Ebook: Ultrafast Dynamics of Quantum Systems: Physical Processes and Spectroscopic Techniques

Based on a NATO Advanced Summer Institute, this volume discusses physical models, mathematical formalisms, experimental techniques, and applications for ultrafast dynamics of quantum systems. These systems are used in laser optics, spectroscopy, and utilize monochromaticity, spectral brightness, coherence, power density, and tunability of laser sources.

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Based on a NATO Advanced Summer Institute, this volume discusses physical models, mathematical formalisms, experimental techniques, and applications for ultrafast dynamics of quantum systems. These systems are used in laser optics, spectroscopy, and utilize monochromaticity, spectral brightness, coherence, power density, and tunability of laser sources.

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Based on a NATO Advanced Summer Institute, this volume discusses physical models, mathematical formalisms, experimental techniques, and applications for ultrafast dynamics of quantum systems. These systems are used in laser optics, spectroscopy, and utilize monochromaticity, spectral brightness, coherence, power density, and tunability of laser sources.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xii
Linear and Nonlinear Propagation of Short Light Pulses....Pages 1-72
Time Resolved Molecular Spectroscopy and Molecular Dynamics....Pages 73-86
Femtosecond Dynamics of Molecular Reactions at Metal Surfaces....Pages 87-142
Some Selected Aspects of Light-Matter Interaction in Solids....Pages 143-211
Femtosecond Pulse Generation: Principles and Fiber Applications....Pages 213-231
Laser Sources for Ultrafast Spectroscopy....Pages 233-255
Surface Phonons and their Role in Ultrafast Phenomena....Pages 257-293
Dielectric Description of Semiconductors: From Maxwell— to Semiconductor Bloch—Equations....Pages 295-321
Coherent Dynamics in Semiconductors....Pages 323-356
Quasiparticles and Quasimomentum....Pages 357-379
On the Equivalence of Coupled Pendula and Quantum Mechanical Non-Crossing Rule....Pages 381-396
Ultrafast Optical Spectroscopy and Optical Control....Pages 397-406
Solitions in Optical Fibers and Application to High Bit Rate Transmission....Pages 407-486
Hot Luminescence and Fast Relaxation of Optical Centers in Solids....Pages 487-487
Jahn-Teller Driven Movements of Excited Ions in Solids....Pages 489-506
Recent Results in Multiphonon Non-Radiative Processes and in Novel Materials for Lasers and Amplifiers....Pages 507-527
NASA’s Dial and Lidar Laser Technology Development Program....Pages 529-543
Applications of Ultrafast Spectroscopy to Solid State Laser Materials....Pages 545-552
Ultrafast Electron-Lattice Relaxation of Optically Excited Centers in Crystals....Pages 553-567
Laser Crystal Emitting from Ultraviolet to Infrared and the Impact of Nonlinear Optics....Pages 569-582
Non — Perturbative Up — Conversion Techniques: Ultrafast Meets X—Rays....Pages 583-609
Nonlinear Interactions in Insulating Laser Crystals Under Femto- and Picosecond Excitation....Pages 611-623
Unification in Particle Physics: Symmetries and Hidden Dimensions....Pages 625-656
Measurements with an Optically Gated Scanning Tunneling Microscope....Pages 657-672
Time Resolved Spectroscopy of Deep Emissions from Large Band Gap Semiconductors....Pages 673-673
Chemical Dynamics of Uni- and Bimolecular Reactions Studied with Nonlinear Optical Techniques in the Femtosecond Time Domain....Pages 674-674
Optical Spectroscopy on Single Molecules in Solids....Pages 675-675
Nanoscopic Interactions Probed by Single Molecule Spectroscopy....Pages 676-676
Fluorescence Intensity and Anisotropy Decays Measurements in the Frequency Domain....Pages 677-677
Optical Homogeneous Linewidth in Amorphous Solids in the Framework of the Soft Potential Model....Pages 678-678
Luminescence Quantum Efficiency in CDSSE Mixed Crystals....Pages 679-679
Luminescence and Afterglow in CSI:TL....Pages 680-680
Position Sensitive Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry of Molecules....Pages 681-681
Probing Exciton Distributions in Semiconductor Quantum Layers....Pages 682-682
Time Resolved Spin Relaxation in III-V Semiconductor Quantum Wells....Pages 683-683
Quantum Confinement in Porous Silicon in the Effective-Mass Limit....Pages 684-684
Ultrashort Laser Pulses Measurements by Means of Self Diffraction in Polydispersed Liquid Crystals....Pages 685-685
Optical Near-Field Measurements on a Single Gold Nanoparticle....Pages 686-686
Single-Atom Conditional Manipulation of Confined Quantized Electromagnetic Field....Pages 687-687
Iterative Nonideal Conditional Generation of Nonclassical Cavity Field....Pages 688-688
Multiple Branching of Vectorial Spatial Solitary Waves in Nonlinear Quadratic Media....Pages 689-689
Relaxation Dynamics of Localized Excitons in ZnSe-ZnSSe Strained-Layer Superlattices....Pages 690-690
Identification of Several Energy Transfer Pathways in the Light-Harvesting Complex II of Green Plants Using Current Structural and Spectroscopic Information....Pages 691-691
Transient and Persistent Spectral Hole-Burning in CuBr Semiconductor Quantum Dots....Pages 692-692
Multiphoton Excitation of GaN Using Picosecond Pulses....Pages 693-693
Multiphoton Excited Luminescence of Porous Silicon....Pages 694-694
First Roundtable Discussion....Pages 695-695
Second Roundtable Discussion....Pages 696-696
Summary....Pages 697-697
Back Matter....Pages 698-698
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