Excitonic Processes in Solids

An exciton is an electronic excitation wave consisting of an electron-hole pair which propagates in a nonmetallic solid. Since the pioneering research of Fren­ kel, Wannier and the Pohl group in the 1930s, a large number of experimental and theoretical studies have been made. Due to these investigat...

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Main Authors: Ueta, Masayasu, Kanzaki, Hiroshi (Author), Kobayashi, Koichi (Author), Toyozawa, Yutaka (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 1986, 1986
Edition:1st ed. 1986
Series:Springer Series in Solid-State Sciences
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • 3.5 Two-Photon Resonant Raman Scattering Via the Excitonic Molecule
  • 3.6 Acoustic-Phonon Interaction of the Excitonic Molecule
  • 3.7 Coexistence of Luminescence and Raman Components in the Resonant Excitation
  • 3.8 Redistribution of Excitonic Molecules Resonantly Generated by Two-Photon Excitation
  • 3.9 Relaxation of the Excitonic Molecule Due to Intermolecular Collisions: Influence on the GTA and Secondary Emissions
  • 3.10 Spatial Dispersion of the Exciton and Excitonic Molecule
  • 3.11 Higher Excited States of the Excitonic Molecule
  • 4. Theory of Excitons in Phonon Fields
  • 4.1 Electron-Phonon Interactions
  • 4.2 The Exciton in Spatially Fluctuating Fields
  • 4.3 Phonon Structures in Exciton Spectra
  • 4.4 Self-Trapping
  • 4.5 Electron-Hole Recombination
  • 4.6 Excitonic Instability and Phase Changes
  • 5. Excitons in Condensed Rare Gases
  • 5.1 Electronic Structure of Condensed Rare Gases
  • 5.2 Charge Carriers in Condensed Rare Gases
  • 1. Introduction
  • 1.1 The Ground State of Many-Body Systems and the Modes of Excitation
  • 1.2 Electronic Excitation in Insulators and the Wannier-Mott Exciton
  • 1.3 The Frenkel Exciton
  • 1.4 The General Case
  • 1.5 Optical Absorption Spectra
  • 1.6 The Polariton and Spatial Dispersion
  • 1.7 Scope of the Present Book
  • 2. Theoretical Aspects of Excitonic Molecules
  • 2.1 Fission and Fusion of Excitons vs. Chemical Reaction into Excitonic Molecules
  • 2.2 The Excitonic Molecule and Electron-Hole Liquid
  • 2.3 Optical Response of an Excitonic Molecule
  • 2.4 Coherent Optical Phenomena Due to the Excitonic Molecule
  • 2.5 The Excitonic Molecule at High Densities
  • 3. The Exciton and Excitonic Molecule in Cuprous Halides
  • 3.1 Band Structure and Excitonic States
  • 3.2 Exciton Absorption, Reflection, and Emission Spectra
  • 3.3 High-Density Excitation Effects
  • 3.4 Giant Two-Photon Excitation of the Excitonic Molecule
  • 8.4 Magnetoconductivity
  • 8.5 Polarons with High Energy
  • 9. Excitons and Phonon Couplings in Quasi-One-Dimensional Crystals
  • 9.1 Halogen-Bridged Mixed-Valence Chain Compounds
  • 9.2 Polyacetylene
  • 9.3 Mixed Stacked Donor-Acceptor Charge Transfer Complexes
  • 9.4 Segregated Stacked Donor-Acceptor Charge Transfer Complexes
  • References
  • 5.3 Excitons and Exciton-Phonon Interactions in Condensed Rare Gases
  • 6. Exciton-Phonon Processes in Silver Halides
  • 6.1 Electronic and Lattice Properties of Silver Halides
  • 6.2 Excitons and Exciton-Phonon Interactions in Silver Halides
  • 6.3 Relaxation Processes of Photo-Excited States in Silver and Alkali Halides
  • 6.4 Localized Electrons and Holes in Silver Halides
  • 7. Excitons and Their Interactions with Phonons and External Fields in Thallous Halides
  • 7.1 Band Structures and Exciton States of Thallous Halides
  • 7.2 Optical Spectra of Thallous Halides
  • 7.3 Resonant Raman Scattering by Excitons in Thallous Halides
  • 7.4 Excitons and Induced Self-Trapping in Mixed Crystals of Thallous Halides
  • 7.5 Excitons in Thallous Halides in External Fields
  • 8. Photocarrier Motion in Ionic Crystals
  • 8.1 Photocurrent and Measurement
  • 8.2 Measurements of Carrier Mobility and Cyclotron Resonance in Insulating Photoconductors
  • 8.3 Polaron and Mobility