Radiationless Processes

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xix

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2. Present Trends in the Theory of Radiationless Processes

   1. Present Trends in the Theory of Radiationless Processes

      • F. Williams, D. E. Berry, J. E. Bernard

      Pages 1-37

3. Spectroscopy and Radiationless Deactivation

   1. Spectroscopy and Radiationless Deactivation

      • B. Di Bartolo

      Pages 39-87

4. Spectroscopy and Radiationless Processes in Simple Molecules

   1. Spectroscopy and Radiationless Processes in Simple Molecules

      • D. A. Ramsay

      Pages 89-101

5. Electronic Relaxation in Large Molecules

   1. Electronic Relaxation in Large Molecules

      • J. Jortner

      Pages 103-156

6. Intersystem Crossing in Complex Molecules

   1. Intersystem Crossing in Complex Molecules

      • R. G. Pappalardo

      Pages 157-211

7. Multiphonon Processes, Cross-Relaxation and Up-Conversion in Ion-Activated Solids, Exemplified By Minilaser Materials

   1. Multiphonon Processes, Cross-Relaxation and Up-Conversion in Ion-Activated Solids, Exemplified By Minilaser Materials

      • F. Auzel

      Pages 213-286

8. Radiationless Processes in Luminescent Materials

   1. Radiationless Processes in Luminescent Materials

      • G. Blasse

      Pages 287-322

9. Defect Structures in Phosphors By Radiationless Transitions

   1. Defect Structures in Phosphors by Radiationless Transitions

      • R. Grasser, A. Scharmann

      Pages 323-367

10. The Relevance of Nonradiative Transitions to Solid State Lasers

    1. The Relevance of Nonradiative Transitions to Solid State Lasers

       • L. A. Riseberg

       Pages 369-407

11. Radiationless Processes in Semiconductors

    1. Radiationless Processes in Semiconductors

       • F. Williams, D. E. Berry, J. E. Bernard

       Pages 409-430

12. Long Seminars Photoacoustics and Deexcitation Processes in Condensed Media

    1. Long Seminars Photoacoustics and Deexcitation Processes in Condensed Media

       • A. Rosencwaig

       Pages 431-463

13. Radiationless Decay of Excitons

    1. Radiationless Decay of Excitons

       • J. Singh

       Pages 465-470

14. Phonon Coupling to Radiative, Nonradiative, and Energy-Transfer Transitions

    1. Phonon Coupling to Radiative, Nonradiative, and Energy-Transfer Transitions

       • W. H. Fonger, C. W. Struck

       Pages 471-478

15. On the Evaluation of Decay Rates in Solids

    1. On the Evaluation of Decay Rates in Solids

       • R. Englman

       Pages 479-487

16. Multiphonon Relaxation in Glasses

    1. Multiphonon Relaxation in Glasses

       • R. Reisfeld

       Pages 489-498

17. Stimulated Emission in the Presence of Strong Nonradiative Decay in Crystals

    1. Stimulated Emission in the Presence of Strong Nonradiative Decay in Crystals

       • A. Kaminskii

       Pages 499-514

18. The Role of Polarons in Radiationless Processes

    1. The Role of Polarons in Radiationless Processes

       • R. Evrard

       Pages 515-527

19. Quantum Mechanical Calculation of the Relation between the Radiationless and Radiative Decay Rates with Application to Molecules in the Gas Phase and Ions in the Solid State and the Consequences for Temperature Quenching (Abstract Only)

    1. Quantum Mechanical Calculation of the Relation Between the Radiationless and Radiative Decay Rates with Application to Molecules in the Gas Phase and Ions in the Solid State and the Consequences for Temperature Quenching (Abstract Only)

       • J. M. F. van Dijk

       Pages 529-529

20. Short Seminars (Abstracts)

    1. Vibrational Structure of the Absorption Band of a Jahn-Teller Center in a Non Conducting Crystal

       • N. Terzi

       Pages 531-532

This book presents an account of the NATO Advanced Study Institute on "Radiationless Processes," held in Erice, Italy, from November 18 to December 1, 1979. This meeting was organized by the International School of Atomic and Molecular Spectroscopy of the "Ettore Majorana" Centre for Scientific Culture. The objective of the Institute was to formulate a comprehensive treatment of the various processes by which molecules and crystals in excited electronic levels relax nonradiatively to the ground level. A total of 83 participants came from 62 laboratories and 22 nations (Australia, Belgium, Brasil, Canada, Czechoslovakia, France, F. R. Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Mexico, The Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, and U.S.S.R.). The secretaries of the Institute were: Velda Goldberg for the scientific aspects and Antonino La Francesca for the administrative aspects of the meeting. Eleven series of lectures for a total of 36 hours were given. Nine "long" seminars and 7 "short" seminars were also presented. In addition, two informal seminars and 2 round-table discussions were held. After an introductory overview of the theory of radiation1ess processes, the Institute dealt firstly with the interaction of electrons with the distribution of vibrational modes in simple molecules, then with the increasingly complex situation found in large lsolated molecules, gnd finally with the coupling of excited electrons with the continuous phonon distribution in insulating solids.

• Albert Einstein
• Atom
• Potential
• experiment
• spectroscopy

• Department of Physics, Boston College, USA

  Baldassare DiBartolo, Velda Goldberg

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