Light Scattering in Solids IX: Novel Materials and Techniques: 108 (Topics in Applied Physics, 108) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3642070795 ISBN 13: 9783642070792

Publisher: Springer, 2010

Synopsis

This volume treats new materials (nanotubes and quantum dots) and new techniques (synchrotron radiation scattering and cavity confined scattering). In the past five years, Raman and Brillouin scattering have taken a place among the most important research and characterization methods for carbon nanotubes. Among the novel techniques discussed in this volume are those employing synchrotron radiation as a light source.

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This is the ninth volume of a well-established series in which expert practitioners discuss topical aspects of light scattering in solids. It reviews recent developments concerning mainly semiconductor nanostructures and inelastic x-ray scattering, including both coherent time-domain and spontaneous scattering studies. In the past few years, light scattering has become one of the most important research and characterization methods for studying carbon nanotubes and semiconducting quantum dots, and a crucial tool for exploring the coupled exciton--photon system in semiconductor cavities. Among the novel techniques discussed in this volume are pump--probe ultrafast measurements and those which use synchrotron radiation as light source. The book addresses improvements in the intensity, beam quality and time synchronization of modern synchrotron sources, which made it possible to measure the phonon dispersion in very small samples and to determine electronic energy bands as well as enabling real-time observations of high-frequency sound propagation.

Edition details

• Publisher: Springer
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3642070795
• ISBN 13: 9783642070792
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 445
• Editor: Cardona Manuel, Merlin Roberto