Nonlinear Spectroscopy of Solids

Intrinsic Nonlinearity of the Interaction between Radiation Fields and Atoms.- The Spin-Photon Echo Revisited.- Nonlinear Spectroscopy of Inorganic Materials: Excitons in Semiconductors.- High Resolution Nonlinear Spectroscopy of Rare Earth Ions in Solids.- Advances in Solid State Lasers.- Quantum Noise in Parametric Amplification.- Two- and Three-Photon Spectroscopy of Solids.- Nonlinear Spectroscopy of the Electron-Hole Plasma in Semiconductors.- Long Seminars.- The Two-Photon Laser.- Definition of Coherence.- Optical Nonlinearities of Color Centers in Alkali Halides.- Electronic and Optical Properties of Lower-Dimensional Semiconductor Systems.- Recombination Dynamics and Nonlinear Spectroscopy of Quantum Dots.- Solitons in Optical Fibers and their Use in Ultra Long Distance, High Bit Rate Transmission.- Energy Transfer Mechanisms and Excited State Dynamics of Yb3+, Tm3+ and Ho3+ Doped Gd3Ga5O12 Single Crystals.- Nanoparticles in Amorphous Solids and their Nonlinear Properties.- Up-Conversion and Excited State Absorption in Laser Crystals and Glasses: Advantages and Disadvantages.- Non-Linear Effects in Insulating Laser Crystals.- Computer Modeling of Nonlinearities.- Rate Equation Modeling of Energy Transfer Processes.- Special Seminars.- Cold Fusion Four Years Later.- Science and Theology. Scientific Mentality and Christian Faith.- Short Seminars.- Enhanced Red to Blue Conversion Luminescence of Tm3+ in Yb3+ Doped Fluorophosphate Glasses.- Capturing a Phase Transition: The Dielectric Constant of GaAs Following an Intense Ultrashort Optical Excitation.- Second Harmonic Generation in Movpe ZnTe Waveguides.- Negative Differential Mobility of Semiconductor Devices.- Rare-Earth Doped Semiconductors for Linear and Nonlinear Optical Applications.- Nonlinear Spectroscopy in CdSe: Exciton Coherence and Dynamics.- Two Photon Processes Involving Simultaneous Electric and Magnetic Dipole Transition Moments.- Laser Spectroscopy of Atoms and Ions in Superfluid Helium.- Mixed-Mode Polaritons.- Synthetic Diamond: The Optical Band at 1.883 eV.- Picosecond Radiationless Relaxation of the F-Center in NaBr Induced by Hydrogen Impurities.- Silver Atoms Isolated in Rare Gas Crystals: Time Resolved Investigation of Excited State Dynamics.- Site-Selection by Up-Conversion in CsCdBr3:Er3+.- Electron-Hole Droplet Formation in Indirect AlXGa1?XAs.- Dynamics of Carrier Induced Screening of the Piezoelectric Fields in CdS/CdSe Superlattices.- Optical Switching in CdS.- Photoreflectance: A Poor Man’s Approach to Non-Linear Spectroscopy.- The Effect of Crystal Anisotropy of the Infrared Reflectivity of 6H-SiC.- Second Harmonic Generation in DNA.- Infrared to Visible Up-Conversion in Cs3Yb2Cl9:Tm3+.- Nonlinear Behavior of Luminescence Emission Intensity of Rare Earth Ions with High Excitation Energy.- Study of Healing and Interdiffusion Processes at Particle-Particle Junction during Latex Film Formation by Fluorecence Technique.- Fast Scintillator Glasses which are Hard to Nuclear Radiations.- Transient Hold-Burning and Excited State Dynamics in a Co-Ordination Compound.- Electrodynamics of Thin Film Waveguides.- Temperature Distribution in an Er: YAG Laser Rod during Flash Lamp Pumping.- Electronic Energy Level Structure of Er3+ Doped into 3 Garnet Hosts.- Posters.- Threshold Behavior of Microcavity Lasers.- Calculation of the THG, Two and Three Photon Absorption in C60 and C70 Molecules.- Low Frequency Raman Scattering from Thermally Treated Oxide Glasses.- BaLiF3:Ni2+ — Spectroscopic Analysis of Laser Capabilities.- Study of a Diode-Pumped Laser YLF:Tm, Ho Laser at 2?m.- Decay Behavior of Excited Nd Ions in KYF4 Crystals.- Summary of the Course.- Picture of the Participants.- Participants.