Optical Spectroscopy of Lanthanides: Magnetic and Hyperfine Interactions - Softcover

Wybourne, Brian G.; Smentek, Lidia

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0367389177 ISBN 13: 9780367389178

Publisher: CRC Press, 2019

Synopsis

Optical Spectroscopy of Lanthanides: Magnetic and Hyperfine Interactions represents the sixth and final book by the late Brian Wybourne, an accomplished pioneer in the spectroscopy of rare earth ions, and Lidia Smentek, a leading theoretical physicist in the field. The book provides a definitive and up-to-date theoretical description of spectroscopic properties of lanthanides doped in various materials.

The book integrates computer-assisted calculations developed since Wybourne’s classic publication on the topic. It contains useful Maple™ routines, discussions, and new aspects of the theory of f-electron systems. Establishing a unified basis for understanding state-of-the-art applications and techniques used in the field, the book reviews fundamentals based on Wybourne’s graduate lectures, which include the theory of nuclei, the theory of angular momentum, Racah algebra, and effective tensor operators. It then describes magnetic and hyperfine interactions and their impact on the energy structure and transition amplitudes of the lanthanide ions. The text culminates with a relativistic description of f↔f electric and magnetic dipole transitions, covering sensitized luminescence and a new parametrization scheme of f-spectra.

Optical Spectroscopy of Lanthanides enables scientists to construct accurate and reliable theoretical models to elucidate lanthanides and their properties. This text is ideal for exploring a range of lanthanide applications including electronic data storage, lasers, superconductors, medicine, nuclear engineering, and nanomaterials.

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Wybourne, Brian G.; Smentek, Lidia

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The sixth and final book by the late Brian Wybourne, an accomplished pioneer in the spectroscopy of rare earth ions, and Lidia Smentek, a leading theoretical physicist in the field, this work highlights the impact of lanthanides on modern technology, medicine, biochemistry, and molecular biology. The book documents the theory of the spectroscopic properties of lanthanides in various materials and the fundamental principles of their magnetic and hyperfine interactions. Enhanced with numerous examples, exercises, and sample programs, the text also explores a range of applications including electronic data storage, lasers, superconductors, medicine, nuclear engineering, and nanomaterials.

Edition details

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Publication date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0367389177
• ISBN 13: 9780367389178
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 356