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Spectroscopy of solids containing rare earth ions /

``Spectroscopy of Crystals Containing Rare Earth Ions'' contains chapters on some key problems selected from a broad range of spectroscopic studies of RE-activated solids including both crystalline and glassy materials. Progress in crystal field theory is surveyed, an area which is basic t...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Kapl�i�anski�i, A. A., Macfarlane, R. M. (Roger M.), 1938-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam ; New York : New York, NY : North-Holland ; Sole distributor for the USA and Canada, Elsevier Science Pub. Co., 1987.
Colección:Modern problems in condensed matter sciences ; v. 21.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Front Cover; Spectroscopy of Solids Containing Rare Earth Ions; Copyright Page; Preface to the series; Preface; Table of Contents; Chapter 1. P.P. Feofilov and the spectroscopy of activated crystals; P.P. Feofilov and the spectroscopy of activated crystals; References; Bibliography of selected works of P.P. Feofilov; Chapter 2. Crystal field and electron-phonon interaction in rare-earth ionic paramagnets; 1. Introduction; 2. Methods to calculate crystal field parameters; 3. Hamiltonian of the orbit-lattice interaction in ionic rare-earth paramagnets.
  • 4. Model calculations for the LiErF4 crystal and conclusionsReferences; Chapter 3. Coherent transient and holeburning spectroscopy of rare earth ions in solids; 1. Introduction and background; 2. Hyperfine structure in optical spectra: theory; 3. Hyperfine interactions and nonlinear spectroscopy in LaF3:Pr3+; 4. Other praseodymium systems; 5. The trivalent europium ion; 6. Other rare earth ions; 7. Rare earth doped glasses; 8. Conclusion; References; Chapter 4. Experimental studies of energy transfer in rare earth ions in crystals; 1. Introduction; 2. Background review.
  • 3. Microscopic aspects of energy transfer4. Macroscopic aspects of energy transfer; 5. Nonlinear effects in 4f ion systems; 6. Inhomogeneous broadening in 4f systems; 7. Spatial and resonant transfer; 8. Concluding remarks; References; Chapter 5. Energy transfer in crystals; 1. Introduction; 2. Eigenfunctions; 3. Energy transfer; 4. Trapping; 5. Conclusion; References; Chapter 6. Spectral migration of excitations in rare-earth activated glasses; List of symbols; 1. Introduction. Spectral migration and its manifestations.
  • 2. Theoretical description of the spectral migration of excitation in inhomogeneously broadened systems3. Experimental studies of spectral migration; 4. Concluding remarks; References; Chapter 7. Spectroscopy of collective states and cooperative transitions in disordered rare-earth activated solids; 1. Introduction; 2. Collective states in rare-earth activated solids; 3. Spectral and transient manifestations of the coupling of the 4fN state with the other subsystems of a solid; 4. Linear spectral and transient manifestations of the interaction between rare earth ions.
  • 5. Nonlinear and critical phenomena in the 4fN excitation subsystem6. Conclusion; Appendix. Structural properties of disordered tysonite; References; Chapter 8. Ion-ion interactions and exciton effects in rare earth insulators; 1. Introduction; 2. Theoretical description of interionic coupling; 3. Localized interaction phenomena; 4. Off-diagonal interactions
  • exciton bands; 5. Cooperative pair transitions; 6. New directions; References; Chapter 9. Spectroscopic studies of Jahn-Teller phase transitions in rare-earth crystals; List of symbols; 1. Introduction.