Theory of Light Scattering in Condensed Matter

Section I Phase Transitions and Liquid Crystals.- Light Scattering in the Vicinity of Phase Transition Points in Solids.- Comment.- Critical Opalescence at Structural Phase Transitions.- Raman Spectra and Structural Phase Transitions in Improper Ferroelastics Hg2Cl2 and Hg2Br2.- Measurement of Liquid Crystal Orientational Statistics by Raman Scattering.- The Van der Waals Forces and Light Scattering in Liquid Crystals.- Section II Strong Anharmonicity Effects and Electron-Phonon Interaction in Crystals.- Quasiparticle Interactions in Many-Body Systems.- Weakly-Bound Excitation States in Crystals.- Polariton Fermi-Resonance in the Raman Spectrum of Ammonium Chloride.- Light Absorption and Scattering by Nonlinear Local and Quasi-Local Oscillation.- Intervalley Phonon Raman Scattering in Many-Valley Semiconductors.- Section III Scattering from Electrons and Electron-Hole Drops.- The Investigation of Exciton Condensation in Germanium by the Light Scattering Method.- Experiments on Light Scattering from Electron Hole Drops in Germanium.- Comment.- Inelastic X-Ray Raman Scattering.- Raman Scattering by Local Plasmons and Electron-Hole Drops.- Raman Scattering in Metals and Heavily Doped Semiconductors.- Section IV High Intensity and Non-Linear Effects.- Interaction of Electromagnetic Waves with Free Electrons.- Relation Between Light-Scattering Cross-Sections and the Nonlinear Optical Susceptibilities of Liquids and Solids.- Comments.- Theory of Light Scattering from Light in Molecular Crystals.- Coherent Active Spectroscopy of Raman Scattering: Comparison with Spectroscopy of Spontaneous Scattering.- Raman Scattering Induced by Strongly Nonequilibrium Phonons.- Multiphonon Raman Scattering in Semiconducting Crystals.- Light Scattering as a Method of Studying the Transformation of Incoherent Phonon Flux into a Coherent Acoustical Signal.- Section V Bulk and Surface Polaritons.- Excitons, Polaritons and Light Absorption in Crystals.- Neutron Scattering and Absorption by Laser Photons in Crystals.- Spatial Dispersion and Damping of Plasmon-Phonon Modes in Semiconductors.- The Scattering of Light from Surface Polaritons: Line Intensities and Line Shapes.- Comment.- Comment.- Light Scattering in Crystals with Surface Corrections.- Section VI Resonance Scattering and Scattering from Local Excitations.- On the Theory of Resonant Secondary Radiation: Scattering, Luminescence and Hot Luminescence.- Comment.- Comment.- Resonant Raman Scattering Near Excitonic Transitions.- Symmetry Effects in Resonance Scattering.- Light Absorption and Raman Scattering by Phonons Bound to Impurity Centres.- Section VII Scattering from Electronic Excitations and Spin-Flip Processes.- Some Features of Light Raman Scattering by Bulk Polaritons.- Electronic Raman Scattering.- Theory of Spin-Flip Line Shape in CdS.- Interaction Between the Low Frequency Branches of a Crystal’s Energy Spectrum Near Phase Transitions.- Section VIII Scattering by Superfluids.- Tricritical Points and Light Scattering in He3-He4 Mixtures.- Critical Scattering of Light by a Two-Component Fluid.- On the Influence of Impurities on Light Scattering at Phase Transitions.- Comment.- Concluding Remarks.- Concluding Remarks.- Author Index.- Topical Index.