Frontiers of Optical Spectroscopy / NATO Science Series II: Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry Bd.168 (PDF)

From the contents:Lectures: Investigating Physical Systems With Optical Spectroscopy. Light-Matter Interactions on The Femto-Second Time Scale. Photons And Photon Statistics from Incandescent Light to Lasers Carrier-Wave Nonlinear Optics. Carotenoid Excited States-Photophysics, Ultrafast Dynamics and Photosynthetic Functions. Spectroscopy of Quantum Wells And Superlattices. Lasers for Frontier Spectroscopy. Coherent Spectroscopy of Stratified Semiconductor Micro- And Nanostructures. Consequences of Extreme Photon Confinement in Micro-Cavities: Ultra-Sensitive Detection of Perturbations By Bio-Molecules. Luminescence Properties of Very Small Semiconductor Particles. An Introduction to the Physics of Ultracold Atomic Gases. Laser Cooling And Trapping of Neutral Atoms to Ultralow Temperatures. Trafast Structural Dynamics in The Condensed Phase. Lanthanide Series Spectroscopy under Extreme Conditions. Excitonic Bose-Einstein Condensation versus Electron-Hole Plasma Formation. Dynamics of Solid-State Coherent Light Sources. Some Aspects of Intramolecular Electronic Energy Transfer Processes. Stimulated Raman Scattering Spectroscopy of Frontier Nonlinear-Laser Materials: Organic Crystals And Nanocrystalline Ceramics.- Interdisciplinary Lecture: Strange Properties of Quantum Systems And Possible Interpretations.- Long Seminars: Modulation Spectroscopy Revisited. Advances in Solid State Lasers at NASA Langley Research Center. Combinatorial Chemistry to Grow Single Crystals And Analysis of Concentration Quenching Processes: Application to Yb3+-Doped Laser Crystals. Table-Top Soft X-Ray Lasers And Their Applications. Rare Earth Ion Doped Ceramic Laser Materials.- Short Seminars.- Posters.