Polaritons in Periodic and Quasiperiodic Structures

Preface 1 Basic Properties of Excitations in Solids 2 Periodic and Quasiperiodic Structures 3 Bulk Polaritons 4 Surface Plasmon- and Phonon-Polaritons 5 Plasmon-Polaritons in Periodic Structures 6 Plasmon-Polaritons in Quasiperiodic Structures 6.1 Two-Component Quasiperiodic Structures 7 Magnetic Polaritons 8 Magnetic Polaritons in Spin-Canted Systems 9 Metallic Magnetic Multilayers 10 Exciton-Polaritons 11 Experimental Techniques 12 Concluding Topics Appendix A: Some Theoretical Tools