Laser Optics of Condensed Matter

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Birman, J. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Springer US 1988, 1988
Edition:1st ed. 1988
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Theory and Observation of Electron-Hole Competition in the Photorefractive Effect
  • Coherent Optical Oscillation Due to Vectorial Four-Wave Mixing in Photorefractive Crystals
  • Stimulated Photorefractive Scattering and Optical Phase Conjugation
  • Dephasing of Impurities in Organic Glasses Between 0.04 and 1.5K via Spectral Hole Photoburning
  • Photoburning of Persistent Spectral Holes and Space-Time Domain Holography of Ultrafast Events of Nano- and Picosecond Duration
  • Associative Space-and-Time Domain Holography of Picosecond Light Fields via Photochemical Hole Burning
  • Study of Hot Carrier Diffusion in Semiconductors by Transient Grating Techniques
  • Pulsed Holographic Diagnostics of Electron-Hole Plasma in Semiconductors
  • Section IX Optical Bistability in Semiconductors and Liquid Crystals
  • GaAs Etalons and Waveguides: Bulk Versus Multiple-Quantum-Well Material
  • Resonant Nonlinearities and Optical Bistability in Semiconductors
  • Optical Spectroscopy of Size Effects in Semiconductor Microcrystals
  • Cooperative Behavior of Configurational Dipole Defects in Plastic Deformed Semiconductor Crystals
  • Section V Photon Localization
  • The Spectrum of Light Propagation Times through a Disordered Medium and Mesoscopic Fluctuations
  • Photon Localization in Time and Space
  • Classical Diffusive Photon Transport in a Slab
  • Anderson Localization of Classical Photons in a Disordered Dieletric
  • Section VI Light Scattering
  • Electron Single-Particle Light Scattering in InP Crystals and in Mixed Crystals GaxIn1-xP
  • Dynamical Light Scattering at the Nonequilibrium Crystal-Melt Interface
  • Selective Laser Heating and Nonlinear Light Scattering in a Homogeneous Medium
  • Dynamic Central Modes and Photorefractive Effects at TI and Tc in Barium Sodium Niobate
  • Are Phasons Observable in Optics?
  • Laser Spectroscopy of Fast KNO3 Ferroelectric Switches
  • Inelastic Light Scattering by Magnons in Antiferromagnetic EuTe
  • Spectroscopy of Mn04 and Mn024 Centers in Alkali Halide Crystals
  • Section VII Excitons, Polaritons
  • Theory of Transient Optical Response and Pulse Propagation in Bounded Spatially Dispersive Media
  • Picosecond Dynamics of Excitonic Polaritons in the Bottleneck Region
  • Polariton Waves Near the Threshold for Stimulated Scattering
  • Quantum Fluctuations and Statistical Properties of Intense Polariton Waves
  • Transport and Quantum Statistics of Excitons in Cu2°
  • Study of Localized Excitons in Semiconductor Solid Solutions by Selective Excitation
  • Luminescence of Bound Excitons in Quasi-Two-Dimensional TlGaS2 Crystals
  • Section VIII Photoactive Materials, Photorefraction, Hole-Burning, Holography
  • OpticallyDense Active Media of Solid-State Lasers
  • Negative Absolute Electrical Conductivity of Optically Excited Ruby: Microscopic Nature of the Phenomenon
  • Picosecond Raman and Luminescence Studies of Carrier Relaxation in Quantum Wells
  • Gain Saturation and Features in Threshold Behaviour of AIIIBvHeterostructure Lasers
  • Single-Frequency Diode Laser with a High Temperature Stability of the Emission Line
  • Raman Studies of Phonons in GaAs/AlGaAs Superlattices
  • Section III Surface Optical Phenomena
  • Optical Interactions at Rough Surfaces
  • Nonlinear Distributed Coupling into Guided Waves
  • Bistability on a Surface in Nonlinear Diffraction
  • Picosecond Nonlinear Optical Spectroscopy of Semiconductor Surface Structure Transformations
  • Raman Scattering of Light from Coherently Excited Surface Polaritons
  • Resonant Raman Scattering as a Spectroscopic Probe of the Valence Electron Excitations of Adsorbates on Metals
  • Laser-Stimulated Ionization and Desorption of Molecules in an Electric Field
  • Section IV Optics of Small Particles, Defects
  • Nonlinear Optical Phenomena in Single Micron-Size Droplets
  • Opening Remarks
  • Section I Time Resolved Spectroscopy, Ultra-Fast Processes
  • Spectroscopy with 6 Femtosecond Optical Pulses
  • Hot Electrons in Semiconductors and Metals
  • Laser Spectroscopy of Hot Photoluminescence in Semiconductors: Energy Spectrum and Relaxation Times
  • Static and Dynamic Cooling Rate of Photocreated Plasmas in Semiconductors
  • GaSe Nonlinear Susceptibility and Relaxation Process Rates
  • Picosecond Laser Studies of Collisional Effects on Rotational Processes in Liquids
  • Optical Manifestations of Energy and Phase Relaxation in Vibronic Systems
  • Section II Two-Dimensional Systems, Quantum Wells, Heterolasers, Superlattices
  • The Oscillations of 2D-Electron Density of States in a Transverse Magnetic Field
  • Excitonic Optical Nonlinearities in Semiconductor Quantum Wells
  • Excitons in Quantum Wells and Short Period Superlattices
  • Recombination Processes in GaAs/AlGaAs Multi-Quantum Well Structures
  • Monolithic Microresonator Arrays of Optical Switches
  • Optical Bistability in Vacuum-Deposited Semiconductor Fabry-Perot Interferometers
  • Optical Bistability Without Optical Feedback and Absorption-Related Nonlinearities
  • Optical Freedericksz Transitions and Associated Effects in Liquid Crystals
  • Light-Induced Self-Excitation of 3-D Orientational Gratings in Liquid Crystals
  • Rotatory Instability of the Spatial Structure of Light Fields in Lonlinear Media with Two-Dimensional Feedback
  • Intrinsic Optical Multistability and Instabilities in Liquid Crystals
  • Concluding remarks
  • Participants
  • Author Index