TY - BOOK ID - 107400773 TI - Spectroscopic Properties of Rare Earths in Optical Materials AU - Hull, Robert AU - Parisi, Jürgen AU - Osgood, R M AU - Warlimont, Hans AU - Liu, Guokui AU - Jacquier, Bernard AU - SpringerLink (Online service) PY - 2005 SN - 9783540282099 PB - Berlin Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg DB - UniCat KW - Optics. Quantum optics KW - Electronics and optics of solids KW - Solid state physics KW - Physics KW - Materials sciences KW - fotonica KW - materiaalkennis KW - toegepaste wetenschappen KW - lasers (technologie) KW - spectroscopie KW - fysica KW - optica UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:107400773 AB - Aimed at researchers and graduate students, this book provides up-to-date information for understanding electronic interactions that impact the optical properties of rare earth ions in solids. Its goal is to establish a connection between fundamental principles and the materials properties of rare-earth activated luminescent and laser optical materials. The theoretical survey and introduction to spectroscopic properties include electronic energy level structure, intensities of optical transitions, ion-phonon interactions, line broadening, and energy transfer and up-conversion. An important aspect of the book lies in its deep and detailed discussions on materials properties and the potential of new applications such as optical storage, information processing, nanophotonics, and molecular probes that have been identified in recent experimental studies. This volume will be a valuable reference book on advanced topics of rare earth spectroscopy and materials science. ER -