Ebook: Energy Transfer Processes in Condensed Matter

This book presents an account of the NATO Advanced Study Institute on "Energy Transfer Processes in Condensed Matter", held in Erice, Italy, from June 16 to June 30, 1983. This meeting was organized by the International School of Atomic and Molecular Spectroscopy of the "Ettore Majorana" Centre for Scientific Culture. The objective of the Institute was to present a comprehensive treatment of the basic mechanisms by which electronic excitation energy, initially localized in a particular constituent or region of a condensed material, transfers itself to the other parts of the system. Energy transfer processes are important to such varied .fields as spectroscopy, lasers, phosphor technology, artificial solar energy conversion, and photobiology. This meeting was the first encounter of this sort entirely dedicated to this important topic. A total of 65 participants came from 47 laboratories and 16 nations (Belgium, Czechoslovakia, F.R. of Germany, France, Greece, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, The Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, and the United States of A America). The secretaries of the course were: Ms. Aliki Karipidou for the scientific aspects and Mr. Massimo Minella for the admini­ strative aspects of the meeting.

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Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xxvii
Introduction to Energy Transfer and Relevant Solid-State Concepts....Pages 1-101
Energy Transfer among Ions in Solids....Pages 103-204
Mathematical Methods for the Description of Energy Transfer....Pages 205-249
Energy Transfer in Insulating Materials....Pages 251-283
Energy Transfer in Semiconductors....Pages 285-370
Triplet Excitation Transfer Studies in Organic Condensed Matter via Cooperative Effects....Pages 371-415
Energy Transfer in Solid Rare Gases....Pages 417-469
Energy Transfer and Localization in Ruby....Pages 471-495
Energy Transfer and Ionic Solid State Lasers....Pages 497-510
A Scalar Crystal Field Strength Parameter for Rare-Earth Ions: Meaning and Application to Energy Transfer....Pages 511-520
Energy Transfer Between Inorganic Ions in Glasses....Pages 521-535
Non-Equilibrium Concepts in Solar Energy Conversion....Pages 537-592
Magneto-Optical Study Of Energy Transfer in Ruby....Pages 593-601
Spectroscopic Studies of Energy Transfer in Solids....Pages 603-620
Dynamical Models Of Energy Transfer in Condensed Matter....Pages 621-638
Energy Transfer and Electron Transfer in Photobiological, Photochemical, and Photoelectrochemical Processes (Abstract)....Pages 639-639
An Example of Identifying the Specific Mechanism of Resonant Energy Transfer: Sb3+ ? Mn2+ in Fluorophosphate Phosphors(Abstract)....Pages 641-641
Energy Transfer and Anderson Localization in Ruby Electric Field and Uniaxial Stress Effects....Pages 643-654
Time-Resolved Studies of Energy Transfer....Pages 655-671
Trends in Scientific Computing....Pages 673-679
Photoconductivity of Indium in Silicon....Pages 681-681
Nonlinear Energy Transfer in Semiconductors Yielding Optical Bistability....Pages 682-682
Luminescence and Energy Transfer in YAlG:Nd,Ce....Pages 683-683
Energy Transfer in Antiferromagnetic Alkali Manganese Halide Crystals....Pages 684-684
Auger Effect Due to Shallow Donors in CdF2:Mn Luminescence....Pages 685-685
Energy Transfer Processes in ZnSe:Ni, Fe....Pages 686-686
On the Role of Nonlocalized Excitation Mechanisms in the Generation of Red Er3+ Emission in CdF2:Er, Yb....Pages 687-687
The General Three-Dimensional Haken-Strobl Model....Pages 688-688
Back Matter....Pages 689-689
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