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In this chapter, we studied dielectric properties of solids in the presence of an external electromagnetic disturbance. We first reviewed elementary electricity and magnetism, and introduced concept of local field inside a solid. Then dispersion relations of self-sustaining collective modes and reflectivity of a solid are studied for various situations. Finally, the collective modes localized near the surface of a solid are also described and dispersion relations of surface plasmon-polariton and surface phonon-polariton modes are discussed explicitly.
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Quinn, J.J., Yi, KS. (2009). Dielectric Properties of Solids. In: Solid State Physics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-92231-5_8
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