view of matters but with classical mechanics mixed in. I m glad band structure can explain transparency, but it can not explain refraction and optical phenomenons. | |
| Dec 13, 2016 at 17:10 | comment | added | user137289 | @eliu The term would be elastic scattering. Descriptions in terms of photons are problematic, I do not find them helpful at all. There is no measurable delay, for example. | |
| Dec 13, 2016 at 16:32 | comment | added | eliu | I read about "elastic absorption" on this forum somewhere... the key idea was that: electrons in some material will absorb a photon, jump the band, jump back , then release an identical photon. That's elastic. electrons in other material will absorb a photon, jump to a very high band, jump back a bit, release a smaller photon, wait a bit, jump back a bit again and release a smaller photon again. Or just convert the original photon into vibration without ever releasing a photon. That is inelastic. | |
| Dec 13, 2016 at 8:01 | history | edited | user137289 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Dec 13, 2016 at 7:59 | comment | added | user137289 | I cannot guess what you mean by "elastic absorption". | |
| Dec 13, 2016 at 0:46 | comment | added | eliu | That confirms my own line of thought regarding band gap. Would you care to comment on my other assertions? thanks | |
| Dec 12, 2016 at 23:32 | history | answered | user137289 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |