Das Buch Self-Trapped Excitons beschreibt die Struktur und Entwicklung von selbstanlagernden Excitons in einer großen Variationsbreite von Materialien. Es enthält eine Diskussion der Theorie, eine umfassende Übersicht von Experimenten und ausführliche Datentabellen. Zu einer Zeit des rapiden Fortschritts auf diesem Gebiet wird die erste Monographie, die sich nur dem Thema der selbstanlagernden Excitons widmet, von Forschern begrüßt werden.

Self-Trapped Excitons describes the structure and evolution of self-trapped excitions in a wide variety of materials. It includes a discussion of the theory, a comprehensive review of experiments, and extensive tables of data. At this time of rapid progress in the field, researchers will welcome this first monograph dedicated solely to self-trapped excitons.

Autorentext
Self-Trapped Excitons describes the structure and evolution of self-trapped excitions in a wide variety of materials. It includes a discussion of the theory, a comprehensive review of experiments, and extensive tables of data. At this time of rapid progress in the field, researchers will welcome this first monograph dedicated solely to self-trapped excitons.

Klappentext

Self-Trapped Excitons discusses the structure and evolution of the self-trapped exciton (STE) in a wide range of materials. It includes a comprehensive review of experiments and extensive tables of data. Emphasis is given throughout to the unity of the basic physics underlying various manifestations of self-trapping, with the theory being developed from a localized, atomistic perspective. The topics treated in detail in relation to STE relaxation include spontaneous symmetry breaking, lattice defect formation, radiation damage, and electronic sputtering.

Inhalt
1 Introduction.- 1.1 Excitons.- 1.2 Charge Carriers and Excitons in a Deformable Lattice.- 1.3 Scope of this Monograph.- 2 Investigation of Self-Trapped Excitons from a Defect Perspective.- 2.1 Atomistic Structure of Self-Trapped Carriers.- 2.2 Self-Trapped Excitons.- 2.3 Experimental Methods.- 2.4 Theoretical Methods.- 3 Condensed Rare Gases.- 3.1 Electronic Structure.- 3.2 Spectroscopy.- 3.3 Theory of the Self-Trapped Exciton in Rare-Gas Solids.- 3.4 Desorption from the Surface.- 4 Alkaline Earth Fluorides.- 4.1 Electronic Structure.- 4.2 Lattice Defects.- 4.3 Theory of Self-Trapped Excitons in Fluorite Crystals.- 4.4 Spectroscopy.- 4.5 Lattice Defect Formation.- 5 Alkali Halides.- 5.1 Material Properties.- 5.2 Theory of Self-Trapped Exciton Structure.- 5.3 Luminescence.- 5.4 Magneto-Optics, ODMR, and ODENDOR.- 5.5 Excited-State Absorption.- 5.6 Resonant Raman Scattering.- 5.7 Dynamics.- 5.8 Kinetics.- 6 Defect Formation in Alkali Halide Crystals.- 6.1 Self-Trapped Excitons as Nascent Defect Pairs.- 6.2 Thermally Activated Conversion.- 6.3 Dynamic Conversion Process.- 6.4 Stabilization of the Primary Defects.- 6.5 Defects and Desorption at Surfaces.- 7 Silicon Dioxide.- 7.1 Material Properties.- 7.2 Theory of Self-Trapped Excitons.- 7.3 Experiments on Crystalline SiO2.- 7.4 Experiments on Amorphous SiO2.- 7.5 Self-Trapped Holes in SiO2.- 7.6 Defect Generation Processes.- 8 Simple Organic Molecular Crystals.- 8.1 Material Properties.- 8.2 Pyrene.- 8.3 Anthracene.- 8.4 Perylene.- 9 Silver Halides.- 9.1 Electronic Structure and Exciton Spectra.- 9.2 Self-Trapped Hole in AgCl.- 9.3 Self-Trapped Exciton in AgCl.- 10 As2Se3 and Other Chalcogenides.- 10.1 Structure and Electronic States of As2Se3.- 10.2 The Self-Trapped Exciton.- 10.3 Spectroscopy.- 10.4 STE to Defect Conversion in Amorphous Chalcogenides.- 10.5 Spectroscopy in Crystalline Trigonal Selenium.- 11 Other Materials, Extrinsic Self-Trapping, and Low-Dimensional Systems.- 11.1 Ammonium Halides.- 11.2 KMgF3 and Related Perovskites.- 11.3 Alkaline-Earth Fluorohalides.- 11.4 Alkali Silver Halides.- 11.5 LiYF4.- 11.6 Extrinsic Self-Trapping in ZnSeTex.- 11.7 Quasi-One-Dimensional Systems.- References.