Spectroscopy of Systems with Spatially Confined Structures

Lectures.- The role of structure confinement in the energy level schemes of physical systems.- Photonic Structures: Atoms, Molecules, Wires and Crystals.- Optical Near-Field Spectroscopy.- Future of Laser Technology For Spectroscopy.- Propagation and Characterization of Ultrashort Laser Pulses.- Self-Ordered Growth and Spectroscopy of Nonplanar Quantum Wires and Quantum Dots.- Theory of Optical Properties of Quantum Wells, Wires and Dots.- Spatio-Temporal Bloch Oscillations in GaAs/AlGaAs Superlattices.- Optical Anisotropy in Low-Dimensional Semiconductor Structures.- Luminescence Properties of Very Small Semi-Conductor Particles.- Percolation and Localization in Disordered Solid Solutions.- Spontaneous Emission Within A Photonic Atom: Radiative Decay Rates and Spectroscopy of Levitated Microspheres.- Quantum Thermodynamics of A Single-Mode Field And of the Quantum Afterburner.- Appendix-Quantum Afterburner: Improving the Efficiency of an Ideal Heat Engine.- Fiber Lasers.- Structures and Models of Glasses. Recent Developments in Optical Glasses.- Free Electron Laser: Operating Principles.- Interdisciplinary Lectures.- Entanglement and Non-Separability in Quantum Mechanics.- Digging For The Skull of the Cyclops.- Long Seminars.- Confined Structures Based On Point Defects in Lithium Fluoride Films: Optical Properties and Applications.- Self-Organized Semiconductor Quantum Islands in A Semiconductor Matrix.- NASA Dial/Lidar Laser Technology Development Program.- Synthesis, Simulation&Spectroscopy: Physical Chemistry of Nanocrystals.- Optical Microcavities Based On Color Centers in Lif Films: New Solid State Miniaturized Light Sources.- Short Seminars.- Optical Properties of II-VI Semiconductor Nanocrystals.- Excitonic Transitions in Cuprous Oxide.- Time Resolved Near FieldSpectroscopy on CdSe/ZnSe Quantum Island.- Growth and Electrical Characterisation of CdS/ZnSe Heterostructures.- Science for the Masses?.- Growth and Use of Concentration Gradient Samples for the Study of Dynamical Processes of Laser ResonantTransitions in RE Doped Y2O3 (RE = Yb 3+, Er3+, Ho3+.- Simplified Optical Assembly for Single-Molecule Spectroscopy.- Quantum Cutting Phosphors.- Splitting of X-Ray Diffraction and Photoluminescence Peaks in InGAN/GaN Layers.- Optical Properties of InGaN Alloys : An Unsolved Mystery.- Study of Irradiation Defects in Quantum Structures of Semiconductors A3B5.- Numerical Studies of Semiconductor Quantum Structures.- Visible Luminescence of Silicon Microstructures Fabricated with Femtosecond-Laser Irradiation.- Photodisruption in Single Cells Using Femtosecond Laser Pulses.- Strain and Indium Compositions Fluctuations in InGaN/GaN Wurzite Epitaxial Films Studied by Raman Spectroscopy.- Posters.- Dipole-Dipole Interaction Effect on the Optical Response of Quantum Dot Ensembles.- Effect of the Matrix on the Radiative Lifetimes of Rare Earth Doped Nanoparticles Embedded in Matrices.- Evidence for Long-Range Interactions of Rare Earth Ions Doped in Nanocrystals Embedded in Amorphous Matrices with two-level systems of the matrix.- Sol-Gel Processed Eu2+ Doped Alkaline Earth Aluminates, MAl2O4:Eu2+ (M = Ca, Sr).- Nonlinear Optical Properties of Metal Nanoparticles: Hyper-Rayleigh Scattering Studies.- Luminescence Center Excited State Absorption in Calcium and Zinc Tungsates.- Multi-Phonon Optical Transitions in Quantum Nanostructures Based on Ionic Crystals.- Strain and Composition in InGaN/GaN Layers.- Raman Spectroscopy Studies in InGaN/GaN Epitaxial Layers.- Thermal Effects of Nd PL Spectra in Garnet Hosts.- First Roundtable Discussion.-Second Roundtable Discussion.- Summary of the Course.