Persistent Spectral Hole-Burning: Science and Applications /

This book describes the underlying scientific fundamentals and principal phenomena associated with persistent spectral hole-burning in solids, and presents an overview of possible future applications to optical storage of digital data and optical signal processing. Organization of the material is by...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Moerner, W. E.
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 1988.
Series:Topics in current physics ; 44.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Basic Principles and Methods of Persistent Spectral Hole-Burning
  • Photochemical Hole-Burning in Electronic Transitions
  • Persistent Spectral Hole-Burning in Inorganic Materials
  • Two-Level System Relaxation in Amorphous Solids as Probed by Nonphotochemical Hole-Burning in Electric Transitions
  • Persistent Infrared Spectral Hole-Burning for Impurity Vibrational Modes in Solids
  • Frequency Domain Optical Storage and Other Applications of Persistent Spectral Hole-Burning
  • Subject Index.