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In this section we shall be concerned with calculating the optical properties of free-particle systems, such as electrons in metals or semiconductors. A completely free-electron system does not absorb light at all, so that its optical properties are uninteresting. The ability of the nearly free- particle system to absorb light is due to its imperfections or deviations from homogeneity. If these effects are small, then so is the light absorption. This situation will concern us here. We shall calculate the optical properties of simple metals and semiconductors. The best way to do this is using the so-called force-force correlation function.
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Mahan, G.D. (1990). Optical Properties of Solids. In: Many-Particle Physics. Physics of Solids and Liquids. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-1469-1_8
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