Group Theory in Solid State Physics and Photonics: Problem Solving with Mathematica (Paperback)

1 Preface
2 Introduction

I Basics of group theory
3 Symmetry operations and transformations of fields
4 Basic abstract group theory
5 Discrete symmetry groups for solid state physics and photonics
6 Representation theory
7 Symmetry in k-space

II Applications in electronic structure theory
8 Solution of the Schroedinger equation
9 Generalization to include the spin
10 Electronic energy bands

III Applications in photonics
11 Solution of Maxwell's equations
12 Twodimensional photonic crystals
13 Threedimensional photonic crystals
14 Other Applications

A Mathematica Package Reference
B Connection of the group theory package to MPB and MEEP