Spectroscopy of Systems with Spatially Confined Structures

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 Y 2 O 3 (RE= Yb 3+ , Er 3+ , Ho 3+ )....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
Study of Irradiation Defects in Quantum Structures of Semiconductors A 3 B 5 ....Pages 710-711
Numerical Studies of Semiconductor Quantum Structures....Pages 711-711
Visible luminescence of silicon microstructures fabricated with femtosecond-laser irradiation....Pages 711-711
Photodisruption in single cells using femtosecond laser pulses....Pages 712-712
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 713-714
Effect of the matrix on the radiative lifetimes of rare earth doped nanoparticles embedded in matrices....Pages 714-714
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 Eu 2+ doped alkaline earth aluminates MAl 2 O 4 :Eu 2+ (M = Ca, Sr)....Pages 714-715
Nonlinear optical properties of metal nanoparticles: hyper-Rayleigh scattering studies....Pages 715-716
Luminescence Center Excited State Absorption in Calcium and Zinc Tungsates....Pages 716-716
Multi-phonon optical transitions in quantum nanostructures based on ionic crystals....Pages 716-717
Strain and composition in InGaN/GaN Layers....Pages 717-717
Raman Spectroscopy Studies in InGaN/GaN Epitaxial Layers....Pages 718-718
Thermal Effects of Nd PL Spectra in Garnet Hosts....Pages 718-718
Back Matter....Pages 723-727