Ebook: Spectroscopy of Systems with Spatially Confined Structures

Nanometer scale physics is progressing rapidly: the top-down approach of semiconductor technology will soon encounter the scale of the bottom-up approaches of supramolecular chemistry and spatially localized excitations in ionic crystals. Advances in this area have already led to applications in optoelectronics. More may be expected.

This book deals with the role of structure confinement in the spectroscopic characteristics of physical systems. It examines the fabrication, measurement and understanding of the relevant structures. It reports progress in the theory and in experimental techniques, starting with the consideration of fundamental principles and leading to the frontiers of research. The subjects dealt with include such spatially resolved structures as quantum wells, quantum wires, quantum dots, and luminescence, in both theoretical and practical terms.

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Nanometer scale physics is progressing rapidly: the top-down approach of semiconductor technology will soon encounter the scale of the bottom-up approaches of supramolecular chemistry and spatially localized excitations in ionic crystals. Advances in this area have already led to applications in optoelectronics. More may be expected.

This book deals with the role of structure confinement in the spectroscopic characteristics of physical systems. It examines the fabrication, measurement and understanding of the relevant structures. It reports progress in the theory and in experimental techniques, starting with the consideration of fundamental principles and leading to the frontiers of research. The subjects dealt with include such spatially resolved structures as quantum wells, quantum wires, quantum dots, and luminescence, in both theoretical and practical terms.

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Nanometer scale physics is progressing rapidly: the top-down approach of semiconductor technology will soon encounter the scale of the bottom-up approaches of supramolecular chemistry and spatially localized excitations in ionic crystals. Advances in this area have already led to applications in optoelectronics. More may be expected.

This book deals with the role of structure confinement in the spectroscopic characteristics of physical systems. It examines the fabrication, measurement and understanding of the relevant structures. It reports progress in the theory and in experimental techniques, starting with the consideration of fundamental principles and leading to the frontiers of research. The subjects dealt with include such spatially resolved structures as quantum wells, quantum wires, quantum dots, and luminescence, in both theoretical and practical terms.

Content:
Front Matter....Pages n1-xl
The Role of Structure Confinement in the Energy Level Schemes of Physical Systems....Pages 1-90
Photonic Structures: Atoms, Molecules, Wires, and Crystals....Pages 91-118
Optical Near-Field Spectroscopy....Pages 119-164
Future of Laser Technology for Spectroscopy....Pages 165-211
Propagation and Characterization of Ultrashort Laser Pulses....Pages 213-242
Self-Ordered Growth and Spectroscopy of Nonplanar Quantum Wires and Quantum Dots....Pages 243-259
Theory of Optical Properties of Quantum Wells, Wires and Dots....Pages 261-322
Spatio-Temporal Bloch Oscillations in GaAs/AlgaAs Superlattices....Pages 323-356
Optical Anisotropy in Low-Dimensional Semiconductor Structures....Pages 357-390
Luminescence Properties of Very Small Semi-Conductor Particles....Pages 391-418
Percolation and Localization in Disordered Solid Solutions....Pages 419-464
Spontaneous Emission Within A Photonic Atom: Radiative Decay Rates and Spectroscopy of Levitated Microspheres....Pages 465-489
Quantum Thermodynamics of A Single-Mode Field and of the Quantum Afterburner....Pages 491-497
Quantum Afterburner: Improving the Efficiency of an Ideal Heat Engine....Pages 498-501
Fiber Lasers....Pages 503-514
Structures and Models of Glasses....Pages 515-558
Free Electron Laser: Operating Principles....Pages 559-592
Entanglement and Non-Separability in Quantum Mechanics....Pages 593-606
Digging for the Skull of the Cyclops....Pages 607-615
Confined Structures Based on Point Defects in Lithium Fluoride Films: Optical Properties and Applications....Pages 617-632
Self-Organized Semiconductor Quantum Islands in A Semiconducting Matrix....Pages 633-651
NASA DIAL/LIDAR Laser Technology Development Program....Pages 653-664
Synthesis, simulation & spectroscopy: physical chemistry of nanocrystals....Pages 665-696
Optical Microcavities Based on Color Centers in LiF Films: New Solid State Miniaturized Light Sources....Pages 697-703
Optical properties of II–VI semiconductor nanocrystals....Pages 705-705
Excitonic transitions in cuprous oxide....Pages 705-705
Time resolved near field spectroscopy on CdSe/ZnSe quantum island....Pages 706-706
Growth and electrical characterisation of CdS/ZnSe heterostructures....Pages 706-706
Science for the Masses?....Pages 707-707
Growth and use of concentration gradient samples for the study of dynamical processes of laser resonant transitions in RE doped Y2O3 (RE= Yb3+, Er3+, Ho3+)....Pages 707-707
Simplified optical assembly for single-molecule spectroscopy....Pages 708-708
Quantum Cutting Phosphors....Pages 708-709
Splitting of X-ray diffraction and photoluminescence peaks in InGaN/GaN layers....Pages 709-709
Optical properties of InGaN alloys: an unsolved mystery....Pages 710-710
Numerical Studies of Semiconductor Quantum Structures....Pages 710-711
Visible luminescence of silicon microstructures fabricated with femtosecond-laser irradiation....Pages 711-711
Photodisruption in single cells using femtosecond laser pulses....Pages 711-711
Strain and indium compositions fluctuations in InGaN/GaN wurtzite epitaxial films studied by Raman Spectroscopy....Pages 712-712
Dipole-Dipole Interaction Effect on the Optical Response of Quantum Dot Ensembles....Pages 712-712
Effect of the matrix on the radiative lifetimes of rare earth doped nanoparticles embedded in matrices....Pages 713-714
Evidence for long-range interactions of rare earth ions doped in nanocrystals embedded in amorphous matrices with two-level systems of the matrix....Pages 714-714
Sol-gel processed Eu2+ doped alkaline earth aluminates MAl2O4:Eu2+ (M = Ca, Sr)....Pages 714-714
Nonlinear optical properties of metal nanoparticles: hyper-Rayleigh scattering studies....Pages 714-715
Luminescence Center Excited State Absorption in Calcium and Zinc Tungsates....Pages 715-716
Multi-phonon optical transitions in quantum nanostructures based on ionic crystals....Pages 716-716
Strain and composition in InGaN/GaN Layers....Pages 716-717
Raman Spectroscopy Studies in InGaN/GaN Epitaxial Layers....Pages 717-717
Thermal Effects of Nd PL Spectra in Garnet Hosts....Pages 718-718
Back Matter....Pages 718-718
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