Talk:Optical conductivity

This article was nominated for deletion on 2 May 2021. The result of the discussion was keep.

I have removed, for the moment, the old main text. The first line does not really fit any more. Maybe one can reintroduce the citation in a more specific way?

Optical conductivity is a tool for studying the electronic states in materials.^[1]

The following two sentences were taken verbatim from the beginning of section 4.1 of my thesis:

If a system is subjected to an external electric field then, in general, a redistribution of charges occurs and currents are induced. For small-enough fields, the induced polarization and the induced currents are proportional to the inducing field.

Similar formulation might be useful when adding a general derivation of the optical conductivity (along the lines of the mentioned chapter 4.1).

--Nils Blümer (talk) 10:28, 20 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ Takami Tohyama and Sadamichi Maekawa, Journal of The Physical Society of Japan, Vol. 60, No.1, January, 1991, pp. 53-56

Basis in the etymology of physics

Either someone should provide a basis for this term that isn't simply derived from a recent usage. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wikibearwithme (talk • contribs) 09:35, May 2, 2021 (UTC)

[1] Takami Tohyama and Sadamichi Maekawa, Journal of The Physical Society of Japan, Vol. 60, No.1, January, 1991, pp. 53-56

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