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Going further
Website
- Source for the first part of the derivation for the relationship between the dielectric constant and the refractive index.
Books
- Dielectrics, P. J. Harrop, 1972 (Butterworths)
Contains a more mathematical treatment of dielectrics, as well as information on many other potential applications. - The Solid State, Second Edition, H. M. Rosenberg, 1978 (OUP)
Chapter 13, “Dielectric properties”, provides a good overview of many of the subjects discussed here and contains the latter part of the derivation for the relationship between the dielectric constant and the refractive index. - Electronic and Magnetic Behaviour of Materials, A. Nussbaum, 1967 (Prentice-Hall) pp.70-77
Provides a more detailed look at how the properties of dielectrics arise from their microscopic polarisation.
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