Spectroscopy and Dynamics of Collective Excitations in Solids

Front Matter....Pages i-xxiii
Nonlinear Optics and Collective Excitations....Pages 1-15
Fundamentals of Spectroscopy of Collective Excitation in Solids....Pages 17-84
Light-Matter Interaction — Experimental Aspects....Pages 85-122
Theoretical Description of Collective Excitations: Bloch Equations and Relaxation Mechanisms....Pages 123-145
Linear and Nonlinear Optical Spectroscopy: Spectral, Temporal and Spatial Resolution....Pages 147-181
The Study of Collective Excitations in Solids by Inelastic Neutron Scattering....Pages 183-201
Excitation Dynamics in Organic Molecules, Solids, Fullerenes and Polymers....Pages 203-225
The IR Vibrational Properties of Composite Solids and Particles: The Lyddane-Sachs-Teller Relation Revisited....Pages 227-246
Intrinsic Localized Modes in Anharmonic Lattices....Pages 247-274
Collective Excitations in Magnetic Materials....Pages 275-302
Plasmons and Surface Plasmons in Bulk Metals, Metallic Clusters, and Metallic Heterostructures....Pages 303-338
Enlightenment on Luminescent Materials....Pages 339-373
Techniques of Ultrafast Spectroscopy....Pages 375-416
Interaction of Ultrashort Laser Pulses with Solids....Pages 417-470
Collective Excitations in the Optical Spectroscopy of Magnetic Insulators....Pages 471-483
Spectroscopy and Development of Solid State Lasers at NASA....Pages 485-492
New Developments of Laser Crystals....Pages 493-494
Optical Excitation and Relaxation of Solids with Defects....Pages 495-517
Newly Developed Solid State Lasers....Pages 519-535
Energy Transfer and Migration of Excitation in Solids and Confined Structures....Pages 537-559
Broad Band Centers Applied for Laser Materials: Example of Tetrahedrally Coordinated Centers....Pages 561-573
Cosmology: The Universe in Evolution....Pages 575-580
Unification of the Fundamental Interactions: Problems and Perspectives....Pages 581-597
Determination of Two Dimensional Electron Gas Population Enhancement within Illuminated Semiconductor Heterostructures by Persistent Photoconductivity....Pages 599-599
Excitons in J-Aggregates: Beyond the Heitler-London Approximation....Pages 600-600
Photochemistry of Vibrationally Excited HCl in Rare Gas Matrices....Pages 601-601
Nonlinear Wake in the Random-Phase Approximation....Pages 602-602
Scanning Tunneling Optical Spectroscopy on Nanostructures....Pages 603-603
Dynamics of Luminescence and Bleaching of Localized States in CdS 1-X Se X ....Pages 604-604
Intermolecular Interactions in Supramolecular Systems Based on Chlorophyll-Related Compounds....Pages 605-605
High-Resolution Infrared Spectroscopy of Gaseous Samples....Pages 606-606
Collisional Effects on the Lineshape of Ammonia Transitions....Pages 607-607
Numerical and Analytical Calculations of the Superheating Field for a Superconducting Half-Space....Pages 608-608
MBE Cleaved Edge Overgrowth of Quantum Wires....Pages 609-609
Excitons in C 60 Studied by Temperature Dependent Optical Second-Harmonic Generation....Pages 610-610
The Simulation of Energy-Level Schemes of Selected Rare Earth Oxyfluorides....Pages 611-611
Plasma Modes in Layered Metallic Systems....Pages 612-612
Relaxations and Losses in a Photoacoustic Resonator....Pages 613-613
Formation of Large Bipolarons....Pages 614-614
Near-Infrared to Visible Upconversion in Cs 2 NaYX 6 : 10% Er 3+ (X=Cl, Br)....Pages 615-615
Structural Aspects of Energy Transfer in Cubic Crystals....Pages 616-616
300 V Cathodoluminescent Efficiency and Degradation....Pages 617-618
Application of Spectral Hole-Burning in Combination with Holographic Recording Techniques....Pages 619-619
Lanthanides Probes Spectroscopy at Araraquara — Brazil....Pages 620-620
Frog- A Method for Ultrashort Pulse Measurement....Pages 621-621
Absorption Edge Singularities for a Nonequilibrium Fermi Sea....Pages 622-622
The Femtosecond Fifth-Order Nonlinear Response of Nuclear Motion in Liquids....Pages 623-623
Laser Processes and Optical Nonlinearities in ZnSe-Based Heterostructures....Pages 624-624
Optical Properties of Er 3+ Doped Disordered Melilite Laser Material....Pages 625-625
Rate Equation Modeling of Tm → Ho Energy Transfer in LiYF 4 ....Pages 626-626
Spectroscopy of Excited States in CdSe Quantum Dots....Pages 627-627
Two-Photon Spectroscopy of ZnSe Under Uniaxial Stress....Pages 628-628
Nonlinear Quantum Hydrodynamic Model for the Electron Gas....Pages 629-629
Optical Properties of InGaAs/GaAs Quantum Well Heterostructures: Excitation Energy Dependence....Pages 630-630
LIBS Technique for Environmental Measurements....Pages 631-631
Yb 3+ -Doped Nonlinear LiNbO 3 : Elaboration by Laser Heated Pedestal Growth and Optical Properties....Pages 632-632
Investigation of Striae Patterns in Laser Crystals....Pages 633-633
Spin Quantum Beats in GaAs....Pages 634-634
Real-Time Spectroscopy of Cage Relaxation Process Applied to NO Embedded in Rare Gas Crystal....Pages 635-635
Application of the Shell Model for Cross Relaxation to the 4 G 5/2 State of Sm 3+ in Cs 2 NaSm X Gd 1-X Cl 6 ....Pages 636-636
A New Quantum Effect in the Dynamics of a Two-Mode Field Coupled to a Two-Level Atom by Two-Photon Processes....Pages 637-638
UV Emission in Natural Diamonds....Pages 639-639
Influence of the Cross-Relaxation on ESA-Process in Tm 3+ Doped Fluorophosphate Glass....Pages 640-640
A Physical Characterization of the Ground State of the Spin-Boson Interaction....Pages 641-641
Nanoscale Carbon Nanotubes Studied by Raman Spectroscopy....Pages 642-642
Optical Studies on GaN Samples....Pages 643-643
Ultra High Spectral Density Flat Continuum Light Source for Dynamic Spectroscopy....Pages 644-644
Luminescence of ZnSe Films....Pages 645-645
Summary of the School....Pages 647-648
Back Matter....Pages 649-671