Persistent Spectral Hole-Burning: Science and Applications

1. Introduction.- 1.1 Fundamental Requirements for Persistent Spectral Hole-Burning.- 1.2 Significance for Science and Applications.- 1.3 Historical Overview and Survey of Mechanisms.- 1.4 Synopsis of the Book.- References.- 2. Basic Principles and Methods of Persistent Spectral Hole-Burning.- 2.1 Background.- 2.2 Homogeneous Spectrum of an Electron-Vibrational Transition.- 2.3 Inhomogeneous Broadening of the Vibronic Spectrum.- 2.4 Persistent Spectral Hole-Burning.- 2.5 Kinetics of Persistent Spectral Hole-Burning.- 2.6 Spectroscopic Applications.- 2.7 Special Methods of Hole-Burning and Detection.- 2.8 Hole-Burning Time-and-Space-Domain Holography.- 2.9 Concluding Remarks.- References.- 3. Photochemical Hole-Burning in Electronic Transitions.- 3.1 Photochemical, Photophysical, and Spin Hole-Burning.- 3.2 Spectroscopic Analysis of Hole-Burning Experiments.- 3.3 Field Effects in Hole-Burning Spectroscopy.- References.- 4. Persistent Spectral Hole-Burning in Inorganic Materials.- 4.1 Introduction.- 4.2 Hole-Burning Mechanisms.- 4.3 Color Centers.- 4.4 Rare Earth Compounds.- 4.5 Transition Metal Ions.- 4.6 Conclusion.- References.- 5. Two-Level-System Relaxation in Amorphous Solids as Probed by Nonphotochemical Hole-Burning in Electronic Transitions.- 5.1 Background.- 5.2 Survey of NPHB Systems.- 5.3 Optical Linewidths and Dephasing in Amorphous Solids.- 5.4 Density of States Functions for TLS.- 5.5 Laser-Induced Hole Filling.- 5.6 Recent Developments.- 5.7 Concluding Remarks.- References.- 6. Persistent Infrared Spectral Hole-Burning for Impurity Vibrational Modes in Solids.- 6.1 Introduction.- 6.2 Molecules in Van der Waals Matrices.- 6.3 ReO4? in Alkali Halide Crystals.- 6.4 Persistent Spectral Hole-Burning for CN? Molecules in Alkali Halide Crystals.- 6.5Conclusion.- References.- 7. Frequency Domain Optical Storage and Other Applications of Persistent Spectral Hole-Burning.- 7.1 Introduction.- 7.2 Systems Issues for Frequency Domain Optical Storage.- 7.3 Materials Research for Frequency Domain Optical Storage.- 7.4 Alternative Data-Storage Configurations.- 7.5 Other Applications of Persistent Spectral Hole-Burning.- 7.6 Summary and Future Prospects.- References.